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News of the communities of the Paterson and Allyn River Valleys

Open for Registrations Gresford Vacy Football Club has opened registrations for Season 2024. With the new clubhouse complete, the ground looking perfect after some much-needed rain and the enthusiasm of returning players already evident, the season is looking positive.

The club is expecting more than 300 players to register for the season from under-5s right through to over-35s. Every one of those players will be sporting a new-look uniform and all juniors will be kicking around specially-designed balls featuring the business logo of major sponsor Microprose. ... get all the details on page 11 The Gresford News is a Gresford District Community Group project. Circulation 800 – Donations appreciated and most welcome. Thank you!

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Gresford News Notices COMMUNITY DINNER

LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET

The Gresford District Community Group Invites You to the next Community Dinner

The Gresford District Community Group is planning to start a market at the Gresford Community Park in 2024.

If you have locally produced goods you are interested to sell in town, please send an email to: gresfordcommunity group2311@outlook.com

Join us on Friday 23rd February from 6pm at The Hotel Beatty to wine and dine under the trees on the rear lawn at the Hotel Beatty. Everyone is welcome and we look forward to introducing many new faces.

Please RSVP to Vanessa 0411409525 by Monday 19th.

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Gresford Agricultural Show Fri 8th & Sat 9th March Friday – local commercial cattle competition, cattle, goats, poultry & pavilions with sewing, cooking, flowers, art, crafts, fruit, vegetables & photography.

Saturday – dog camp drafting, tug of war, post splitting, mixed dog races & best dressed child's dog, ag bikes, & of course, not to be missed is the Grand Parade.

Saturday night – fireworks followed by a live band until late.

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MEET THE MAYOR SESSIONS 4.00 – 6.00 pm Fri 23 February 2024 at Dungog Shire Council Chambers Mon 26 February 2024 at Beatty Hotel Gresford Tue 27 February 2023 at Vacy General Store Thur 29 February 2024 at John Tucker Park Paterson Fri 1 March 2024 at Clarence Town School of Arts Hall

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Heads up at the Bowlo Christmas and New Year festivities are memories now as we venture into a new and exciting year. The following ‘ancient history’ but well worth recording though: On Sunday 25 November Miller Park hosted the ‘Travelling Coots Four Way Challenge’ between Miller Park, Abermain, Bellbird Park and Gresford. A keenly fought event in its own right it is also a pennant warmup. Unfortunately the Gresford team left it’s A game somewhere along the Glendonbrook Road while Miller Park produced skillful home ground play to win. Jamie Atkins in the photo was one of the few shining lights for Gresford on the day. Thank you Miller Park for hosting an excellent event.

Our season closed on 9th December with the ‘Gala Dinner and Presentation Night’. There were speeches, trophies and food galore. Formal proceedings culminated in the chocolate raffle where it seemed if you had a ticket you got a piece of chocolate heaven.

Congratulations to the champions and their effort is a signal for the rest of us to try harder and maybe practice a bit!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making the evening a great success.

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Zone 6 officials inspected on the day and gave it a big thumbs up for the upcoming Pennants matches. Well done and thanks Bev, Cliff and co.

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"Vacy to Gresford – People and Places" and colonial born who worked on the estates or leased parts of them as tenant farmers. This includes the wave of German immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s.

Paterson Historical Society is pleased to announce the launch of a new book titled "Vacy to Gresford – People and Places" on Sun 17 March 2024 in the Vacy School of Arts beginning at 2pm. Afternoon tea will be served at the conclusion of the launch.

"Vacy to Gresford" shows how the subdivision of many of the large estates from the late 1800s replaced a mosaic of tenanted farms with a patchwork of small, privately owned farms, many of which became dairy farms. The book also explains the formation and history of the villages of Vacy, Gresford and East Gresford.

The book was written by Society member and long-time historian Dr Brian Walsh. It covers the people and places along the Paterson and Allyn Rivers between Vacy and Gresford. The book reveals how a whole new European Society emerged along the two rivers from the 1820s, albeit at the expense of the dispossession of Aboriginal people.

The immigrants lured by grants of riverside land were remarkably diverse in terms of age, wealth, nationality and life experience. Welshman Charles Boydell was barely old enough to shave when he was granted "Camyr Allyn". In contrast, Jamaican plantation owner and slave master Francis Blower Gibbes had fought in the Battle of Trafalgar two decades before he was granted "Norwood".

Constantine Crichton who purchased "Wallah" near Gresford was born in St Petersburg, Russia where his father was personal physician to the Tsar. Irish shepherd-boy Edward Kealy was granted

President of Paterson Historical Society, Dr Cameron Archer AM, said "Brian's book tells a story of heartbreak for some, prosperity for others but for most a story of toil, thrift and resilience. The families of those whose forebears came with nothing but the shirts on their backs are now the fabric of a community that respects and values its history and heritage. This book will give them a greater understanding of how their families lived in the Valley." a mere 200 acres that he named "Summer Hill".

The book covers far more than the land owners. It also provides information on the convicts, emancipists, free immigrants

The 190 page book includes many maps and images, a detailed index and list of references. The Society invites all those interested to attend the launch.

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Gresford Landcare

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Gresford Landcare met at the Gresford Arboretum for the last Landcare meeting of the year.

Approximately 50 people met and enjoyed the meeting in the shade of the gazebo after a hot day.

Kick-off for the 2024 soccer season is a few months away but club committee members are already in action behind the scenes: Registration details are finalised, sponsors are being secured, the new playing kit is in the design phase and new club merch is in production.

Cameron Archer from Dungog Tourism spoke about the contribution that Landcarers make to regional tourism. He referred to the Council’s recently published Open Space and Recreation Plan, reminding us all of the delights that the Dungog Council area has to offer to tourists.

Earlybird registration fees are again unchanged - Miniroos (ages 5-7) $100, Miniroos (ages 8-11) $120, Interdistrict players (ages 12-18) $170 and seniors $250. Active Kids Vouchers will also be accepted. Players can sign up at www. playfootball.com.au

Julia thanked all those who have contributed to the success of the local Landcare group this year after which those assembled enjoyed a dinner of warm glazed ham, salads and bread rolls.

The low registration fees are due to the generous support of club sponsors.

Microprose is back on board as the major sponsor and the support of OneAgency Sharon Hill will ensure our goalkeepers stand out in their orange jerseys.

Rod Kater thanked Julia Wokes for her ongoing efforts as President of the group which under her guidance, has grown into a larger, more involved and successful group, visiting many properties throughout the shire providing an educational and interesting programme for members.

Details of all club sponsors will be released in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, any businesses keen to throw their support behind the club as a sponsor can contact club president Jim Doyle on 0407 307 800, committee member Julie Hartigan on 0421 023 934 or email gresfordvacyfc.com

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Getting the bat facts

any preservation of koala habitats will help the flying foxes. As Peggy said improvement “will take time – but we have time.”

The ninety or so people who accepted the invitation to “Meet our Amazing Bats” at the James Theatre in November were certainly not disappointed. Between them, Dr Peggy Eby, Ph.D. student Amy Rowles and local ecologist and consultant Bill Dowling, gave a detailed overview of the bat story, particularly for the bats in our local area.

Dr Peggy Eby explained that there are two species of flying foxes in our area - the commonly seen Grey-headed Flying-fox and the highly nomadic Little Red Flying-fox.

She described the life cycle and roosting and they much prefer to feed on our habits of the Grey-headed Flying-fox and native vegetation. When they feed by the amazing distances they travel. licking nectar from flowers, pollen is Her research project had a defining caught in their hair. Since flying foxes can moment at Monkerai many years ago feed on up to thirty widely separated trees when she detected a Grey-headed Flyingin one night they play an important part Fox that had travelled all the way from in maintaining the genetic diversity of Lismore. Subsequently she discovered it their food trees. had then travelled on to Narooma.

The rapid loss of habitats, especially in SE Previously it was thought that FlyingQueensland, is causing weight loss and Foxes had a very limited range from their stopping reproduction and in addition it is roost location. Knowing that they travel leading to behavioural changes. The bats long distances and are on the move up are now seeking different foods and in and down the east coast of Australia doing so they establish new smaller and changed the framework entirely. more numerous camps. Since koalas Flying-foxes are nectar and fruit feeders depend on the same trees as flying foxes

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Ph.D. student Amy Rowles is working on the seasonal distribution of microbats at warm and cool times in our forests.

There are up to 65 different species of insectivorous bats in Australia and we have a good share in the Dungog Shire, including 2 species of Long- eared-bats, 2 species of Wattled Bats, as well as Sheathtail-bats, 3 species of Freetail-bats, Broad-nosed Bats, 5 species of cave bats, as well as fishing bats and spider eating bats (both appropriately named!).

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Getting the bat facts – continued that in spite of traffic and trains they are settling in Frank Robinson Park.

distribution of Grey-headed Flying-foxes in Dungog Shire and adjacent areas. There are 9 camps in the Shire, including those at Mount Richardson, Gresford and Monkerai, and 9 more close to the shire’s boundary. There are up to 20,000 bats at the Monkerai camp and a similar number has been recorded at Tocal.

They follow the spotted gum flowering and can cover enormous distances. For example one flew from Bairnesdale in Victoria to Gresford and then on to Barrington Tops. Little Red Flying-foxes also occur in our area and are highly mobile. In two days 20,000 from Tocal arrived at Susan Island at Grafton. They can take over Grey-headed Flying-fox camps like the one at Singleton where they caused a lot of damage to the trees.

Camps near urban development are unpopular and councils have tried various ways of controlling them. When the trees were lopped as a control method in Lorn the bats moved on to near the Courthouse at Tenambit. About three and a half to four thousand have moved back to Regent Street, Maitland and the question is “Where to next?” For many years there was a camp of about 20,000 at Webber's Creek Road in Paterson but

This led to a discussion about problems caused by bats in urban areas – particularly disease. There are only two viruses in Flying-fox populations that have caused concern – Australian bat lyssavirus and Hendra virus.

when water became scarce they moved on to Tocal. They follow the flowering of the spotted gum and, with mass flowering, numbers can reach 50,000. So mobility is sometimes due to human interference and sometimes to natural variations in conditions.

The session concluded with questions from the audience. The first question was about the decline in Flying-foxes in the Mount Richardson area. There was speculation about the fact that they often roost near flowing water and sometimes near schools – with sounds similar to bat colonies. The observation was also made

Australian bat lyssavirus is only spread by bites and scratches. There is an effective vaccine available and people should avoid handling any bats if they are not vaccinated. Only three cases of human infection with Australian bat lyssavirus have been recorded in Australia, all in Queensland.

It is thought that Hendra virus is spread from bat urine on horse food. Humans can not be infected with Hendra virus directly from bats. Humans have only been infected following high level exposures to body fluids of an infected horse. A vaccine for horses is available and is strongly encouraged as the most effective way to reduce the risk of exposure to Hendra virus.

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Chamber Chat happening for 2024. We were very fortunate to have in attendance, Bruce Williams, Manager Economic Development for Dungog Shire Council. Bruce comes into this role with vast experience in economic development, and we look forward to working collaboratively with him, to help get the best outcomes for business and the community. We then spent quality time identifying events and goals for the first half of the year, which I One of my first objectives in this role is to look forward to sharing with you in this ensure inclusion. The Chamber committee and future Chamber Chats. members are a mix of business, location and experience, and we all believe that it Our first networking dinner meeting will is an important task to ensure we make be held at Paterson Tavern on Thursday the workings of the Chamber inclusive 15th February. These dinners are a great and relevant to all villages and districts of way to meet other business owners, enjoy this wonderful Shire. dinner and hear from a guest speaker or 2 – which is always casual and informative.

It is therefore imperative that we have This month Cameron Archer from Dungog representation of all our districts in the Regional Tourism (DRT) and Jim Doyle Chamber; to have local input and better from Gresford will be our guest speakers. understanding. We are only one shire but spread over a large area and the best way Cameron will give an overview of Paterson to support the various districts, is to have River, its history and the possibilities for at least one representative from each its future. Providing us with some district on the committee – something awareness about the proposed pumping that we are working on this month. station construction in the centre of Paterson. This project is currently at the Our enthusiastic committee has already critical feasibility study stage. Jim will be met this month, to get momentum speaking on proposed Community Hi Gresford and surrounds, my name is Therese McIntyre, and I was recently elected President of Dungog District Chamber of Commerce (DDCC), a position that I am very passionate about. My other passion is my business, The Dungog Trading Post, an eclectic café/gift store. We at the Chamber hope to make this column a regular feature to keep the community abreast of happenings within the Chamber.

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by Peter Kenyon – of Bank of I.D.E.A.S and Rural Aid fame. Everyone is very welcome to attend, however we do require bookings for catering purposes. it would be wonderful to see a few new faces and this truly is a good night – usually wrapped up by 8.30pm. Please consider coming along too.

Workshops have played a big part of the Chamber during 2023, and this year is no exception. The Chamber is in discussions with the Dungog Shire Council (DSC) representative – Bruce Williams – to hold a workshop on Data Analysis.

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What's On the Shelves? this Shire and show how it works; the availability of the data; and the benefits to us. We are very excited to be a part of this collaboration with DSC. And lastly for this week, right here in the township of Dungog, I was thrilled to be asked to go along to the official opening of the Pump Track at The Dungog Common. What is that you ask? A world class mountain bike facility designed to replicate what you may experience when out on a mountain bike trail.

I went along to see the enthusiasts show their skills on the track after the official opening formalities had been completed.

Local people have been working hard, lobbying for funds, and finally pushing the barrows literally to complete this amazing 180 metre track of twists, turns and jumps. It is an amazing facility of fun that any age can enjoy. The Dungog Common can only add to what is just one of the greatest tourism destinations there is here in the Hunter Region, and that is The Dungog Shire.

If you would like to know more about anything here in this column or join the DDCC my contact details are president@ ddcc.org.au – or phone 0418298929

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Wifedom – Anna Funder Although this book is not on the shelves of the CWA library, it has recently been acquired by Maitland library, and is well worth reading. George Orwell looms large in literary history, with his great achievements of 1984 and Animal Farm, which spelled out the tyrannies of totalitarianism. His name is a byword for strong prose and understanding of the oppressed. Writing of his experiences of the Spanish Civil War and the life of the working class made him a champion of the common man, but not, ironically, of the common woman.

Anna Funder has used her own awareness of the power of patriarchy to look behind the veil of Orwell’s life to reveal the intelligent and talented woman who sustained and supported him financially as he wrote his masterpieces, and was all but erased by both Orwell and his biographers. Eileen O’Shaugnessy played a more significant operative role in the Spanish war than her husband, as she worked in the central office of his socialist army, while he spent a great deal of time in the trenches of a war in the doldrums.

While organising their supply lines of food, medicines, clothing and communications she typed up the manuscripts Orwell sent from the trenches, as well as turning news bulletins into supportive propaganda. When she and the rest of their organisation became the targets of a suspicious Stalin, who saw them as fascists, she was instrumental in getting as many as possible out of the country.

However, in his writing about the war, Homage to Catalonia, he barely acknowledged that she was in Spain. Funder recounts chilling incidents of infidelity and neglect on his part towards Eileen, which make you reassess the worth of the man himself. .

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Anglican Parish of Gresford Paterson A Happy New Year to all. A few dares for February are as follows: Saturday Feb 10th - 8am Men’s breakfast in Tucker Park Paterson, come along and bring a friend.

All men welcome.

Tuesday Feb 13th 6.30pm Shrovetide Tuesday service at St.Paul’s Paterson with a bring and share supper to follow.

Wednesday Feb 14th 10.30 am Ash Wednesday service at St.Anne’s Gresford and 6.30pm at St.Paul’s Paterson.

Gresford Paterson Parish is sponsoring Edward, who is 10 years old and lives in a remote part of Ghana. We are his sponsors for 5 years, which provide Edward with clothes,education,regular meals and a safe place to stay.Updates on Edward’s progress will be forthcoming in our monthly Bulletin.

Crossword kindly provided by Russel Jessop.

Service times for February: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th 8.30am St.Paul’s Paterson & 10.30am at St.Anne’s Gresford.

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Catholic Parish of Gresford Mass at St. Helen's, East Gresford Saturday – 5:30 pm (except 2nd Sat. of month) Thursday – 9.30am Mass at Sacred Heart, Summer Hill Sunday – 11:30 am (2nd Sunday of month) All enquiries to Fr. Andrew Doohan, Parish Priest, on 4992 1477 or dungog.parish@mn.catholic.org.au

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The DA-approved, 22-storey ONE precinct is superbly located in Newcastle’s CBD, offering 193 one, two and three-bedroom luxury apartments and a selection of scenic vistas. This stunning urban oasis sets the region’s new benchmark in luxurious liveability with unparalleled premium residential facilities to promote wellness and social connection.

ROOFTOP SCENIC LOUNGE & SUNSET ROOM | CINEMA | OUTDOOR POOL | GYM STEAM ROOM | LIBRARY | YOGA GARDENS

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oneapartments.com.au Call 1800 986 674 *Terms and conditions apply. All information contained herein is gathered from sources we deem reliable. However, we cannot guarantee its accuracy and act as a messenger only in passing on the details. Interested parties should rely on their own enquiries. Pictures showing the interiors of the apartments and buildings are artists’ impressions and indicative only. Furniture and furnishings shown are not included and purchasers should rely only on the contract for sale for inclusions. Changes may be made during the development and any dimensions, finishes and specifications are subject to change without notice.