Dec 4 2014

Volume 9, Issue 24

www.mountmorgan.org.au

December 4th - 18th, 2014

With extra pages!

Proudly brought to you by Mount Morgan Promotion & Development Inc. ABN 21 391 526 801

Locals get creative for Tree Festival - pg 3

Carols event heralds Christmas season - pg 4

Carbine continues toward Mine’s reopening - pg 8

School’s out for class of 2014 Graduation day Mount Morgan High’s 2014 School Captains, Billi-Jai Jansen and Nicholas Stock were among the local students to celebrate the end of schooling last week.

See page 6 for story.

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This edition is going to be very different, no snippets of history, no quotations, just a message of how Christmas was in 1950 and then next edition we will have Christmas in 2014 - just a bit of fun for the Christmas season.

The preparation of Christmas 1950 starts many days before the actual event happening. For weeks prior the chook has to be fed well and fattened for the Christmas table. Then on Christmas Eve the poor chook gets its head chopped off by Dad and Mum does the woeful job of plucking and cleaning it. Mum spends a lot of time in the kitchen on Christmas Day preparing the dinner.

Christmas Day everyone is up very early anxiously waiting to open all their presents in the pillow case that was at the end of the bed. Smiles and happiness are the order of the day. The girls Christmas stocking can hold wonderful items like a rag doll, a bubble pipe, a lovely comb for your hair, and the lucky stocking with the red net holds many treats. The boys pillow case could contain a cap gun with a packet of caps, and the Lucky stocking, some lollies and a jigsaw. Dad had made us a dart board from an old case. Wow it is the best Christmas.

Then comes the highlight, Christmas Dinner which is a real treat. The chicken looks and smells yummy, and lots of roast vegetables and whacko, Ham. The ham had been cooked on Christmas Eve in the copper clothes boiler, the biggest container. After eating all those goodies Mum produces the plum pudding and custard. Of course the plum pudding was cooked in a cloth, left to mature prior to the Day. Of course we eat all our plum pudding hoping to find one of the threepences that Mum puts in each year.

We are then allowed, after a short rest, to go outside and play with our mates a game of cricket or rounders. What a 1950 Christmas day.

I wonder what Christmas Day 2014 will be like.

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Billi presents one very cool tree entry for this year’s display When young local, Billi Dalton takes a look around the Mount Morgan Christmas Tree Festival this week, she will spot an entry very close to her heart.

Among the trees to deck the School of Arts Hall will be one which Billi has created herself.

“It’s a Frozen tree,” Billi said last week during her tree’s preparation.

“Frozen is my favourite movie.”

The creative six-year-old has spent hours working on her design and with a bit help from her mum and her grandma, has created and ornamented a tree to reflect the popular Disney film.

“It has lots of blue, snow made from wool… and also Elsa and Anna,” Billi said.

The Frozen tree will be Billi’s second time getting hands on with the local tree festival, with last year’s event seeing the young local enter a craft tree.

This year’s entry has been just as creatively put together.

It’s also been produced on a waste not, want not concept; with the tree’s structure reused from last year’s entry. Its blue cover has also given a new lease of life to an old bridesmaid dress.

Billi said she is happy with how it is all coming together and says she is looking forward to seeing it on display.

Her tree is one of four which will be presented by the Dalton family; with entries supplied by her parents and grandma. Billi’s three-year-old brother Diesel is also planning to get creative for the Festival and enter a Ninja Turtle tree.

Organisers for the event, Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Incorporated, said the family’s involvement with the festival is what the event is all about.

“It’s all about getting the community together and involved, celebrating the Christmas season and showcasing our community spirit and creativity,” MMPAD President John Steinberger said.

“It’s a great way to kick off the festive season.”

John said the event is one which has been long celebrated in the Mount Morgan community; first commenced in 1992 by the Mount Morgan Saint Mary’s Anglican Parish. It has become a favourite on the local calendar, growing in both its popularity and number of tree entries.

The event annually welcomes trees from businesses, organisations, clubs and members throughout the community and region.

“There have been an impressive number of trees entered over the years,” John said.

“Last year we welcomed around 80 trees and we are hoping for another great display this year,” he said.

“It’s a lot of fun and the displays range from traditional to quirky, out of the box creations.”

The trees will go on show this Friday and Saturday evening.

Along with the display, the event will also include market stalls and live entertainment on both evenings as well as free children’s amusement rides and a visit from Santa on the Saturday night.

For further details on the event, please contact Mount Morgan Promotion and Development: 4938 2312 / mmpad@bigpond.com THE 2014 MOUNT MORGAN CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL December 5th and 6th 6:00pm – 9:00pm Mount Morgan School of Arts Hall Includes Christmas tree displays, markets stalls, live entertainment, food and drinks – both evenings. Plus free children’s amusement rides Saturday evening and a visit from Santa at 7pm! Free entry.

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Carols event heralds Christmas season Christmas arrived early in Mount Morgan on Sunday night, as dozens headed to the Anglican Church for the annual Carols in Saint Mary’s.

The evening welcomed more than 40 people; each eager to usher in the festive season with song.

O come all ye faithful was the first song for the night, followed by a number of other traditional favourites, as well as special live performances by the Bouldercombe Singers.

Hosts for the event were the Saint Mary’s Anglican Church Parish, who say they were pleased with another great event.

“The carols get a good turn out each year, and it was wonderful to see another for this year’s event,” Parish Council Secretary, Keith Hare said.

Keith said the carols event has long served as a way to unite the community at a special time of year.

“The carols were started about twelve years ago and it was an opportunity to start the Christmas season on the first Sunday of advent,” he said.

“And we thought the best way to do that was to have an evening within the Church singing carols and praising God.” The night also included a Christmas skit, Bible reading and address and poetry.

SES Volunteers recognised for service Last month saw the annual awards night held during SES Week in Rockhampton. This year’s event saw several Mount Morgan SES members presented with Meritorious Service medals for the length of service they have volunteered to SES and in particular, the Mount Morgan Group.

The awards were presented to the following members: Colleen Roberts: presented with a National Medal 1st Clasp (25 years Service ) Stan Western – SES Meritorious Service Medal – (15yrs Service to SES ) Allan Law – SES Meritorious Service Medal – (10 yrs Service ) Melvene Stewart – SES Meritorious Service Medal – (10 yrs Service ) Debbie Keepkie – SES Meritorious Service Medal – (10 yrs Service ) Alan Todd – SES Meritorious Service Medal – (10 yrs Service)

I would like to congratulate the above members for receiving their awards and thank them for their dedication and commitment to the Mount Morgan Group and the Mount Morgan Community.

Article by Darren Barnicoat.

Pictured: David Sealy (Group Leader– Mount Morgan Group), Stan Western, Allan Law, Debbie Keepkie, Melvene Stewart, Darren Barnicoat (Deputy Local Controller).

Absent from photo: Colleen Roberts & Alan Todd.

Photo supplied.

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They’ve closed the school books, ready for the next big chapter of their lives.

Congratulations to the 2014 graduates of Mount Morgan State High School:

Friday November 21st, marked graduation day for 27 local students.

Paul Blake, Justin Brown, Angel Dolan, Lisa Ferguson, Dylan Forbes, Amelia Hansen, Thea Hayes, Billi-Jai Jansen, Tyrone Leggo, Tameeka Long, Zoe Mackay, Jesse Matheson, Michael Newman, Kira O’Sullivan, Alarna Plummer, Jarvis Richardson, Kaylee Roberts, Jasmine Rowe, Samantha Snarr, Moniqua Spanner- Dowdle, Benjamin Stein, Nicholas Stock, Kealie Traynor-Oates, Adel Tulk, Whitney Tull, Aaron Wanstall and Miranda Woods.

Reveling the completion of twelve years of schooling, the graduates began and ended their last day of school with a celebration.

The 102nd graduating class of Mount Morgan State High School commenced the day with a special assembly.

Lining the front of the multipurpose area, the students received well wishes from younger students and members of staff.

They then took to the school grounds for a final time, with many carrying out the traditional rite of passage for Mount Morgan High graduates – the ringing of the school bell.

It was then time to head off for the rest of the day, before reuniting for the evening’s official celebrations.

The seniors returned in the late afternoon, this time dressed in their very finest.

The students met for official photographs before joining guests in an adorned School of Arts Hall for the senior formal.

Reflecting on the day, departing school captain Nicholas Stock said it was one to remember.

“It was a really good way to end 12 years of school,” Nicholas said.

“The formal and the formal party were great. Everyone looked really good, scrubbed up really well.”

Nicholas said the evening proved a mix of emotions for most, with excitement being the main sentiment.

“There was a lot of excitement,” he said.

“A few were a little upset but most people were just excited to go out into the real world.”

Pictured right: Departing 2014 School Captains Nicholas Stock and Billi-Jai Jansen.

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Lisa Ferguson

Michael Newman, Justin Brown and Tyrone Leggo.

Thea Hayes

Paul Blake with formal partner, Gabby Howe.

Jarvis Richardson

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Works continue to reopen Mount Morgan Mine

The possibility of seeing the Mount Morgan Mine reopened continues to look promising.

Australian junior mining company Carbine Resources announced their intention to restart operations at the Mount Morgan site earlier this year and it appears they have not been sitting idle.

Executive Director of Carbine Resources, Patrick Walta at the Mount Morgan Mine on Monday.

In an earlier interview with the Argus, Patrick Walta, the Executive Director of Carbine Resources, discussed the company’s plans of reopening the famous site. The company outlined an action plan of further studies, testing and external funding acquisition - all with the aim of seeing the mine reopened in 2016.

The Argus caught up with Patrick Walta, during a visit to the Mount Morgan Mine Site this week, where he was only too happy to share details on how all is progressing.

Argus: The last time you spoke with the Argus, you discussed the overall concept of Carbine looking into commencing operations at the Mine Site in the future.

Are you able to provide an update on how things have progressed since we spoke in July?

Patrick Walta: Since we last spoke, we’ve completed two phases of test work and a scoping study over the project.

The test work was designed to confirm the technical viability of our proposed flow sheet and the scoping study gave a broad brush overview of the technical and economic viability of the project.

The scoping study itself has outlined robust project economics where we produce gold, copper and pyrite from the tailings. The ability to produce multiple biproducts in copper and pyrite on top of gold enables us to drive down the operating costs for the site due to additional revenue generation.

Argus: Yes, you had mentioned that the project with solely gold extraction may be a hard pill for bankers to swallow. So with the copper and pyrite added - is that going to make it easier for Carbine to source external funding and with that, increase the chances for the project to go ahead.

Patrick Walta: That’s right and that’s what it’s all about at the end of the day. The cap- ex of this plant is currently estimated at just north of $80 million which we need to generate a compelling value proposition in order to get funded. So having very low operating costs is an important part of that.

Future feasibility studies may also look at trying to reduce the cap- ex – so we are always looking at steps to continually optimize the value proposition. At this stage the results are robust enough to progress the project to the next level.

Argus: Are you able to provide details on what the next stages are?

Patrick Walta: The next steps are drilling on site, further test work and a preliminary feasibility study.

Argus: And do you have set timeframes of when you expect these to take place?

Patrick Walta: At this stage we’re looking to complete the PFS (prefeasibility study) by mid next year. That’s the next major toll gate and will provide sufficient information for Carbine to make a decision to progress to a bankable feasibly study. This BFS will ultimately give us enough confidence to raise the money required to build the plant. It’s only after the BFS that we have serious confidence in restarting operations.

Argus: In saying that though, are Carbine still fairly confident with the result so far?

Patrick Walta: Yes. The results have been good so far. We certainly can’t guarantee a restarting of operations at this stage and that’s why we set this project up in a series of toll gates – from scoping studies to PFS to BFS. We’ve got through the first study but we have to get through the next one and de-risk the project.

To complete a bankable feasibility study costs a lot of money to do, and so the way all junior mining companies work is that they’ll complete cheaper and less detailed scoping studies first in order to build confidence in the project. Only if the project is successful at this stage will they spend more, which gives the investors and shareholders confidence that their money is being utlisied in the right way.

Argus: You mentioned drilling as the very next step.

What will that entail?

Patrick Walta: We are planning a drilling campaign hopefully to kick off in January. It’s a fairly simple process and involves us contracting a drilling company...

The physical drilling is designed to collect samples which will be analysed and verified by a geologist before being utilised to conduct our next phase of metallurgical test work.

Argus: When we last spoke, you mentioned that it was estimated that the site held up to a million ounces of gold. Is this still estimated?

Patrick Walta: Yes, based on production history from previous operations and drilling that’s been done on site already there’s up to a million ounces of gold and 80 thousand tonnes of copper. So there’s a significant amount of resources on the site there’s no doubt about that. The complexities are in unlocking the value of those resources themselves which is what we are here to do.

Argus: You mentioned the pyrite as well. What would Carbine’s plans with the pyrite be?

Patrick Walta: Our ultimate goal with the pyrite is to be able to produce a high grade concentrate. This provides significant environmental benefit to the site by creating a saleable pyrite product. Selling pyrite generates an economic return for the project but also remove the source of the acid mine drainage. That would mean complete site remediation which is ultimately the goal.

Argus: Once all steps are completed and if all is signed off to go ahead, do you still anticipate operations on the mine site to restart in 2016?

Patrick Walta: At this stage yes - depending on the results of the studies, 2016 at some stage is the likely time when we would be making our formal investment decision and then getting into mining operations.

Argus: You mentioned it may be a life of about 8 years for the mine. Are you still expecting this to be the case if all goes ahead?

Patrick Walta: An 8 year mine life is based on the current defined resources on site. The reality is though, depending on how big a plant we build, there could be up to 25 years of mining here. There are probably 40 million tonnes of tailings that should be reprocessed. Even with a 2 million tonne per annum plant, that’s going to at least 20 years to process.

So 8 years is the current yard stick based on the confidence we have in the resources but it’s likely that by the time we complete the PFS, either the size of the plant will increase or the projected duration of operations will increase.

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Golden Mount Festival’s Damtastic event It’s time to start building your boats… no we are not expecting a flood of Biblical proportions – but there is a new event that requires you to build a boat – out of cardboard will suffice. The Dash on the Dee is the highlight event of the 2014 DAMTASTIC hosted by the Golden Mount Festival Association on Saturday, 13 December 2014.

Held at Mount Morgan’s Big Dam (No 7), the DAMTASTIC is an alcohol-free family event which is jointly funded by funds received from the Rockhampton Regional Council and the Golden Mount Festival Association.

The Dash on the Dee is an eight-legged boat race.

The boats are made of cardboard or other light-weight material and decorated in the Golden Mount Festival’s 2015 theme, Colours of Our World.

The object is for the four people to navigate their boat through a 200 metre obstacle course. The first past the post will be the winner. If a lot of teams enter, then heats will be conducted with the first two teams in each heat progressing to the finals. First prize is $100, second prize is $50 and third prize is $25. There is a $25.00 prize for the Best Decorated Boat. The race will start at 4 p.m.

Nomination forms can be collected from News Xpress, the Festival’s Website and Facebook page. Cost of entry per team is $10 – that’s $2.50 each!!!

As well as the highlight event, there will be a series of “Minute to Win It” Challenges with lots of great prizes on offer. There will also be raffles and a barbecue tea.

The activities start at 3 p.m. and finish at 7 p.m. As a special treat for the children, the Man in the Red Suit, also known as Santa Claus will take time out of his busy Christmas schedule to pay a visit and will arrive at 5.30 pm.

There will be market stalls and if you would like to book a stall, phone Katrina on 0421 668 130 or Eve-lyn on 4938 2898 (after hours).

Bring your family and have a nice relaxing afternoon at one of Mount Morgan’s loveliest spots.

You should have received a flyer about Damtastic in your letterbox over the weekend. If you have received a blue coloured Damtastic flyer in the catalogue deliveries – write your name on the back and bring it to the Damtastic on 13 December 2014 where it will go into the draw for a prize.

Residential competition 1st Prize - $100 2nd Prize - $50 Judging held Monday, December 22 Entry forms available for collection and submission at Ramm’s Bi-Rite Electrical.

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Mount Morgan Multipurpose Health Service Immunisation staff as well as other nursing staff held an information session and free barbeque at the Mount Morgan High School on Monday afternoon on the 11th of November.

The information session and barbeque was held in conjunction with the high school as part of their orientation program for parents and new students who would be attending the school next year. The immunisation team saw this as an ideal opportunity to provide education regarding the importance of the immunisation for high school students and answer any quieres the students or parents may have in relation to various vaccinations the children would be receiving at school.

MMMPHS immunisation staff are held in high regard for the school based vaccination program with the team winning the prestigious GSK Childhood Immunisation Award in 2012.

Pat’s hard work recognised at end of year celebration At the recent Mount Morgan Pensioners and Superannuants Christmas party, Area Organiser Lois Collins surprised hard-working Pat Hare with a presentation. Pat is the Secretary of the Mount Morgan Pensioners and Superannuants League.

Pat, who has been the stalwart of the local pensioners group, has worked tirelessly for the branch and Lois said it was about time recognition of her work was made.

Article and photo by Cherith Weis.

Local achievements

The award for rewarding innovation and sharing best practice in childhood immunisation for achieving a significant increase/ or maintenance of coverage in hard to reach children and or adolescent populations. The staff have strived to make the service sustainable ensuring the health and well being of students against adolescent disease.

Along with the award came funding which has supported the program with equipment and provides extras for targeted education programs such as this day. It was a successful afternoon with good community attendance and informative interaction between children, parents and staff. We thank the school, parents, students and valuable hospital staff who gave their time to make this day the success it was.

Article supplied by Mount Morgan Multipurpose Health Service.

Helping Lifeline celebrate

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Question: How many times in a joke or a quote have you heard the words “Ring 13 11 14, tell Lifeline they care!”? But it’s true, they do care.

From our beginning almost 52 years ago Lifeline received 350 calls in the first week, which grew to more than 15,000 calls in its first year.

Over the past 12 months 13 11 14 received over 750,000 calls which equates to approximately 2,050 calls daily nationwide.

So on the 13th - 11- 2014, in the historic gold mining town of Mount Morgan – population approximately 3,000 and situated 37km south west of Rockhampton.. we celebrated! Handing out cake, and with a guitar case open, we had some serious busking done.

We had people sitting (in chairs) on the footpath, and “dancing in the street”... oops, on the footpath. But on the day, without the help of volunteers, this could not be achieved.

Our buskers were Brian on organ, and Brian-Jim on guitar, Tom on vocals and Di on vocals. Volunteers on the day were Karen, Lauren, Jenny and William.

A big thank you to our volunteers past and present and to all our supporters.

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Community’s ties to White Ribbon Day On Tuesday the 25th of November, Relationships Australia (QLD) in conjunction with Mt Morgan QPS, Bidgerdii Aboriginal Medical Service and local community members of Mt Morgan held an event to help raise funds and awareness of White Ribbon Day.

Mount Morgan was one of many communities to hold special events for White Ribbon Day. These events and the national campaign help break the silence around violence, working towards bringing violence against women to an end.

White Ribbon Day is a national campaign which aims to end violence against women. Violence against women is at epidemic proportions. Devastatingly, over 12 months, on average, one woman is killed every week in Australia as a result of intimate partner violence.

We want people to know that violence against women is unacceptable, not the victim’s fault, help is always available and if you see something you should definitely say something.

People can make a difference; bringing an end to men’s violence against women takes a whole of community approach.

Murder is at the pointy end of a broad spectrum of violence against women. It’s a spectrum that encompasses financial, verbal, emotional, psychological, physical and sexual abuse, as well as workplace harassment. They all form part of a devastating cycle of violence.

In aim of raising both awareness and funds, we held a free of charge street BBQ event, “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes”.

This event was well attended, and saw male participants not only sign the Pledge Board but also even wearing women’s shoes during the event in support. Through the street BBQ, we were able to raise approximately $200.00 which will now be donated to the cause.

The women lost to domestic violence are not just statistics they are wives, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, friends and colleagues. Most importantly, they are people, and the impact of the violence perpetrated against them is widespread and long-standing.

Article supplied by the Mount Morgan Hub (Relationships Australia Qld).

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News from the Mount Morgan Laurel Club Christmas break up:

Our final meeting for the Mount Morgan Laurel Club for 2014 was a very merry one. Serving as both our monthly meet and our local Christmas breakup, the event was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. We celebrated with a morning tea as well as the exchanging of gifts, raffles, a game or two of Bingo and the cutting of a Christmas cake.

Comments from our local clubs News from Mount Morgan Rodeo Association Hi Mount Morgan, and welcome to another news update from the committee. Nuts as table compliments.

Our Tradies night at the Grand Saturday the 15th of November was a success with copious amounts of money changing hands and deals being made all over the place.

A big thanks to all the Tradies who volunteered their time, the staff at the Grand, along with the buyers on the night and the club members who made the night a great success. And a special mention to Dave our auctioneer who ripped off…I mean extracted that last cent from the buyers to raise money for the Rodeo Association. Thanks Dave, you and Tennille will be sadly missed by many in this town. Also thanks to the hospital staff who attended and opened their wallets and dove deep to assist us with our fund raising and of course there was the added bonus when they put their own Steve Cooper up for auction and young Zach also sold his soul one part there. Well done boys!

Big thank you to the tradies: A big thanks to Doris:

I was present at the local Social Club morning (which was held on November 27), and have to give a big thanks to Doris Tremaine of behalf of the Laurel Club.

This wonderful lady has been busy croqueting nice little poppies (Remembrance Day flower) and is still at it with a lot more orders to fill.

Doris presented the Laurel Club with a donation of $150.00 – which was made from the croqueted flowers, with more to come.

I was very pleased to accept this on behalf of the Laurel Club.

Article by Jim Lynch.

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We have quite a few upcoming events in the pipeline over the next few months, so keep an eye on the date claimers in the Argus and the shop fronts around town. Firstly there will be the Christmas Tree Festival where you can purchase homemade Christmas cakes and puddings along with other Christmas treats from our stall. The 14th February Valentine’s Day 2015, Rock and Roll night at the Community Service hall, fancy dress, prizes and raffles. Dance to real records and great old music. And the Family Fun Day on the 18th January 2015 from 10am to 4pm at the Dam. Just to mention a few of the activities to come.

I am not sure if I will get another newsletter in before Christmas. Therefore, please be careful over the Christmas break, enjoy yourselves, have a great festive season.

Regards, Lyn Campion Secretary, MMRAI

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The Police news in the previous issue of The Argus, advised of some stolen property from local residents.

Some of these items could be more easily traced, if they were marked and recorded, by our local Police officers.

Crime Stoppers What is Crime Stoppers?

Crime Stoppers is a partnership between the registered charity and community volunteer organisation Crime Stoppers Queensland Limited and the Queensland Police Service.

Crime Stoppers was established in Queensland in 1989 and operates throughout Australia and the World.

Visit the Crime Stoppers Queensland website for detailed information www.qld.crimestoppers.com.au Queensland Police Service Partnership Support The Queensland Police Service is proud to work in partnership with the community volunteer organisation Crime Stoppers Queensland Limited.

The Queensland Police Service receives all information provided through Crime Stoppers by the community. This information is assessed and forwarded to the relevant police establishment for investigation.

All results achieved following investigations by the Queensland Police Service are provided back to Crime Stoppers Queensland to allow their payment of cash rewards, fundraised by the community.

Successes During July 2014 there were 3367 calls to the Crime Stoppers hotline, resulting in the generation of 1958 information reports which were forwarded to local police for information or investigation. Results reported back to Crime Stoppers during this month for previous information reports consist of:• 158 people were arrested on 402 charges • Drugs valued at $1 249 054.00 were seized If you need police to attend an address or you need immediate police assistance DO NOT PHONE CRIME STOPPERS - phone Police on 131 444 or in an emergency call 000

In early November we held a free sausage sizzle at the local Police Station, in order to invite local residents to bring small items for marking and recording, to help guard against theft. We are happy to do this again in the new year, if enough people would indicate their interest in having valuables marked and recorded by your local Police. For large items, please contact the Mount Morgan Police Station on 49381222, during office hours to arrange, marking and recording of such.

Going on holidays?

If you are heading out of town over the Christmas and New Year period, remember to inform your local Police, and advise dates, so they can keep an eye on your place while away.

Remember the following important phone numbers: Emergency 000 Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 Policelink: 131 444 Local station: 49381222 (during office hours) Together we can reduce crime and improve community safety.

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In addition to Child Care Benefit (CCB) & Child Care Rebate (CCR), there is extra help available with the cost of child care: Kindy at low or no cost for Health Care Card holders for eligible families, Jobs Education and Training (JET) assistance where eligible parents pay $1.00 per hour, Grandparent Child Care Benefit (GCCB) and Special CCB (SCCB). **Talk to our Early Childhood Teacher, Kiara Geddes, on how she prepares your child for Prep**

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Mahjong at the Mount Morgan Library Local Mount Morgan resident Carole Neill loves playing Mahjong and each week escapes to the Mount Morgan Library for a game or two with her friends. Here’s a snapshot of why she loves the game…

How long have you played Mahjong for?

Over ten years and played in several different places over the years.

How did you begin?

A friend was given a set as a Christmas present and we thought we’d give it a go.

How difficult is it to play?

It’s not difficult at all – if you can play cards then you can play Mahjong What’s the best thing about Mahjong?

I love the companionship and being able to chatter with friends. It also keeps the mind active!

What’s your strategy for winning?

Distract them! No, it’s just fun playing.

How many people can play Mahjong at a time?

We have a table setting for four, that’s the usual way to play. However, we have played with three before.

How many people play at the Mount Morgan Library?

We usually have about 12-14 people who play on a regular basis.

What is Mahjong?

Mahjong originated in China. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in South Korea and Japan). The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Eastern and South Eastern Asia and have a small following in Western countries.

Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance.

The game is played with a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although some regional variations use a different number of tiles. In most variations, each player begins by receiving 13 tiles. In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the 14th drawn tile to form four groups (melds) and a pair (head). There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, stolen from another player and thus melded, the use of simples (numbered tiles) and honors (winds and dragons), the kinds of melds, and the order of dealing and play. However there are many regional variations in the rules; in addition, the scoring system and the minimum hand necessary to win varies significantly based on the local rules being used.

(Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong) Mahjong is played at the Mount Morgan Library Thursday afternoons from 2pm until 4pm. There’s no age limit and anyone can play it. And you don’t need your own set to play.

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A big plus for Mount Morgan Kim, Judy and Margie are very proud to bring Hairworx Plus to Mt Morgan. Firstly THANK YOU to everyone for your support so far - we are having an amazing time.

We are only open on Mondays for now as we are looking for more staff to help get us open 4 days a week to bring more salon services. Our future plans are to introduce our Beauty Room with more waxing services and also have a nail technican. We also have training trips planned to Brisbane and Sydney next year so our team is always up to date with everything HAIR & BEAUTY and gain more experience.

Kim and I look forward to seeing you all soon. You can make an appointment any time during the week as our phone is through to our Rockhampton store.

Thank you to everyone that pops in and says hi and we can not wait to meet more of you really soon.

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by Trish & Greg Mathers Hi Argus readers, Can you believe we are now in December and up to our second last issue of the 2014 Argus?! Where has the year gone? Although it has zipped past, it has not gone without some great local events and projects. Next fortnight, for our last issue for this year, we will be taking a look back at the year that was – and some of the highlights for Mount Morgan over the past 12 months.

Christmas Cent Sale – a big thanks to all:

Last fortnight, we held our Christmas has come early Cent Sale. This was held in aim of raising final funds for the 2014 Christmas Tree Festival, which we will be hosting this weekend!

We would like to sincerely thank all who came along to this fundraiser. We welcomed a great crowd of over 100 people and we were able to raise our required sum! Thank you so much for your support. A big thanks also go to all who so kindly donated prizes for the cent sale – it was greatly appreciated. And last but certainly not least, a huge thanks to our hardworking volunteers and team members who lent a hand on and during the event.

Mount Morgan’s Christmas Tree Festival – this Friday and Saturday night!

There’s no denying that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you see a beautifully glowing Christmas tree. Well, times that by about 80 and you have the Mount Morgan Christmas Tree Festival!

This Friday and Saturday evening (December 5th and 6th) the Mount Morgan School of Arts will be transformed into a twinkling wonderland when it plays host to the 2014 Christmas Tree Festival.

It’s set to be a fantastic event and one for the whole family.

Come along and enjoy the Christmas tree displays, market stalls, live entertainment and food and drink available both nights. Saturday night also includes free children’s amusement rides plus a visit from Santa at 7pm! Hope to see you there!

2015 Mount Morgan Calendars!

They’re back! Due to popular demand, our “Moments in Mount Morgan” calendars are back and ready for your walls and desks for 2015! They feature a range of photos taken around the local area over the past year.

They’ll be available for purchase from our table at the Mount Morgan Christmas Tree festival this week.

It has been forecast as a long, hot, dry summer. Wildlife will really be suffering during this heatwave and dry conditions. Not only from lack of water, but also a reduction in food supply. We have had many birds recently come in to care because of starvation. While we cannot fix this problem, we can make it easier for them in many ways. Most back yards will have insects, nectar etc which our native birds could really do with while these conditions continue. Please make your yards safe for our beautiful creatures by keeping cats indoors and putting your dogs inside or on a chain, at least for a couple of hours early in the morning and mid to late in the afternoon. A bird bath or two placed in a shady location, plus a small pond with a stick placed in it would also be a really big help. (Leaving a small area un-mowed and natural can also provide food and shelter for small birds, lizards, even frogs.) The stick in the water is to enable small birds to hop on and make their way down to the water without risking drowning. If you are feeding wildlife, please make sure you are giving them the correct diet. Do not feed them bread. Just because it is wholegrain does not make it good for them. Bread will usually cause serious problems. It can cause jaws to rot on kangaroos, wallabies, possums etc, as they cannot chew it properly and it gets caught in their mouths and rots, causing infection. It also fills birds and animals up. It will swell when wet, making them think they are full, and will cause starvation. We have seen many ducks with their beaks completely rotten off from a diet of bread. They have had to be put down as they are no longer able to eat.

With Xmas around the corner, why not give a bird bath as a present? You will be providing many hours of joy and delight for all age groups watching our spectacular birds coming in for a drink and a tub! You will also be helping our native animals at the same time. Another great gift idea is a set of sonic whistles (Shoo Roos or similar).

They can be purchased for as little as $4 a set, and easily stick to the front of ones car. The whistle alerts birds and any animals that may be on or near the road, and they will soon flee. While there has been much debate on whether or not they actually work; we almost always ask people who bring us animals from the road which have been hit, and in hundreds and hundreds of cases, there has only been 1 person who has hit an animal with these on their car. Speaks for itself.

We have a mad local kookaburra who has twice tried to steal the little wallaby joey from my lap. The first time he came out of nowhere, and managed to steal his dummy and slightly scratched his face; taking us both by surprise.

Next time I was ready for him and had the joey well and truly protected when he showed up. The kookaburra has even flown inside the house a few times looking for him. Talk about cheek!

This is the little cutie! His name is Skippy-go-Lucky, and he is a little swamp wallaby (who thinks he is a big swamp wallaby!)

Community thoughts

In my opinion...

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There’s no denying that Mount Morgan has a wonderfully rich history; a plethora of inspiring stories drawn from the works of even more inspiring individuals.

In an earlier issue of the Argus (April 24, 2014), New Zealand resident Gerald Cunningham provided us with an insightful piece on one of Mount Morgan’s prominent past characters – the late Mr William Knox D’arcy.

In his inclusion, “Mount Morgan’s contribution to victory in WWI”, Gerald Cunningham outlined some of the business efforts made by D’arcy at the turn of 19th Century, which lead to the discovery of oil in the Persian Gulf. Actions which saw the early businessman inducted into the Business Leaders Hall of Fame in 2012.

Like all things in life however, there is the flipside.

While D’arcy’s actions can be seen as inspiring to many, especially in a business world, there are some who feel there are other past characters who may be more “worthy” of attention and whose actions should also be echoed in the pages of history. This issue of the Argus we bring you our first “In my opinion…”; a column welcoming your thoughts and interpretation on various subjects.

Here, we bring you thoughts from local resident, Leonie Lane who sent us her thoughts following the April 24 issue of the Argus. Leonie shares a different take on the wellknown D’arcy through research and her thoughts on who else should possibly share the limelight with the renowned former businessman…

The Controversial William Knox D’arcy:

By Leonie Lane

Mt Morgan’s history is full of colourful characters!

William Knox D’arcy is certainly one of them.

As an original investor in our magnificent goldmine in 1882, D’arcy used his fortune to live a life of flamboyant luxury. And to gamble! His gambling led him into oil exploration and finally a lucky strike, in true Hollywood fashion, when he was almost out of money!

However, I believe that Knox D’arcy does not deserve the “heroic citizen” status bestowed on him by Gerald Cunningham in the Argus (April 24th edition).

D’arcy never lived in Mount Morgan. Indeed Australia was too small for his ambitions.

By 1887, he was on his way to London to live the life of a wealthy aristocrat. Nor did he ever do anything for our town. Local historian Lorna McDonald writes of the “complete neglect by Knox D’arcy of the community which produced the gold.” (Rockhampton: A History of City & District, p.332).

D’arcy was definitely a lucky man.... and lucky in his friends! He owed a great deal to his fellow mine partners, the Hall brothers. It was his friendship with Thomas Hall that got him into the mine in the first place; while Walter Hall provided the loan that kept the company dividends flowing and D’arcy out of trouble!

The true heroes remain unsung! All D’arcy’s luck and gambling instinct would have been useless without the hard work of those back home. His success was built on the efforts of thousands of ordinary workers, who gave many years, and sometimes their lives, to the mine and town. And whose descendants still live here today.

The contribution of Mt Morgan to allied victory in the First World War needs to be seen as a collective one.

Australia’s war effort was directly helped by mine profits.

The British Navy did benefit from the use of oil and that oil came from D’arcy’s Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

But D’arcy’s decision to sell majority shares to Britain in 1914 was a business decision, not a selfless act of patriotism. Any glory should be shared!

If we must have individual heroes from the early days, there are more likely candidates than Knox D’arcy.

William Mackinlay, for example, the stockman who discovered the gold but lost his daughter when she betrayed the secret, is all but forgotten. Or respected mine managers like Meyenberg and Captain Richards, residents whose loyalty, enterprise and industry went largely unrewarded. One fine example of citizenship is J H Lundager: mayor, newsagent, editor of “The Chronicle” and town photographer, who captured our exciting past for future generations.

There is a rich strata that lies beneath the story of D’arcy’s glittering success – and excess. It is made up of the lives and work of the people of Mt Morgan: miners; railwaymen; bullock drivers; timber cutters; shopkeepers; the women who brought up their families in tents and huts. The list is endless!

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White Christmas with real white chocolate It was the night before Christmas, nothing was stirring not even a mouse, when from the kitchen comes a yell “White Christmas is ready!” That’s what everyone one was waiting for. When it’s Christmas in Australia it’s hard to have a white Christmas but at least we can eat some. White Christmas is a no-bake slice, super sweet and rich - so cut it into small pieces to serve. Cool present tip: For Christmas gifts, package pieces of White Christmas in red cellophane and tie with green ribbon.

Your list:

• 250g Copha • 1 cup pure icing sugar • 1 ½ cup sultanas • 200g (1 cup) chopped red glace cherries • 100g (¾ cup) finely chopped dried apricots • 1 cup white chocolate bits or buds • 1 cup desiccated coconut • 1 cup full cream milk powder • 1 ¼ cups rice bubbles

Method:

Line a 18cm by 28cm slice pan with grease proof baking paper.

Melt Copha in a small bowl in microwave 40 seconds.

Into a large bowl, sift icing sugar and add white chocolate, cherries sultanas, coconut, apricots, rice bubbles, & milk powder. Stir until well combined. Now pour melted Copha to bowl and stir until well combined.

Pour the mixture into the lined pan. Firmly press the mixture into the pan- I use another pan to push down very hard and press into shape or you can use the back of a spoon. Tightly cover pan with plastic wrap and then refrigerate until slice is cold and set.

Slice White Christmas into small squares or diamond shapes to serve. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Free family passes to new Wet Play Area: Make a splash in the new Wet Play Area at the 2nd World War Memorial Pool on Saturday 13 December with a Family Fun Day from 10.30am. Be quick and you could pick up a free family pass to exclusively enjoy the Wet Play Area from 9am before the public is invited. Get your free ticket from Council’s Customer Service Centre now before you miss out.

Centrelink opening hours during Christmas and New Year: Mount Morgan Centrelink Agent will be CLOSED Christmas Day; Boxing Day; New Years Day and January 2nd. Early lodgement can be done the working day before Christmas Day and New Years Day. Colleen’s Hair Salon Christmas/New Year trading hours: Closed from Friday 19th December 2014 until Tuesday 13th January 2015. Phone 4938 1265.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Thank You Notice: Mick and Karin Blake and family would like to thank the staff at Jon Cani nursing home for care so kindly for Karin's mum Rosmarie Oberer "Rosie" for the last 2 years. Also a huge thanks to the doctors & staff at Mount Morgan Hospital who cared for her and lovingly looked after Karin's mum in her last week on Earth. Thank you so much. R.I.P Rosie "Rosmarie Oberer" Passed on at 9:45pm, on Saturday the 29th of November 2014.

Thank You Notice: Daisy Hempseed & David and Craig Waine wish to thank everyone for their messages and cards, floral tributes in the sad passing of Frank Waine.

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Happy birthday for the 4th of December Christina O’Leary. From John, Star and kittens.

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Happy 90th birthday to Madeline Rienecker for the 13th of December.

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Love from Terry, Bonny, Carlein, Juanita, Grannies and Great Grannies

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