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30 July - 5 August 2012 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1025 • $2.00 inc. GST

Young and old come together in harmony for NAIDOC Week

From grannies to grandkids, NAIDOC Week brought generations together to celebrate Indigenous identity and culture on Thursday Island. Pictured here at the NAIDOC opening ceremony at the Star of the Sea Retirement Village are TI musical marvels the Mills Sisters (Cessa Nakata, left, and Ina Titasey, far right) with local youngster Satera Bani strumming in between. For more NAIDOC week celebration stories and photos see pages 3 and 21. PHOTO: MATT GARRICK

Air fares sky-high as subsidies scrapped BY MARK ROY TRAVEL plans are being cancelled and changed, and remote communities are reeling after the Newman government axed air-fare subsidies last week. The cancellation of the Local Fares Scheme was made without prior warning or any official announcement, although the government now says fares already booked will be honoured. The Torres News was swamped with queries from customers last week trying to book flights under

the scheme, which provided $99 flat-rate fares to Cairns and Horn Island for residents of certain Cape York communities and Outer Islands of the Torres Strait. The subsidised, flat-rate fares were introduced by the Bligh government in January this year to assist residents in remote areas, who rely heavily on air services, to access health, education and employment opportunities. Shadow Treasurer and Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt said the decision to axe the Local Fares Scheme was made by a

“Brisbane-centric” state government, and represented “extremely bad news” for Torres Strait and NPA residents. “Affordable air travel in the Cape and the Strait is not a luxury, but is essential, and the scheme helped cuts the cost of fares for people travelling to their nearest service centre, either Horn Island or Cairns,” Mr Pitt said. “The majority of the travel is used by locals to access health services including maternity services.” Continued Page 4 >>

2012-13 Directory this week The 2012-13 Torres Strait and NPA Business & Community Directory is included, free-of-charge, in this week’s edition of the Torres News (local distribution only). Extra copies of the Directory are available from the Torres News at a cost of $2 each, including GST, until the end of August (postage extra). To obtain your extra copies, either email corey@torresnews. com.au or call 1300-TORRES (1300 867 737). For outer island and NPA customers, your copy of the directory is not included inside the newspaper but is available from the store where you bought your newspaper.

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Boastful claims harm legitimate hunting rights: Entsch By MARK ROY THE media war over traditional hunting of turtle and dugong is increasingly being fought in the arena of public opinion, rather than on the legitimate grounds of facts, justice and rights. And Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch says certain sections of the Torres Strait Islander community are not doing themselves any favours by boasting about dugong take and threatening to flaunt proposed amendments to the Animal Care and Protection Act. “The changes to cruelty laws will simply bring Queensland in line with every other state in Australia,” Mr Entsch said. “These amendments have not impacted on the traditional

Loss of six Customs officers’ jobs on T.I. confirmed

hunting rights in states such as Western Australia and the Northern Territory.” Last week Mr Entsch used parliamentary privilege to “name and shame” rogue hunters on Horn Island, whom he accused of pursuing unsustainable and unethical hunting practices. He also supplied a photograph to national media outlets, allegedly downloaded from the facebook page of a young Torres Strait Islander. The Torres News checked the page and the source of the image, which appears legitimate. “How about showing this to the elected leaders for comment?” Mr Entsch asked. He said the image was accompanied by the following

CUSTOMS officers in the Torres Strait have had their worst fears realised, with several to lose their jobs. This confirms reports in the Torres News about the loss of six jobs earlier this year. The Thursday Island job losses are part of 40 positions across 14 District offices, including Thursday Island, Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Port Hedland, Broome and Dampier. Cuts to front-line staffing in regional

comment on changes to cruelty laws: “Omg stop complaining peeps just break the rule if U craving its not hard geez!!! Its not end of the world U knw.” Mr Entsch asked, if the local leaders shown on the front page of last week’s Torres News - Torres Strait Island Regional Council Mayor Fred Gela, Torres Strait Regional Authority chair Toshie Kris, and Torres Shire Mayor Pedro Stephen - would defend this attitude. “I am sure it is just another cultural subsistence hunt, an everyday occurrence in the Torres Strait, and totally sustainable,” Mr Entsch said with more than a hint of sarcasm. “When these images hit

the national press I will look forward to their justification for these actions.” He said such images, along with boastful comments, would not help the cause of preserving Native Title hunting rights. “I am absolutely committed to defending Native Title take of turtle and dugong under traditional hunting practices, however, young hunters flexing and flaunting their ‘rights’ makes this increasingly difficult,” he said. NOTE: The Torres News has blanked out the face and the car’s details. While the photo was sent to the Torres News in good faith, this newspaper has not been able to verify its authenticity. - Mark Bousen, Group Editor.

Customs offices could leave Australia vulnerable to importation of drugs, guns and other illegal activities, the Community and Public Sector Union said. The CPSU says the cuts are part of the boarder agency’s response to federal government budget cuts. It is expected that staff will leave their positions before the end of year. CPSU National Secretary, Nadine Flood has slammed Customs’ plan to focus the cuts

Photos such as this one - uploaded to the facebook page of a Torres Strait Islander - show dugong hunting is being pursued at an “unsustainable and indefensible” rate by some sections of the community, according to Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch.

on regional areas and called on management to reverse their decision. She also called on Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare to intervene if necessary. “These are big jobs cuts in small but vitally important offices,” said Ms Flood. The union is concerned at the impact the cuts will have on Thursday Island where staffing will be reduced from14 positions to eight. “Thursday Island is a short 3km boat

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NAIDOC Week goes off with a bang By MATT GARRICK A UNITED community gathered together and celebrated the enormous contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to Australia, for NAIDOC Week on Thursday Island. The week of festivities and activities kicked off with a bang, or more appropriately, the bangs of dozens of drums at the Star of the Sea retirement home, on Monday July 23. Star of the Sea was a fitting location to set of the week, a way for community leaders to show their

gratitude, through stirring speeches, to the local elders who helped pave the way for Torres Strait Islanders to find equality in mainstream society. Elders and youngsters, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike came together to celebrate the theme of NAIDOC week for 2012 - The Spirit of the Tent Embassy 40 Years On. The theme illuminates the length of time it has taken for modern Australia to give a proper voice to the earliest people on its soil.

Member of the 2012 NAIDOC Committee Tony Bani said the event was a chance for younger generations to really understand about the struggles the older ones have gone through. “It’ll be their struggle that we pass on, so hopefully things will turn positive,” said Mr Bani. “The good work that’s been done won’t come to an end, it will continue when they takeover.” There were thunderous celebrations of Torres Strait Islander heritage and identity throughout

NAIDOC week, with showcases of traditional dance, art activities, and rousing speeches given by Indigenous and non-Indigenous community figureheads. It was all capped off by the formidable fashions at the NAIDOC Ball for 2012, on Friday July 27. NAIDOC Week Coordinator Pauline Ahwang said although the organisation process was hectic, it all came together in the end. “The fruitful thing about it is it’s the first time we’ve ever held a one week celebration. This NAIDOC

ABOVE: Parpree Maslen, Suellyne Lott, Pekuu Pekuu, Theresa McCleery and Aunty Lena Sagigi. ABOVE: Elaine Gamia, Amelia Mari, Clarice Noah, Annie Seriat and BELOW: Musicians and dancers performing at the NAIDOC Week Uncle Obediah Arae (a traditional owner of the Kaurareg nation). Opening Ceremony. BELOW: Through the generations: granddaughter Tianra Lichtendall and grandmother May Lichtendall.

ABOVE: Clarice Noah celebrating NAIDOC Week. BELOW: Musicians and dancers performing at the NAIDOC Week Opening Ceremony.

committee for 2012 have come together and pushed this to make it happen,” said Ms Ahwang. She also applauded the government departments, such as Queensland Health, who participated in the event, and said a week of NAIDOC celebrations should happen again in 2013. For photos of all the tears and the triumphs from the Torres Strait Awards 2012 NAIDOC Ball at the PKA Hall, check out next week’s edition of Torres News.

ABOVE: NAIDOC Committee member Sabrina Akee, MC of the NAIDOC Opening Ceremony Leo Akee and NAIDOC Week coordinator Pauline Ahwang. BELOW: Zipporah Gea Gea with her great aunt Annie Wigness and Florence Levi from the NAIDOC committee.

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Parenting workshop open to all ON Monday, August 13, guidance officer Thomas Cleary and early intervention specialist Joanna Middleton will be conducting a free parenting program for all members of the community. This event, run jointly by Tagai State College and Queensland Health, uses the Positive Parenting Program to build the skills and success of parents and carers. The training program will offer hints and tips for effective parenting. The program gives people the tools to take the stress out of parenting,

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Local expertise needed for dengue control Services is ongoing to try and suppress a virulent strain of the disease spread by the Aedes albopictus (or Tiger Mosquito) on EVERYONE hates mosquitoes. The bites they leave on your skin are itchy the islands. Due to uncertainty over future funding and irritating. Trouble is, in the Torres Strait, the to support this team travelling from Cairns threat of contracting dengue fever from a to Torres Strait multiple times a year, he mozzie makes getting bitten more than just said the time has come for the Torres Shire Council to invest more into locally based annoying. environmental health professionals. History has proved it can be deadly. “We need to work with the Torres The first three deaths in over a century from dengue fever in Australia happened Shire Council to make this project more between 2003 and 2005 - in the Torres sustainable. We really need a team based on the islands, for our strategies here to be Strait. Director of Medical Entomology at effective,” he said. “It will mean more autonomy for the Queensland Health Greg Devine said work by Cairns-based Tropical Regional Torres Strait, and more local expertise. It will be ideal for this project.” The tiger mosquito population, one of the most invasive breeds in the region, began their march into Australia from Papua New Guinea around 2005. “The Torres region is particularly vulnerable to the introduction of the dengue virus because of the traditional movement that occurs between the Torres Strait Islands and Papua New Guinea,” said Mr Devine. These alien invaders have so far been curtailed from spilling over to the Tim Scott, Vector Control Officer, DART (Dengue Action Australian mainland, maResponse Team) spraying against the mozzie scourge on jorly due to the work in the Thursday Island. By MATT GARRICK

the mosquitoes,” said Mr Devine. One such method being trialled in North Queensland to eradicate the spread of dengue is the use of a common fungus. Queensland Institute of Medical Research scientist Dr Jonathan Darbro said early tests have shown a type of soil fungus is lethal to the Aedes aegypti mosquito - or yellow-fever mosquito - one of the breeds which transmits the disease to humans. “The results are very promising,” said Dr Dabro. “The fungus doesn’t kill the mosquitoes as quickly as Ronald Williams from the Torres Strait and NPA Hospital a chemical product.” and Health Service setting mosquito traps on Saibai. Because it kills more slowly, PHOTOS COURTESY QUEENSLAND HEALTH mosquitoes are less likely Torres Strait by the DART (Dengue Action to evolve a resistance to the Response Team) from Tropical Regional fungus. Locally, insecticides will continue Services. to be used for at least the next half decade to “At the moment we only have dengue fight the spread of mosquito-borne disease fever in the wet tropics. If this mosquito such as dengue, and also malaria. manages to get over to the mainland, Mr Devine said the next round of a we could have outbreaks as far south as Commonwealth-funded Aedes albopictus Sydney,” he said. control campaign (that also keeps down Dengue control teams currently use a numbers of Aedes aegypti) happening on form of insecticide as their weapon against TI and Horn Island - because they are the the mosquitoes, but the bugs are now build- main entry routes to the mainland- will be ing up resilience to these poisons. from July 29 until August 3. “One of these days, we will have to For more information on dengue fever in begin using a new method, because there the Torres Strait, contact Thursday Island will be too much resistance built-up in Primary Health on 4069 0400.

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‘Our Children, Our Culture, Our Way’ The National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day, held on August 4, is an annual event which encourages all organisations and communities across Australia in standing together for the safety, wellbeing and rights of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This is about communicating to the wider community of our needs for action at government, community and personal level in showing that our children that their people and culture are valued within the broader Australian society. DATE: AUGUST 17, 2012 TIME: 10AM - 4PM VENUE: T.R.A.W.Q. HALL (TAMWOY) The event will include activities throughout day of Island Arts n Crafts, Entertainments, and Story Telling, Scones Teaching, Outdoor and Indoor activities as well as our nominated Guest Speakers to talk on the day. If you require transportation for pick up please contact Asa Rameka on 0478 077 138 or ring our main office on 4069 230 for bookings. A BBQ will be provided with light refreshments also be on serve. For further information, please contact Yuriko Nakachi on 0487 472 443. We would like to see you all there! Come along and celebrate our children’s day! Page 4 Torres News

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Air fares sky-high as subsidies are scrapped << From Page 1 Apart from health needs, the scheme was also used being by Outer Island residents and those living on the NPA to travel to access education and job opportunities, for training purposes, and to attend culturally important events such as weddings and funerals. One resident on the NPA said many families would no longer be able to meet up with loved ones living down south. “A lot of people have children at boarding schools and don’t have access to a four-wheel-drive, or even a car for the journey,” she said. The cuts have far-reaching consequences, even affecting travel plans for artists intent on representing their work at the upcoming Cairns Indigenous Arts Fair (CIAF) in August. Badu Arts Centre manager Richard Butler said nine out of 12 Badu artists had been looking forward to making the trip to the CIAF. “But instead of taking nine, we are now taking only four,” Mr Butler said. “Government funding is not sufficient for us to uplift 12 artists and take them to CIAF for a week. “It’s very disappointing for artists individually, but also for the overall development of the centre. “CIAF is part of our artist training, giving artists the opportunity to learn to talk confidently about their art. “The art fair visit supports artist development.

“Artists who live on Badu don’t often have a chance to see customers face-to-face, and it is rewarding for the artists, and also for the customers to understand Torres Strait culture. “The axing of the scheme penalises those who want to learn about the outside world and participate in the arts industry, and it will further prolong the time-frame for our artists to become independent.” But Transport Minister Scott Emerson said the state government could no longer afford the scheme. “This scheme was a pre-election bribe by Labor, started in January, 2012, with operators contracted to deliver it only until April 2012 - a month after the election,” Mr Emerson told AAP. He said because the former Labor government “left the state heading towards a $100 billion debt, this scheme will not be continuing”. Without the subsidy, one-way flights from Horn airport to Masig (Yorke Island) can cost more than $400, and $500 for Aurukun residents to fly to Cairns. Mr Pitt described the government decision as “cold-hearted”. “It is really important for people to be able to travel to Cairns for funerals, health services and the like without breaking the bank,” he told reporters in Cairns on Tuesday. At the time of going to press, Member for Cook David Kempton could not be contacted for comment.

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Prayer, song, dance and happy hearts on Hammond Island By BROTHER BARRY LAMB SPECIAL celebrations, Hammond Island style, accompanied the big Sacred Heart School festivities recently. For more than 80 years, Catholic schooling on Hammond Island and on Thursday Island have been intimately linked. While school on Hammond Island only started in 1929, the Hammond community joined with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School in celebrating their 125 years, and at the same time remembering the many years that St Joseph’s School had been conducted on Hammond. The children from OLSH School were all ferried across to join the ceremonies and watch the performances. Beginning with a packed church for prayers of remembrance and thanksgiving, everyone then adjourned to the school for a concert of song and dance performed by the children. Former students, now in their 60s, with Sister Marietta Garnier at the keyboard and Cecilia O’Brien as choir mistress, then performed old songs they had learned from the Sisters half a century ago. These included “When Irish Eyes are Smiling”, “My Grandfather’s Clock” , “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen” and “Don’t Be Cross Dear”. A grand celebration cake took pride of place on tables filled with sandwiches, cake, fruit and other goodies for “Morning Tea”, while locals and visitors alike enjoyed the display of old photos around the walls, and more dancing outside. A perfect day of blue sky, warm sunshine and a pleasant breeze mirrored the joyous atmosphere of the children and adults on this memorable occasion.

ABOVE: Children at St Joseph’s School on Hammond Island get ready for the performance. PHOTOS: BROTHER BARRY LAMB. RIGHT: Extreme left - Cecilia O’Brien, Dolly McCaughy, Rita Bin-Doraho, At keyboard - Sister Marietta Garnier; then, behind, obscured by hat - Marie Mosby, Josephine Petero-David, Rosie Nai, and in front holding the music with back to the camera - Bernadine David.

Sea Swift nominated again as top employer SEA SWIFT has again been nominated for the Far North Queensland Employer of the Year award at the Queensland Training Awards next month. The shipping company, whose headquarters are in Cairns but with depots on Thursday Island, Horn Island, Weipa and Seisia, won the award last year and is also a major sponsor of this year’s event. Sea Swift Chief Executive Officer Fred White said that as one of the largest employers in the region, they make a significant contribution to the employment and skill development of local communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. “The company has a strong training ethos and continually invests into its staff at all levels across its divisions,” he said. “This is illustrated by the total funding commitment to all forms of training budgeted for by a company the size of Sea Swift. “Our commitment to direct and indirect total

training expenditure now totals almost $1.2million a year. “The vast majority is not Government-funded and is expended on more specialised and job specific training, from entry level core skills through to acquiring Masters tickets to sail the fleet.” Sea Swift has developed a diverse employee base, which is represented by the following: • Mature aged workers (45-73 years) which comprises 49% of all staff. • Female workers: 17%. • Multi-cultural workforce: 34%, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers that total 15%. • 457 visa holder workers: 5%. Mr White said Sea Swift has a five-year horizon to grow from approximately 295 staff and 27 vessels to 400 staff and 35 vessels. “To ensure this is achieved, our focus is about

being strategically proactive and developing the capability of our entire workforce to support these expansion plans,” he said. “In particular, we are developing higher safety standards that not only attract a broader client base, but continue to attract and retain high calibre employees as well.” Training and career developments in 2012 include: Cadetships, School-based apprentices/ trainees (including on Thursday Island), Coxswain traineeships, Torres Strait Maritime Industry Forum, FOG’s Employment Expo, Employment of a Marine Training Project Coordinator, Improved inductions, On-line training analysis, Safety leadership training, Customer service training. The winner of this year’s Far North Queensland Employer of the Year award will be announced at a ceremony in Cairns on 4 August, with the regional winners to enter the state finals on 14 September.

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LEFT: A trap set for an unwelcome intruder adjacent to the Bamaga Showground. always room on the spectator side of the fence, where there are also many stalls of local produce, art and delicious food. You could even share your own skills in the NPA Show Talent Quest (heats on Thursday night). Promising to be the biggest show in years, there are many reasons to make you smile like a crocodile at this year’s NPA Show. See you there! Opening on Thursday, 2 August, with gates at 6pm, come

along to compete in the Talent Quest Heats or cheer on your mates. Visit the stalls and grab dinner while you’re there. NPA Show holiday, Friday kicks off early with gates opening at 9am. The action startswith Mud Rally Heats, Novelty Horse Events, Rodeo Heats and Talent Quest finals- not to mention Side Show Alley rides and stalls. The grand finale on Saturday again kicks off with gates at 9am. Be sure to get in early to catch all the events finals from

Novelty Horse Races to the Mud Rally, Rodeo, Greasy Pig and Wood chopping events. The evening will bring Traditional Dance performances and a fireworks extravaganza so stick around. NPA Show is proudly sponsored by TSRA (Torres Strait Regional Authority), Sea Swift, Skytrans and NPARC. A big thank you also to our volunteers and supporters from Qld Rural Fire Service, QLD Ambulance, SES QLD and Torres News.

Abstudy support safe for FNQ, says Entsch FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has moved to reassure North Queenslanders that an attempt to abolish Abstudy support payments will not make it past scrutiny at a federal level. Mr Entsch said the narrow passing of the motion to scrap the financial assistance scheme, which took place at the LNP’s state convention in Brisbane this month, came from someone in the Young LNP who had “no understanding of the value of Abstudy�. “While the intentions were quite noble, this is not the way to go about addressing these concerns,� Mr Entsch said. “I think it is important not to take this in isolation. We need to also look at the subsequent

emergency motion which was put forward - and strongly supported - as a direct consequence of the first motion going through. I think that is more reflective of the real situation.� Mr Entsch said the motion caught people unawares, coming up late on Sunday as the convention wound down, when many people had already left. “Clearly the majority didn’t understand the consequences, and it was only narrowly accepted.It had not been scrutinised by the state minister or the federal shadow minister, which given the nature of the motion would have been appropriate. “Had that occurred, in my view it would never have been accepted as a motion.�

Mr Entsch said the convention soon realised the implications and moved quickly to introduce an emergency motion asking the Federal Coalition to investigate the “most effective and equitable mechanism to close the gap in indigenous education� and that was accepted comprehensively. “Abstudy is highly valued, particularly in remote communities. What this situation allows, if nothing else, is to provide some debate about the issue, and hopefully see some decisions that will give us better outcomes. “But the original motion in its current form, not having passed any of the rigorous scrutiny required, won’t get past first base. The community has no reason to be concerned.�

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FEATURE It may not be the biggest show on earth, but Gilmore’s Tropical Amusements certainly faces some of the biggest challenges on the planet to bring their show to the people of Cape York and the Torres Strait, writes Torres News publisher Corey Bousen.

Little show faces big challenges

THERE’S no flash titles for Peter Gilmore, the boss of Tropical Amusements. “We’re showmen, mate. We’re fifth generation,” he tells me as he exits his executive office, namely the driver’s seat of his battered and well-travelled blue Falcon station-wagon. As Peter sits down for a chat around a collapsible table under the tenuous protection from the elements of a flapping tarpaulin, you’ve just got to look at 63-year-old, and his younger bother Pat, 52, to know they’ve probably seen it all over the years. Look up the word ‘characters’ in the dictionary and you might just find a picture of the generously sized duo. The brothers have spent their life travelling the show circuit across the length and breadth of eastern and central Australia (spending SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS: Lifelong showmen Pat (left) and Peter Gilmore during their recent two-week stay on Thursday Island. local agricultural shows managed to and Badu are the “big killer”, he says. only two weeks a year at home) and own off-spring. Thankfully the show’s last night on have been making the journey up the The boys were born into life on the survive, and we’re sustained by bigger Peninsula Development Road and onto road as their parents continued the family and better rides that would arrive from TI, Friday the 13th, ended up being lucky the Torres Strait for the best part of two tradition of working in travelling shows, the USA every year. Rides with names for Tropical Amusement, with favourable decades now. They’ve been visiting the doing school by correspondence and like: Dodgem Cars (an eternal favourite), weather and most of the island dropping Indigenous communities on Cape York finishing up from study at the earliest The Octopus, Gravitron, The Cha-Cha, in to spend a few dollars. and of course, the mighty Hurricane. But even when the crowds are good, Peninsula for 30 years. possible age of 14. Speaking to Torres News after a the Gilmores must also deal with the The brother’s Vaudevillian grandpar“We still had to work the same time quiet, first week on Thursday Island challenge of finding workers with ents came to Australia from the United we did our school work,” Pat says. The Vadueville-inspired shows flour- that coincided with the end of school the talents and aptitude for living and States at the turn of the 20th Century to perform on the Australian gold fields. ished in Australia for the first half of the holidays, the Gilmore brothers had just working on the road. With a staff of 18, including the They were part of a diaspora of Vaude- 20th century, but were swiftly put out of finished their sums, comparing takings with the expenses incurred. brothers, the draw of the show life is far ville talent that made its way to Australia business by the advent of television. “As TV came out, that was the end “It’s been very marginal,” Peter diminished from the hey-day. and which built the foundations for the “The glamour is not there like it was great Australian show that we all loved of travelling vaudeville shows,” Peter admits. The barges to move the carnival to TI 40 years ago,” Peter says. to visit as children, and continue to love says. as parents, but now accompanied by our But the side-shows that accompanied from the NPA and then onto Warraber “Once it was a great thing to travel

The life of a showman: We’re always moving

TROPICAL Amusements is currently more than half-way through what the Gilmore’s call the “Cape, Gulf & Island circuit”, which it follows every year, with a few changes to the itinerary as required. “We kick off in the first week of June, and the circuit runs for about 12 to 13 weeks, and we stop at 12 places,” Peter Gilmore explains. In the lingo of the show business, the boys in 2012 have already completed “turnouts” ( stops in towns in which they’ve operated) in Pormpuraaw, then Aurukun before setting up in Weipa at the end of June. From there the show travelled to the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York, where the show is packed onto barges and travels over to Thursday Island, where

it has just completed a two-week turnout. “We’ve missed a couple of years [travelling to the Torres Strait] due to financial difficulties,” Peter readily admits. “You take the good with the bad,” is the simple but robust philosophy he employs in dealing with the variability of the business. From Thursday Island, the boys travelled to Warraber Island between (17-20 July), before spending a week on Badu Island (20 - 27 of July). The show is then put back on the barges and heads back to the NPA for the show there on 2-4 August, from where it will travel back down the Peninsula Development Road to Kowanyama (10-12 August), then over to Borroloola in the Northern Territory (15-17

August) then back to Doomadgee to coincide with the rodeo there on 24-25 August - and that concludes the circuit. From there the show heads south to the Riverina show circuit in NSW and then over the border to Victoria’s Gippsland. “I come home to the town of Young at Christmas time and do the Young Cherry Festival. It’s the last thing we do for the year.” Peter then indulges himself with two weeks off over the Christmas / New Year period, before it starts all over again. “The show circuit starts in the second week of January in Pambula and from there we head north, zig-zagging across” the eastern states, says the showman, who does 45 turnouts a year. “We’re always moving,” he says.

[by rail] on show trains” across Australia. Now it’s “nearly impossible to get help”, particularly the kind of showman “who can do grandstanding - and that’s what it’s all about,” Peter says. Staff accommodation is basic. “There are three caravans, which are usually for the married couples. If you’re single, like me, you get a tent,” Peter states with a grin. When asked the greatest performers he’s seen during his 63 years on the road, Peter smiles when he thinks of his favourite singers and musicians: Slim Dusty, Chad Morgan and Tasmania’s Athol McCoy. A bit closer to home, Peter also fondly recalls his oldest brother Joe, now passed on, who had a show called the ‘Box Fan Review’. Despite the glamour being long faded, there still remains some advantages for the adventuresome few who take a job with the travelling show. “We go to some places you can’t get into unless you’re part of the show,” Peter says. “We get to see a lot of things the average person doesn’t.” Being born into the travelling show business, the Gilmore brothers may not have had a choice in what career they ended up in but there’s certainly now doubt that they do a job they love, despite the many hardships and challenges. “God willing, we’ll stay as long as we can on the road,” Peter says as I walk to my car and he gets back behind the wheel of his executive office. Tropical Amusements was on Warraber from 17-20 July and Badu for the week 20-27 July.

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The NPA Show kicks off in Bamaga this week from 6pm Thursday, August 2, until Saturday, August 4, with a shire holiday on Friday. Come along to the showgrounds for the mud rally, rodeo, novelty horse races, greasy pig and wood chopping events, music, entertainment, sideshow alley, stalls, dance performances, fireworks and more!

JULY

Mon 30. Hash House Harriers run, 5.50pm Mon 30. Yoga, TI Bowls Club, 6pm Mon 30. Mixed Social Volleyball, TI Sports Complex, 6pm Tue 31. Esplanade walk/Circuit classes, Seisia Hall 5pm Tue 31. Touch Football, Ken Brown Oval, 6pm Tue 31. Zumba fitness, TI Bowls Club, gold coin entry, 7pm

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Wed 1. Antenatal classes, Maternity Unit TI, 6 - 7pm, 4069 0222 Wed 1. Yoga, TI Bowls Club, 6pm Wed 1. Futsal (indoor soccer) Torres Shire Sports Complex, 6 - 8pm Wed 1. Wongai Wednesday, Seaman Dan plays Wongai Hotel restaurant, Horn Island, 6.30 - 9pm Thu 2. NPA Show opens, Bamaga Showgrounds, gates open 6pm. Talent Quest heats Thu 2. TS Carpentaria Cadets, TI Joint Defence Facility, 5.30 - 7.30pm Thu 2. Competitive volleyball, TI Sports Complex Fri 3. Floral Fridays - wear floral clothes! Fri 3. TI Rotary Club breakfast meeting, Ilan Cafe, 7am, 0438 747 853 Fri 3. NPA Show Day Holiday. Gates open 9am. Mud Rally Competition & Rodeo Heats Fri 3. Mini-triathlon, TI Sports Complex, 5.15pm Fri 3. Yoga, OLSH School, 6pm Fri 3. Cocktails by the pool, Jardine Motel, 7pm Fri 3. Karaoke, Torres Hotel, 7pm Sat 4. NPA Show final day. Gates open 9am. Mud Rally finals, Wood Chopping & Traditional Dancing. Sat 4. KRL Rugby League, Ken Brown Oval, 2pm Sun 5. Uncle Seaman Dan, Torres Hotel, 12 - 6pm

CHURCH SERVICES Parish of St Bethel,131 William Cr Bamaga NPA, Sundays 10am Uniting Church, 114 Douglas St Thursday Island, Sundays 10am Independent Church Parish of the Resurrection TI, Morning Prayer Sundays 10am, Evening Prayer 7.30pm Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Mass, all locations: Mon-Fri 7am, Saturday Vigil 6pm, Sunday 10am Hammond, Sunday 8am Horn, Saturday 9am Bamaga, 2nd Tuesday every month, 4069 3699 Arthur Wong 7.30pm

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‘No I.D.’: Who has my missing boat lights? I RECENTLY ordered some expensive stainless steel lights for my boat. After waiting for nearly a month with no delivery I asked at TI post office if they had my parcel and was told “no”. So I contacted the company who sold me the items. They gave me a tracking

number and told me it had been sent via REGISTERED e-parcel and to track it through Australia Post. It showed that my item had indeed arrived on Thursday Island and that it had been signed for and given to a V.Williams. Being as this was a registered item, they were required

to show identification for this item but were [apparently] not asked to. Although I have sent an email to the seller to follow this up, why would they? They are an international company that was paid and did nothing wrong. If V.Williams reads this, can

you please return the item as I’m sure you are aware it was never yours to take in the first place as the item was addressed to me at my address. In response to this letter could you let us all know if you were ever even asked for identification? Brad Ludwig

The story of the Saibai MAWA is used by many Mawa (mask) cultures in rituals for many different reasons. The main purpose is that the dancers’ identity remains hidden and protected. In the past on Saibai Island, the Mawa rituals were performed by selected people and usually by men. The Mawa rituals were contacted to mark certain events. Mawa was owned by a clan. In the 1800s, Mawa was seen as a piece of artwork by visitors. These objects were removed and rituals were banned. There is only one known Samu Augadhaw Mawa housed in Glasgow museum today. Only recently, a few fortunate Saibailgal got to see the Mawa. The whereabouts of other clan Mawal is not known to this day. I believe that the Mawa is dead and meaningless hanging on walls of the Western galleries. This object must be accompanied by songs, dances, stories and languages to infuse life. These objects are the mediums of oral culture and threading units that bind a society together. To this purpose, my brothers and I created Mawa replicas and choreographed dances. We took Saibai dances to Shanghai (2010), Hawaii (2009), American Samoa (2007),Vanuatu (1990) Cook Islands (1992), and Goungdon in China (2001) and many different places in mainland Australia.

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My fathers took Saibai dances to passenger liners off Wednesday Islands in the 1960s, promoting Torres Strait culture based on the Ait Koedal story of Adhibuya. The huge theatrical performance ran for an hour. It was specially designed for tourists. Today, my brothers and I use the same techniques where the performance is accompanied by a narration. Torres Strait dance and its presentation on a dance field, is the arts gallery itself. I believe there is big difference between a qualified dance choreographer in Islander sense and the Islanders who qualify through Western theory. In the Islander sense, it’s the bloodline of a person automatically qualifies him. In an Islander community, some families are known for their special gifts and talents. May it be for canoe building, hunters of dugong and turtle, healing, constellations, dance choreography, song composition, child birth and gardening knowledge etc. I am a descendant of generations of Saibai Island dance choreographers, song composes, canoe builders and hunters. Saibai style dancing uses fast footwork and power to capture audience. The costumes and apparatuses must be painstakingly designed. The apparatuses must be appropriate to the theme, accompanied by right

songs. The story must be based on the elements of land, sea, and sky, Inter woven through spiritual beliefs. If there is thirty minute presentation, the dance must be action packed for the given time. Both males and female dance must display equal high energy performance. A dancer must not allow the audience to lose interest or even allow their eyes to wander off the dance field. Jeff Waia Dhoeybaw / Mura Koedal Clan Saibai Island

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Mawa presentation to Torres Shire Mayor on Saibai Island in August, 2011.

THUMBS UP: On behalf of the community at Muralug Village we would like to send a Thumbs Up to the Council A Team plus Peter Fraser and his team for the work currently progressing on the Esplanade and around the community. THUMBS DOWN: No security at the Torres Hotel on Saturday, July 21, meant no karaoke and a night spent without the heavenly tones of Creedence Clearwater and ‘Cotton Fields’ (which could be a ‘Thumbs Up’ to some). THUMBS UP: Pina coladas at the Jardine Motel on Friday nights. Tropical, tasty, and not too toxic! THUMBS UP: Top Twilight Markets on TI, Mura Kosker Sorority! Dagwood dogs as entrée, crayfish curry as main, strolling along to sweet island guitar strumming for dessert (plus cake). THUMBS DOWN: Salties spotted at Cook’s Landing coming to eat animal remains. Will the fishermen cleaning turtles down there please clean up? THUMBS DOWN: Too much violence in local pubs. Some customers come for a drink, not a fist fight. NEITHER UP NOR DOWN: And now for something completely different - what holds more seats than the Queensland Labor Party? A Tarago van. First heard this on election night.

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ABOVE LEFT: Artist Lana Pelz (centre), currently restoring the ‘Joe’s Bar’ mural in Thursday Island’s Federal Hotel, shares a drink with its colourful characters. ABOVE RIGHT: Writing believed to be by the artist of ‘Joe’s Bar’ on a bottle poured by the bartender reads, “All the muck on this wall was created by Don Gray - Wanted in five states�. RIGHT: Inset of the Federal Hotel mural, ‘Joe’s Bar’. Joe, believed to be the figure on the left, was the publican at the time.

What is the history of mysterious Joe’s Bar? Story and Photos by MATT GARRICK SLEAZY bar bums; women hiding daggers in their handbags; mermaids? You can see these characters and more every day of the week at Thursday Island’s Federal Hotel - but they aren’t the customers. Artist Lana Pelz has been given the arduous task of restoring the heritage-listed mural, the colourful pub scene of ‘Joe’s Bar’, painted on the wall of the Fed’s main bar. The talented Ms Pelz has decorated dens in England and France, and is responsible for the centrepiece of the Loyalty Beach caravan park on Cape York - a broken-down hippie bus illuminated by painted animals. She said the revamp at the Federal should take her about six months to complete. “It’s exciting for me, because it’s like a story. I’m doing it in stages, and hopefully by the end I’ll do it justice. “I obviously can’t match the original pigments exactly, because the paints fifty years ago were totally different than today. It’s now a matter of mixing paints and trying to come up with something that’s close, because I want to keep it authentic.� Few concrete details are available about ‘Joe’s Bar’s’ origins, and Mona Lisa-type rumours about its mysterious beginnings have been circulating the island for years. Due to symbols of the era painted into the mural (Beatles paraphernalia, military award badges) it was believed to have been created between 1963 and 1969. And a scribble on a bottle being poured suggests the

artist’s name was Don Gray (it reads: “All the muck on this wall was created by Don Gray - Wanted in five states�). Locals say the motley cast of characters were based on actual Thursday Island pub grubs and workers from the time. The bloke in the yellow Hawaiian shirt, performing politically incorrect acts with the woman on his right, is allegedly the bar’s namesake and original publican, Joe. Ms Pelz has doubled as a detective while working on the picture, and has tracked down Joe’s grandson, also named Joe, reportedly running a bar in Bundaberg. “I was working behind the bar here for awhile, and one of the customers, a really sweet old man who knew the original owner, Joe, said he knew where his grandson was now,� she said. “Joe’s grandson was best friends with this man I was talking to. They haven’t seen each other in years.� Joe’s grandson also features in the mural. Apparently he’s the youth with the mop-top Beatles haircut, reaching up to grab a drink. “I don’t know the history of anybody else in it at the moment, but I’m searching, and I cannot wait to find out,� said Ms Pelz. She hopes the restored artwork will also bring in an influx of tourists. “A lot of tourists take photos in front of murals, so it can help the business as well,� she said. If anyone has any further info about the crazy crew painted in ‘Joe’s Bar’, or if you are one of them yourself, please shoot Lana Pelz an email on bigteddy@adam.com. au.

Olympics: But who are the real heroes? OH Hell! It’s Olympic time again. As if having the wretched Tour de France clogging up the television week after week was not enough, now I have to put up with Olympic saturation. Perhaps I should escape to Antarctica for a break, although I dare say it would follow me down there. Maybe the middle of the Simpson Desert or somewhere really remote and out of touch - like Quarantine Bay? No radio, no television, no mobile phones. It would not be so bad if it were not for all those enthusiastic sports reporters. They are not a very bright bunch at the best of times, and they can be hard to avoid in Australia. Especially at weekends when real news is suspended and goes off to the beach for a barbie, and the dreaded sporting mafia take over the airwaves.

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That is enough to drive me to Al Jazeera in search of some intelligent news to watch. Still, sports weekends are a delight compared to the wall-to-wall oozing we have to put up with during the Olympics. So one muscular Australian with hands like dinner plates can swim faster than his apparently identical colleague - who cares? And it is really not necessary to interview them. They did not win their medals for their debating skills or analytic appreciation of modern life (although some of them are smarter than the sports reporters). I swear I will throw up if I hear one more reference an athlete as ‘a hero’. Yes, I know he has been getting up at five in the morning for the last ten years to go running, jump on his

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bicycle, dive into the pool or whatever, but that does not make him a hero. Except to the Australian media. Think of what a hero really is. Think of our soldiers, for a start. They may have stayed in bed until six-thirty every morning, but during our wars they did real things and made real sacrifices for all of us. And the dedicated people in our own communities who dedicate their lives to caring and protecting the rest of us. They are real heroes and deserve to be interviewed. Just not by sports reporters.

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NEWS SHINE A LIGHT On our history

The tragic tale of the Quetta

THE history of Mori (Mount Adolphus Island), although long and varied, is often remembered as the site of one of Queensland’s most- tragic events. This event, although taking place where it did by chance rather than elsewhere, was one of Queensland’s worst maritime disasters, this being the sinking of the schooner Quetta, in 1890. The site of this tragic event is now an historic site, well known to divers and others, who visit the area to take advantage of its natural beauty as well as to view the remains of the Quetta. The Quetta began its fateful, final voyage,

in Brisbane on February 6, 1890, where it took on 60 passengers bound for London, Batavia or Colombo. As the Quetta made its way up the Queensland coast, a number of other passengers embarked, including 66 Javanese at Mourilyan, returning home after several seasons working in the Queensland sugar industry. Amongst the passengers were a number of prominent Queenslanders including Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Brisbane and Captain Whish, Queensland Inspector of Road Surveys. The Quetta’s voyage along the Queensland

coast was routine and uneventful until the night of February 28, 1890, when the ship struck an uncharted reef at low tide in the Adolphus Channel. The damage caused by the collision with this reef was so severe that the Quetta had sunk in little more than five minutes, leaving little time for passengers to save themselves. In the chaos that ensued, many lives were lost, with those surviving doing so more as a result of good fortune than any other reason, with passengers grasping any pieces of wreckage they could find. For instance, one passenger, Alice Nicklin,

A photograph of the Quetta taken not long before its final, disastrous voyage.

used a dead sheep to stay afloat until a wooden hatch floated past and she was able to use that to save herself. In all, the Quetta disaster claimed 134 lives. Such was the magnitude of the tragedy that it has become part of Queensland folklore, with the story of the wreck of the Quetta being constantly retold, thereby ensuring that it is not forgotten. Also, the Quetta memorial and precinct on Thursday Island ensures that the tragedy is remembered. Brian Randall State Library of Queensland

NAB’s new faces on T.I. NAB Thursday Island’s new branch Manager Louella Tidswell and Assistant Manager Jay Doyle.

AMRRIC is sorry for any hurts or misunderstandings caused as a result of an AMRRIC conference topic regarding the humane killing of turtles. This topic was chosen over eight months ago. Given the current sensitivities regarding this subject, AMRRIC has withdrawn this presentation from the October 2012 conference program upon advice and request from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. AMRRIC wishes to state that it did not formulate or contribute in any way to the recent Queensland Government legislation regarding the traditional killing of dugongs and turtles. AMRRIC also wishes to state unequivocally that it has not contributed to or taken part in any media coverage regarding this issue. AMRRIC will continue at all times to respect the knowledge of and advice from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples. Page 10 Torres News 30 July - 5 August 2012

WELCOME to Louella Tidswell, the new manager of National Australia Bank’s Thursday Island branch, and to recently arrived assistant manager Jay Doyle. Mrs Tidswell previously worked as manager of NAB’s Smithfield Branch, and is joined on the island by her husband, Geoff. She has lived in Cairns for the last 10 years but originally hails from Adelaide. Mr Doyle has arrived on Thursday Island from Melbourne and has been promoted to the role of assistant manager after previously working as a lending specialist. Mrs Tidswell said she will be reviving the NAB ‘Travelling Bank’ initiative, which will see NAB representatives travel to the outer islands of the Torres Strait to help residents with their banking needs.

“We also have a financial planner, Mandy Mellor, who is about to start making bi-monthly visit to the Torres Strait, starting in August,” Mrs Tidswell said. NAB is also continuing to support community initiatives, including the NAIDOC Week colouring-in competition and has sponsored the NAIDOC Ambassador Award for the 27 July NAIDOC Awards night. “We’re happy to assist anybody with their banking needs,” Mrs Tidswell said. “It would be great to see people”. Mrs Tidswell replaces previous manager Richard Fox, who is suffering through winter as a NAB branch manager in Toowoomba. Appointments with either Mrs Tidswell or Mr Doyle can be made by dropping into the branch or by calling 4083 1500.

NEW BOOKS

John Singe’s lastest novel: Fiction based on fact By GARY HUTCHISON

John Singe, seen here with his wife Barbie, has written a fictional novel titled, ‘Coral Sea Story’ which is due for release on September 1. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

DECAPITATION by head-hunters, kidnapping, shipwreck, sharks and crocodiles are just some of the dangers faced by Cooktown author John Singe’s fictional hero Duncan Ross in his new book titled, Coral Sea Story. The novel, which Mr Singe said was a work of fiction, was based on events which actually occurred. “The most-remarkable aspect of this story is that so much of it really happened,” he said. “The scenes depicted in the novel are based on actual events which occurred in and around the Torres Strait Islands and Coral Sea during the period 1859 to 1870.” He said the Torres Strait custom of Sarup was readily performed on shipwrecked sailors because they were alone and defenceless. “In two shipwrecks alone, a total of 42 were massacred,” he said. “Off the Charles Eaton there were 23, while off the Sapphire, there were 19.” And because the carnage threatened the shipping lanes between Sydney and Britain,

the issue created a diplomatic furore, which resulted in 30 marines and a magistrate being posted to Cape York in 1864 to control the head-hunters. A former secondary school teacher, Mr Singe spent 25 years in the region and has already penned the factual best seller in My Island Home. He said Coral Sea Story gave him a twofold purpose for writing it. “I wanted to bring the past alive, to entertain readers as well as informing them,” he said. Officially retired, he lives in Cooktown with his wife Barbie, a former Saibai Island local whom he met and married when he moved to the Torres Strait where he spent about 25 years of his life. Besides his literary works, he supplements his retirement by driving a tour bus part time. He hopes to officially launch Coral Sea Story at the James Cook Museum in Cooktown on September 1, after which he will conduct launches in Cairns at the Tropical Writers Festival and then another on Thursday Island.

New book inspires children to protect Dugongs THE secret world of ‘Dhyum’, a real dugong living in the Torres Strait, comes to life in a new book released this month. The creative mind of marine biologist Dr Mariana Fuentes (far right) wants to use the book to enlist Australia’s children in the fight to save dugongs from the multiple threats of coastal development, climate change, and environmental pollution. Launched at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns this month, In ‘Dhyum the dugong’ the author, Dr Fuentes from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, takes the reader on a charming journey through the dugong’s life, from how they are born to how we can protect them. “The Torres Strait is known as the ‘dugong capital of the world’ because the seas have the greatest population of these wonderful marine mammals,” says Dr Fuentes, who worked closely with the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) and Sea Management staff while writing

the book. “By telling readers about the lives of dugongs - such as what they eat, where they live and what harms them - the book aims to make young Australians

more aware of the sea mammal and its vulnerabilities.” In the book, Dhyum explains to children that “It’s very difficult for dugongs to escape from fast moving boats. In areas with lots of boats, dugongs can be hit, particularly if the water is shallow.” He encourages them to “learn about dugongs so you can help to look after them. Find out where they live, how they move between places, how big their families are and how their numbers change over time”. “Readers will then understand better how we can protect them. For example, knowing that seagrass - the staple food

of dugongs - dies off when water is too polluted, can encourage the community to keep the ocean clean,” Dr Fuentes says. She also explains current research into dugongs and how the scientific findings

are being used to help local Torres Strait Islander communities develop their conservation plans. “By explaining that dugongs, like Dhyum himself, which was satellitetagged in 2010, to inform rangers and scientists how and where they move, I wanted to demonstrate the various ways dugongs can be studied. “The story includes information on how dugongs move from Torres Strait to Papua New Guinea, so now communities in both countries are working together to help protect them”. “One of the main reasons I wrote the book was to help children and the general

public appreciate how we can use science to look after endangered animals,” Dr Fuentes says. Apart from being distributed to schools across the Torres Strait, the book will also be used by Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) rangers as part of their environmental education program. “Dugongs have great cultural and social importance to Australia’s Indigenous peoples living near the Great Barrier Reef and in Torres Strait,” says Dr Fuentes. “It is vital that the coming generation realises how a loss in dugong numbers could spell problems for both marine ecosystems and for Indigenous communities.” TSRA chairperson Mr Toshie Kris says the book is a great example of collaboration between Torres Strait Islanders and the scientific community. “To have scientists and TSRA staff working together on communication

Children’s book focuses on fire safety sions of disasters, with a focus on fire safety. Their creative endeavours will later be compiled LIVING in a land of floods and fires, if disaster together and published in a yet-to-be-titled children’s book, telling their story about fires on Thursday struck, would you be ready? Thursday Island school children learned how to Island. Getting the youth to channel their artistic abilities answer this question in the positive, after taking part in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Natural is a top way to get their perspectives on disasters heard, said project coordinator Jennie Schoof. Disaster Resilience Project on July 12. “They can collect their stories and put it into Kids from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School were asked to doodle and write down their impres- a book. Then the families all read it together and celebrate it,” she said. “We thought it would be really important for Thursday Island children to tell their story about their home and how it’s affected by fires. “How fires can affect their community.” Youths in the Torres Strait are no strangers to seeing regular scrub fires around the islands, but may be unaware of the risks they cause, Department of Community Safety Indigenous Champion Uncle said David Prain, Queensland Norm Clarke and Queensland Fire and Rescue Station Officer Fire and Rescue Station Officer on on Thursday Island David Prain show Year 1-2 students Jemma Thursday Island. Mosby and Tom Horn the fun of fighting fires. “Historically we have a bit of By MATT GARRICK

products that benefit the broader Torres Strait Islander community is tremendous,” Mr Kris says. “Dugong conservation is a vital issue for Torres Strait Islanders and Dr Fuentes’s book will help children understand the importance of looking after these endangered mammals”. “This book will be valuable for our Land and Sea Rangers as they work with communities to protect and conserve dugongs.” Soft copies of the book can be downloaded for free from the ARC Centre of Excellence website at http://www. coralcoe.org.au/edures/Dhyumthedugong.pdf or at Dr Fuentes’ website http:// marianafuentes.com.

a problem with grass fires here, and unfortunately, sadly, a lot of the fires are set by young children,” said Mr Prain. “We’re trying to develop this program so we can show kids what the ramifications of setting fires are to the community. They have the potential to burn someone’s home, or to burn themselves,” he said. “When they light a fire there is a lot of smoke around and their families, such as elderly aunties, can suffer from respiratory and health conditions.” On the day, kids had a chance to see Our Lady of the Sacred Heart grade two student Thalia the fun side of things from a firefighters Seden channels her inner artist with a drawing for a point of view, holding the hose and kid’s book about fire safety. singing along with the sirens, before they teaching the kids about fires. returned to the classroom to put their “How many young ones can say they have ideas on paper. The first book to be published as part of this published and illustrated a book? Also, the pride the project was made by children on North Stradbroke community has in these young ones doing it, leads to the whole community celebrating literacy and Island in 2011. Since then a series of the books has been devel- disaster education.” She said the book by Thursday Island children oped, with communities such as cyclone-affected should be published within the next three to six Cardwell taking part in the initiative. Ms Schoof said the idea does more than just months. Torres News 30 July - 5 August 2012 Page 11

JUST4KIDS AT anzac park on July 20

The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart school choir, led by teacher Lasmintan Ahboo, hit some high notes.

Photos by MATT GARRICK

Charlie Kris with mum Patty Sebasio with the $5000 cheque.

Robyn Humphreys and Dorothy Hogan from Rotary Club on Thursday Island.

Charity brings cheer and a chair for Charlie By MATT GARRICK TRAVELLING up Cape York with 50 children in tow may not be everyone’s idea of a great time, but the Just4Kids charity proved it can be done in fun. After two weeks on the road with a troop of 130 people, the Just4Kids convoy made it to the Torres Strait on Friday, July 20. In true T.I. hospitality, they were

greeted with a barbecue feast in Anzac Park, prepared by members of the Rotary Club of Thursday Island Torres Strait. Here they were entertained by local school children - including a deadly dance performance by Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School teacher Mr Faleono’s Year 4 and 5 group - and by the sweet songs of the school’s choir.

Kerin Hannan, manager of the Just4Kids Motor Trail (the convoy which came up the Cape), told how the group weren’t just in town to fill their bellies. “We brought everyone here the long way, and had fundraising functions along the way to raise money for disadvantaged kids and their families in the locations we went to,” said Ms Hannan.

Marika Seden, Kerin Hannan (the Just4Kids Motor Trail manager), Mark Louez, Thomas Loban, Benny Kris and Patty Sebasio (dad and mum of Charlie Romina Fujii and Marina Schaefer bust Kris - the proud beneficiary of a $5000 donation to fund his new wheelchair). out the barbecued goodies.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart teacher Mr Faleono and his deadly primary school dance group.

While on Thursday Island, Just4Kids presented a $5000 cheque to local cool kid and spina bifida patient, Charlie Kris, to assist his family with purchasing him a new wheelchair. Charlie’s mum, Patty Sebasio, said she was overwhelmed by the support. “I didn’t know there were people like that out there, to help a family like us. It’s a big, big help,” she said. “The

donation will go towards a really flash wheelchair. Because Charlie is that cool, and he needs a cool chair. “Also, I think it will boost both mine and Benny’s [Charlie’s dad’s] confidence that Charlie can get around more freely and safely.” For more info on the Just4Kids Motor Trail charity, check out their website at http://www.just4kidsmotortrail.com.au.

Zoe Lang with some of the kids from Malu Os, the special education unit at Tagai State Just4Kids charity members Ken and Dot Windolf meet up with local mate, Julie Cubit. College.

Charlie Kris, Patty Sebasio and Jerry Kris - the family will be getting a huge help by a charity donation from Just4Kids.

Vera Christian (right) discusses a spontaneous learning moment with Angela Stephens from Poruma at the Thursday Island Childcare Centre. PHOTO: BRIAN CASSEY Page 12 Torres News 30 July - 5 August 2012

Lee Sarich and Ronald Humphreys flippin’ some fine burgers for Rotary.

Learning new Early Years curriculum MORE than 20 early childhood educators gathered on Thursday Island recently to learn more about the Early Years Learning Framework, the new national curriculum guiding young children’s learning. Manager of the Remote Indigenous Professional Development Project for The Early Years Learning Project, Glenys Melgaard, said the five-day professional development program was facilitated by two leaders who were carefully chosen for their professional qualifications, cultural connections and knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework. Vera Christian, from Warraber Island, is the Pre-Prep teacher at Bamaga, and Sally Lawrence (née Johnston) taught for many years at Thursday Island Childcare Centre, and the front Preschool before becoming the Manager of Indigenous Education on the

Sunshine Coast. “Under Vera and Sally’s expert guidance the participants, drawn from Torres Strait childcare services, playgroup and Tagai State College Pre-Preps ‘unpacked’ the new framework using a specially developed kit of resources,” Ms Melgaard said. “Highlights of the Thursday Island program included visits to the local Pre-Prep and Childcare Centre early where participants were able to interact with the children, try out what they had learned, gain valuable feedback and gather ideas to use back in their settings.” The project, held at the Grand Hotel on Thursday Island from July 16-20, was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations is being implemented by the Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment.

125th ANNIVERSARY, OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART By MATT GARRICK IF buildings could talk, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary School on Thursday Island would have more than a few yarns to spin. Though they can’t, those present at the school’s 125 Year Anniversary Celebrations from July 21-23 could luckily listen to pupils and teachers from past and present tell their tales from its long and colourful history. There were laughs galore, on top of tears of nostalgia, as members of the community gathered for a

ceremony in the school’s assembly area on Saturday July 21. Here, guests involved with the school from many different eras heard and regaled anecdotes about growing up in what was once known as the Thursday Island convent school. Old secrets and youthful exploits were brought out into the open to reminisce over, such as when Ina Titasey (of musical group, The Mills Sisters) spoke of her and her friends as students in the 1930s “swinging around on the beams like little monkeys.”

Brother Barry Lamb, the author of a new book about the history of the school, said to have had 125 years of education in the Torres Strait on the same site is very significant. “Think of all the people who have gone before us, who have picked up an education here. Now in modern times, that education has allowed them to go on to tertiary studies and so on. It’s a very good excuse for celebration,” he said. The school community was also rejoicing over the completion of a new library.

This fresh instalment to the school was officially blessed Bishop James Foley from the Cairns Diocese during the 125 Year Anniversary event. Brother Barry said the new library, with all its modern equipment, showed how the school continues to evolve. “It’s got all the facilities, such as Wi-Fi for every child’s laptop, a beautiful video display screen and attractive and colourful furniture,” he said. Celebrations continued throughout the following days on Thursday and

Photos by MATT GARRICK Hammond Islands (where the school also has a historic campus) including dance performances from current students and elders, and a church service on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic values and lessons the school has kept dear for well over a century. For those interested in learning more about the school’s history, you can purchase a copy of Brother Barry’s book- History of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School- by dropping into the school’s office on Thursday Island.

LEFT: Past students from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart primary school. RIGHT: Oskar, Victor and Mary Sabatino from the Hammond Island campus of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.

ABOVE: Having an Almighty good time: Maria Mills, Sister Patricia Butterfield RSM and Brother Damien Shutt from the Marist Brothers. BELOW: Sister Patricia Butterfield RSM (left) from the Mercy Sisters, with Mayor of Torres Shire Pedro Stephen and his wife Meiko Stephen.

Brother Barry Lamb displays Looking jubilant at the jubilee a picture donated by Sister is Bishop James Foley from the Patricia Compton from the Cairns Diocese. Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Kensington, NSW.

Sister Marietta Garnier talks about her life growing up in the TI convent school.

Robyn See Kee, whose family has been involved with the school for more than 100 years.

ABOVE: Ina Titasey (from musical group, The Mills Sisters) cracks up the audience by regaling tales from her childhood at the school during the 1930s. BELOW: Hayley Wasaga, Rita Garnier, Julie Finch and Chelei Wasaga.

Robyn Cheng, Stella Sun (Laifoo) with Gloria Huckell-Assang (a former student during the 1920s and 30s). Torres News 30 July - 5 August 2012 Page 13

UNDER 8’s DAY

Waybeni Buway Ngurpay Mudh On Friday 15th June, Tagai State College Thursday Island Primary Campus, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic School, Mura Kaimel Playgroup and Thursday Island Childcare Centre celebrated the annual Under 8’s Day in ANZAC Park. This year’s ƚŚĞŵĞ ĨŽƌ hŶĚĞƌ ϴ͛Ɛ ĂLJ ǁĂƐ͕ ͚>ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ʹ ĂĐƟǀĞůLJ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ children to their world’.

The day began with a procession, of young children, teachers and family members, from the Thursday Island Primary campus to ANZAC Park. Children were escorted by the Police, Ambulance and Fire Services. ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ͕ ƉůĂLJĚŽƵŐŚ͕ ĨĂĐĞ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ͕ ŵĂƐŬ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ͕ bubble blowing, dress ups, making necklaces and kites, weaving, puzzles, icing biscuits, games and more. dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ KƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ Ăůů services, agencies, groups and individuals who helped to make the day a huge success. Page 14 Torres News

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5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Photo Finish 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Dalziel And Pascoe 2:10 Marchlands 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Grand Designs: Surrey 6:50 Minuscule: Microzilla 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Spicks And Specks: Britannia Special - The next stop on the Spicks and Specks tour of the world of music is Great Britain. Guests are jazz star Jamie Cullum, journalist Ritchie York, and comedians Sarah Millican from Newcastle, England, and Hamish Blake. 8:30 Silent Witness: And Then I Fell In Love Part 1 - Nikki stumbles across a sinister underworld where teenage girls are groomed for sex and forced into prostitution. 9:30 Taggart: The Rapture - The ire and dry wit of Taggart are front and centre when the investigative team are drawn into the secretive world of a strict religious sect following the discovery of a father and son double murder. 10:20 Lateline 10:55 Penn And Teller: Fool Us 11:40 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)

6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 6 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Hi-5 3:30 London Gold 5:30 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 - Karl Stefanovic hosts Day 7 of the Olympic action from London. In their third match the Australians meet ninth-ranked Argentina in their continuing quest for the men’s hockey gold. Plus, the athletics program gets underway and gold medals to be decided in athletics, swimming, rowing, cycling, gymnastics, badminton, fencing, judo, shooting and weightlifting. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 - Another huge night of gold medal action from London. Ken Sutcliffe is your host. This session may include: Men’s and Women’s team pursuit in cycling, Women’s 50m freestyle, Women’s 200 backstroke, Men’s 100m butterfly, Women’s 800m freestyle, Men’s 50m freestyle, Men’s shot put and the Women’s 10,000m, Men’s long jump, Women’s discus, Women’s 100m, Men’s 1500m and the heptathlon continues with shot put and the 200m. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage Guest Programmer (PG) 11:00 Chopper Rescue 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Collectors: Bette 1:30 Eggheads 2:00 Penn And Teller: Fool Us 2:55 Movie: Pal Joey - A woman-chasing night club entertainer romances a wealthy socialite into financing his own club. He finds true love with a chorus girl who reforms his using ways 4:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 5:00 The Wonder Years: Loosiers 5:25 Walk On The Wild Side 5:55 Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking: Weird And Wonderful 6:25 Audrey’s Kitchen: Pepper Steak 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Kingdom - Small town solicitor Peter helps a young man recently back from Iraq seek compensation from the army for his injuries. 8:20 Gruen Sweat Gold 8:30 Kidnap And Ransom 9:20 Hustle 10:20 United States Of Tara: To Have And To Hold 10:45 United States Of Tara: From This Day Forward 11:15 Rage Guest Programmer (MA a,l,d,h,n,s,v.)

6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 9:00 London Gold 11:00 Danoz Direct 11:00 Children’s Programs 3:00 Pyramid 3:30 London Gold 5:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8 - An early start as the Hockeyroos take on South Africa. Karl Stefanovic presents all the action from London. At the Olympic stadium it will be all about the men’s 100m as Usain Bolt makes his first appearance at the Games. Also, the first of the triathlon gold medals will be decided and the rowing finals continue. 6:00 Nine News Saturday 6:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8 - This session may include: Men’s 100m, Women’s pole vault, Men’s 400m, Women’s 3000m steeplechase, Men’s fours in rowing, Women’s lightweight double sculls, lightweight Men’s double sculls, Women’s single sculls, Women’s triathlon, Women’s showjumping, Women’s 3m springboard semi, cycling, Women’s 50m rifle three position event and trap and Men’s light flyweight, light welter and light heavyweight divisions. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over the hosting duties. The last of the 32 swimming gold medals will be contested at the Aquatics Centre. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Ealing 2 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 New Tricks 2:20 Opera Australia: Don Giovanni 5:00 Nature’s Great Events: The Great Migration 5:55 Antiques Master 6:25 Audrey’s Kitchen: Poached Peaches 6:30 Compass: Dinner In Longreach 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Grand Designs Revisited: Ashford 8:15 Dream Build 8:30 Birdsong - As Stephen Wraysford fights in the terrifying trenches of northern France, he is haunted by memories of Isabelle Azaire, the woman with whom he had an illicit affair before the war. 10:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently With The Innocents - George Gently and his sidekick investigate the death of a lonely old man in a dilapidated mansion. They stumble across a shocking truth that takes them to a world almost beyond their comprehension and belief. 11:30 Movie: “All That Jazz” (M a,l,s) -The story of a gifted choreographer whose compulsions, both professionally and personally, lead to his destruction. 1:30 Movie: “Second Chorus” (G) -Showcasing the talents of Fred Astaire, two college musicians battle the odds to rise to the top of their profession and then for the favours of Paulette Goddard 2:55 Rage

6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 8 9:00 London Gold 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 London Gold 4:00 Sunday Football: Gold Coast Titans v South Sydney Rabbitohs 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 9 - Usain Bolt defends his 100m sprint crown in one of the highlights of London 2012. Karl Stefanovic is in the chair for another memorable day on the Olympic program. The women’s marathon will be a feature. We return to the velodrome for more track cycling, the diving continues, the gymnasts go for gold, and there are finals in the shooting, sailing, fencing, weightlifting and wrestling. This session may also include, women’s basketball and women’s boxing. 11:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 9 - Ken Sutcliffe takes us through an evening that promises so much. The standouts will be the cycling from the velodrome and the athletics at the Olympic Stadium. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 9 - This session may include: Usain Bolt defending his 100m sprint title as men’s athletics continue, women’s athletics, men’s cycling, women’s springboard, men’s hockey, men’s bantamweights and heavyweights, women’s boxing and synchronised swimming.

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6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 5 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 6 - Karl Stefanovic presents all the action from Day 6 of competition at London 2012. Among the highlights are the gold medal races in rowing at Eton Dorney, two gold medals up for competition on the whitewater, plus shooting, archery and judo gold, and plenty happening at the swimming. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 6 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over the hosting duties from London. The swimming continues with four finals to be decided. And at the velodrome the cycling gets down to business with gold on offer. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 6 - This session may include: the Men’s and Women’s team sprint qualifiers and finals in cycling, finals in the Women’s 200m breaststroke, Men’s 200m backstroke, Men’s 200m individual medley, Women’s 100m freestyle and semi’s in the Men’s 50m freestyle, Women’s 200m backstroke and Men’s 100m fly.

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5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Finding The Fallen 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes 1:30 At The Movies: Ennio Morricone In Conversation 2:00 Country House Rescue 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 BTN Daily 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Monty Don’s Italian Gardens: Rome 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Photo Finish: Performance 8:30 Paper Giants: The Birth Of Cleo (Final) - Set against the backdrop of the dramatic downfall of the Whitlam government, part two sees Ita and Kerry fulfilling their destinies. After Whitlam and CLEO, Australia is now a different place. 10:00 Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey: Nothing 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea: The Scripture Of Nature 12:20 The Clinic 1:20 Monty Don’s Italian Gardens: Rome 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 19 - Subiaco Vs Swan Districts

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6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “A Clean Kill” (M v,s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:00 Criminal Minds: “Painless” - Survivors of a high school massacre return to remember the event 10 years later, but the BAU team is called in when a new killer with a similar style targets the survivors. 10:00 Grey’s Anatomy: “Migration” - “ The residents determine their future as they make their final decisions regarding post residency positions. 11:00 Private Practice 12:00 House Calls To The Rescue 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5.00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 On Thin Ice 2:30 Feast Greese: Lesvos 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Red Skin 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Sicily Unpacked: The second part of their journey through Sicily sees Andrew and Giorgio explore the legacy of Spain’s 500 year occupation of the island and the influence this has had on art and culture. 8:40 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: Vietnam 9:35 One Born Every Minute USA 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Call Girls: The Truth - This program looks at why, in a society of equal opportunities where women have more freedom and wealth than ever before, many are making a conscious decision to sell their bodies at a premium rate. 11:55 Movie: “Sultans Of The South” (MA l,v) In the tradition of Ocean’s Eleven, things don’t quite go to plan when a band of thieves steal $11 million from a Mexican bank and travel to Argentina in an attempt to launder the money. 1:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Fall Into Darkness” (M v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:30 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: Brax tells Casey to cut Ruby off, Romeo’s suspicions over Liam and Indi erupt and Harvey gives Roo an unexpected altervative to her suggestion. Meanwhile, Natalie tries to understand Jett’s fears. 7:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season Round 19: Hawthorn vs Geelong 11:00 Movie: “Burn After Reading” (M v,l) - ) When a disc filled with some of the CIA’s most irrelevant secrets falls into the hands of two determined yet dim-witted gym employees, they become intent on exploiting their find. However, since blackmail is a trade better left to the experts, events soon spiral out of control, resulting in a mad-cap adventure full of unexpected encounters! 1:00 Movie “Alien Abduction” - In the middle of a Thanksgiving dinner, a flash of light marks the beginning of a terrifying night for the McPherson family. 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow 6:00 Stitch! 6:30 Handy Manny 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show - Weekends 10:00 The Woodlies 10:30 Master Raindrop 11:00 Legend Of Enyo 11:30 Sea Princesses 12:00 Movie: “Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook Off” (G) 2:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 19: GWS vs Port Adelaide 5:00 Outsourced 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 World’s Strictest Parents 7:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 19: Brisbane vs Richmond - The Lions have won only one of the last nine clashes against the Tigers and the task looks even more difficult as the Tigers cling to the hope of a finals spot. 11:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2012 - As the Championship heats up the V8 Supercars are back in Queensland for Races 16 and 17. Today’s coverage of the Coates Hire Ipswich 300 includes Race 16, 140km/45 laps. 12:00 Movie: “Bad Manners” (M s,n) Mind games coil through a visit of one couple to the home of another when a sum of money goes missing and relationships are tested. 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow 6:00 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 6:30 Jake and The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 AFL Game Day 11:30 Footy Flashbacks 1:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 19: Melbourne vs Goldcoast 4:00 Dinner Date 5:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 19: Adelaide vs Essendon 8:00 Sunday Night 9:00 TBA 11:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2012 - As the Championship heats up, the V8 Supercars are back in Queensland for Races 16 and 17. Today’s coverage of the Coates Hire Ipswich 300 includes Race 17, 200km/65 laps. 12:00 Serial Killers: Lucie Blackman Murder - When Tokyo police raided Joji Obara’s various properties, they found over two hundred video tapes of Obara’s violent assaults on drugged female victims. Officers had gone to Obara’s property while investigating the disappearance of Lucie Blackman. The case gained nationwide attention as one of Japan’s most horrendous sex crimes. 1:00 Outlaw 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 Beyond Tomorrow 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Andre Rieu: Live in Maastricht II 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chuao, a Chocolate Paradise 6:00 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby - From Moscow, Jonathan takes the train to the family estate of Leo Tolstoy, arguably the greatest of all Russian writers. Further south he comes to the reality of farming in Russia today, where families struggle to survive after the ending of state subsidies. 8:30 A History of Scotland: Lets Pretend 9:35 As It Happened: The Two Faces Of Auschwitz - Renowned filmmaker William Karel recounts life in Auschwitz in 1944 through two recently discovered photo albums. One album was found by camp survivor Lili Jacob, which relates to the arrival of a convoy of Hungarian Jews in Auschwitz in May 1944. 10.35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “99 Francs” (MA s,a,d,v) - A first-person diatribe against modern consumerist society as seen through the eyes of a cynical advertising executive whose efforts to get fired from his job backfire as he keeps getting promoted. 1:00 Kurt Wallander: The Priest 2:40 Watherwatch Overnight

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Deep Family Secrets” (M v,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 All For Kids 4.00 Match It 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Ruby has a breakdown, Indi kisses Liam and Roo gets a shock when Harvey proposes to her. 7:30 TBA 10:30 Fairly Legal - Kate becomes involved in a case of idenity theft and immigration fraud. She tries to help an American soldier and patriot - who, as it turns out, isn’t actually a U.S. citizen - who is facing deportation. But she has to turn to an unlikely place for help: Lauren. 11:30 30 Rock: The Return Of Avery Jessup - Jack suspects Avery was unfaithful while overseas when she is seemingly unmoved by news of his indiscretions. 12:00 Special: Sexiest Titles 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Imrovement 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “The Circle” 2:40 Apple Of My Eyes 2:50 Mite 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 PopAsia 5:30 Global Village: Red Skin 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Dumpster Diving 8:30 Man vs Wild: Norway, Edge Of Survival 9:30 Shameless - Suspicions are raised when jobless Avril keeps producing gifts, while Mimi sets her sights on jogger Neil who is unsure of her advances and only wants sex. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:30 SOS: Bad Language - Bill makes an unusual bet with the fractious regulars at his uncle’s suburban Kafenois (men’s club). (From Australia). A Tale of Obsession - A deliciously black comedy following the story of Ashley, an intense teenage girl who pursues everything she follows with a full head of steam. (From Australia). 1:00 Entourage: The Dream Team 1:35 Entourage: The Weho Ho 2:05 The Ricky Gervais Show 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 A Film and Its Era: Children Of Paradise 2:00 The Chopin Etudes 2:05 Limen 2:40 The Drummer Of Ravel’s Bolero 2:50 Rolf Harris Paints His Dream 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex In Rome: Cold Case 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Massive Moves: Colossal Cabin 8:00 Massive Moves: Hawaii House Swap 8:30 RocKwiz 9:20 Movie: “Anything For Her” (M) - When his wife is wrongfully imprisoned for murder, and all legal avenues exhausted, unassuming school teacher Julien conspires to bust her out of prison. However, Julien soon finds himself well out of his depth as he falls deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld. In French 11:05 Movie: “Fear Me Not” - (M a,s,l) In Danish. - In this psychological thriller, a mild-mannered man signs up for a test trial of a new anti-depressant as a way to change his life. When the trial is called off, he continues taking the medication with violent results. 12:50 Movie: “Jade Warrior” (M h,v) In Finnish. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 World News 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 11:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Faces Of America 3:30 Living With The Enemy 4:30 Salam Cafe 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Pioneers Of Patagonia 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Bible’s Buried Secrets 8.30 Inside Nature’s Giants 9.30 What Is Reality? There is a strange and mysterious world that surrounds us, a world largely hidden from our senses. The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective stories. Clues have been pieced together from deep within the atom, from the event horizon of black holes, and from the far reaches of the cosmos. It may be that that we are part of a cosmic hologram, projected from the edge of the universe. 10:30 Movie: “A Soap” (MA a,l,s) - Veronica, a troubled pre-op transvestite prostitute, becomes the neighbour of Charlotte, a surly beauty-shop owner, who has recently broken up with her boyfriend. At first, sensitive, soap-opera-addicted Veronica and abrasive, opinionated Charlotte can’t stand each other, but a suicide attempt brings them closer together. In Danish 12:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 9 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 10 - Karl Stefanovic is in the chair as Day 10 unfolds at London 2012 with gold to be decided in the athletics, at the velodrome, at Greenwich for the show jumpers, in gymnastics, sailing, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling. Australia will be cheering as Sally Pearson makes her debut in the 100m hurdles. This session may include: men’s basketball, men’s and women’s canoe and kayak sprint, men’s water polo, men’s volleyball and in women’s boxing: fly, light and middleweight. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 10 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over hosting duties to guide us through another super morning of sport. This session may include: The women run for gold in the 3000m steeplechase before the final of the men’s 400m, women’s pole vault final, women’s shot put final, women’s 400m hurdles, women’s 200m, men’s diving, women’s hockey, men’s shooting, men’s lightweight, middleweight and superheavyweight boxing and synchronised swimming. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 10 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 10 9:00 London Gold Behind The News 10:25 The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 10:30 Australia’s Prime Ministers 11:00 My Place 12:00 Midday 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Grand Designs 3:00 Children’s London Gold 6:00 National News Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Time Team 6:50 6:30 A Current Affair Paralympics Profiles 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 11 - Live from London, 7:00 ABC News hosted by Karl Stefanovic. D-Day for Australia’s Sally 7:30 7.30 Pearson at the Olympic Stadium as she runs for gold in the 8:00 Race To London hurdles. A huge day in London as the crowds mass for the 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Three Men Go To Scotland - Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones, men’s triathlon and the locals await appearances from their Dara O’Briain and Rory McGrath embark on their latest cycling superstars Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy. This adventure - a journey of discovery in Scotland’s Highlands and session may include: Usain Bolt in the men’s 200m sprint, Islands, visiting the isles of Jura, Mull, Skye and Harris. men’s triple jump, heats in the men’s 110m hurdles and 9:30 QI: Fight Or Flight women’s 5000m, semi-finals of the men’s 3m springboard, 10:00 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne: August men’s hockey, men’s triathlon, women’s basketball and 10:30 Lateline men’s and women’s canoe and kayak sprint. 11:05 The Business 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 11 - Ken Sutcliffe takes 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch over hosting duties to guide us through another super morn12:30 Headhunters Of World War II ing of sport. 1:30 Henry VIII: Mind Of A Tyrant: Warrior 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 11 2:30 Football: VFL: Box Hill vs Coburg

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Doomsday Man” 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Once Upon A Time - Emma Swan’s life has been anything but a fairytale. But when the son she gave up 10 years ago finds her and needs help, everything changes. 8:30 Winners & Losers: What Lies Beneath - Lives and futures are on the line as Jenny, Frances and Sophie grapple with choices that could tear their worlds apart. In the wake of prescription drugs being found in her locker, Sophie is determined to make Spencer pay. Frances is struggling with Zach moving out of the apartment and Jasmine failing at school. 9:30 World’s Strictest Parents 10:30 Fairly Legal 11:30 Parks And Recreation 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Those Happy Dayd” 2:45 PS Your Mystery Sender 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Celestial Dance of Bhutan 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Martin Freeman 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle” - (MA l) Two weeks before his release from a youth penitentiary, Silviu learns that his ne’er-do-well mother has returned home to Romania to take his little brother back to Italy with her, despite his objections. In his desperation to stop his mother, Silviu resorts to violence, and takes a young social worker hostage. In Romanian 12:45 Shameless: Frank falls victim to identity fraud and is horrified to discover his criminal record has been deleted, making him eligible for jury service. Once in court, however, he and a like-minded juror conspire to prolong the case as much as possible so they can continue to claim expenses. 1:40 Shameless 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 11 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 12 - Gold medals in eight sports, with the spotlight also shining on a number of our highest profile Australians. Karl Stefanovic is in the chair hosting as Day 12 unfolds from the Olympic city. This session may include: men’s 5000m, men’s decathlon, women’s hammer, women’s 800m, women’s showjumping, four gold medals to be decided: three in the kayaks and one in the canoe, men’s and women’s BMX, men’s basketball quarter-finals, men’s volleyball quarter-finals, and semi-finals in all three boxing divisions of women’s fly, light and middleweight boxing. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 12 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over to steer viewers through another great session from London 2012. This session may include: women’s hockey, a massive track and field session offering three more gold medals, women’s 100m hurdles, women’s 1500m, the decathlon continues with the high jump and 400m, and the girls leap for gold in the long jump, women’s 200m final and women’s diving. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 12

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Someone Is Watching” (M v,l) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away - Heath and Bianca discuss their future, Jett is counselled by Natalie and Danny is planning another job. 7:30 TBA 10:45 Happy Endings: Big White Lies - Dave has an odd reaction when his shrink starts dating Penny. Meanwhile, Jane and Max fight over ownership of a sweater and end up in another one of their strange competitions: to see who can wear a horribly unflattering outfit the longest. 11:15 Parks And Recreation - Leslie uses her new tourist attraction as a way to spend more time with Ben. Ron and April encourage Andy to go to college, and Chris tasks Tom and Jerry with revamping the Parks and and Rec logo. 11:45 Special: Last Days Of Michael Jackson 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wildest Africa: Virungas: Land of Ice and Fire 8:30 The Last Explorers: William Speirs Bruce: The Shape of Things to Come 9:30 China: Triumph and Turmoil: Maostalgia 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “Children Of Glory” (MA v)- In 1956, while Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team faced off against the Russians at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Taking place in Budapest and Melbourne, this film follows the events surrounding what was to become known as one of the bloodiest water polo matches in the sport’s history. In Hangarian 1:10 Inspector Rex: The Doll Murderer - Mr Wolf, a doll shop owner, invites a young woman to look at his doll collection. He shows her a beautiful full-size doll’s dress and asks her to put it on. When she refuses his advances, he strangles her and dumps her body. Moser and Rex are called in to investigate. 2:05 Warriors 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight 3:45 Club International: Man Utd v Barcelona

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Collectors 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Rivers And Life 1:30 The New Inventors 2:00 Antiques Master 2:30 Jennfier Byrne Presents 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Grand Designs: Suffolk 6:50 Paralympics Profiles 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Trial And Retribution: Siren 1:05 Movie: “They Can’t Hang Me” (PG) - A civil servant is sentenced to death for murder. But when he announces that he has secret information, vital to the security of the country, he exchanges it for his freedom. 2:20 Rage 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield

5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Count Us In 10:15 Maths Shorts 10:20 Being Me 10:40 My Great Big Adventure 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help? 2:00 Three Men Go To Scotland 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:05 Country House Revisited: River Hill Revisit 6:50 Paralympics Profiles 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Infantile 8:30 Gruen Sweat 9:15 Randling 9:50 Would I Lie To You? - Hosted by Rob Brydon two comedy teams go head-to-head revealing amazing stories about themselves; some are true and some are not. The aim of the game is to fool the opposition and get them to guess whether it’s fact or fiction 10:20 At The Movies 10:50 Lateline 11:25 The Business 11:50 The Librarians: Cut To The Quick 12:20 Movie: “The Terror” - A young officer in Napoleon’s army becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and follows her to the isolated coastline castle of an elderly baron. 1:40 Lost Adventures Of Childhood 2:30 Football: SANFL: Round 19

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CROSSWORD No. 109

SUDOKU No. 109

Your  Lucky 

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CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

Your finances will shortly receive an important boost. When you get this money, make sure that you put some of it aside for a rainy day. Romance. Don’t let the recent attention you have been receiving go to your head! It may have taken you by surprise, but don’t let others know this.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

The Moon/Mercury Midpoint moving through your sign should help your powers of intuition. You will need these shortly. Go with your gut! Romance. You will be in the mood for some serious relaxation today. With your recent hard work, you deserve some rest and recuperation.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)

FOR KIDS

Make sure you know your own mind. Otherwise, you could be too easily influenced by other people. Romance. A solution to a recent dilemma will be much easier to find if you can put your minds together. You need to come up with a solution that pleases everyone. Be open to other opinions.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

A domestic crisis will have to be sorted out as soon as possible. Make sure that you get to the bottom of it this time! Romance. A message you receive may not make much sense at first. It is important that you try to understand it, however. Its underlying meaning is of value to your partner.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

A letter from a friend who is a long way away will put you in a good mood. You may be seeing this person sooner than you think. Buy them a small welcoming gift. Romance. You will achieve more this week if you manage to take it easy for a while. Work will be more efficient when you’re rested.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)

This will be an excellent week for an exotic meal. Try to go somewhere upbeat and zany. The mood will easily spread. Romance. You may be a little too strongly influenced by fantasy at the moment. Try to keep your feet firmly on the ground. Your partner may be concerned about your wellbeing.

FINDWORD No. 109 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

A chance meeting with an old friend could prove to be interesting. There may be something about this person which makes you suspicious. Romance. Instead of trying to change your partner, you should do your best to accept them just as they are. After all, that’s who you fell in love with, right?

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

You will be feeling full of energy at the moment and possibly a little restless. It is very important that you find a new outlet for your energy. Romance. You may find it too easy to see your partner’s weak points. Try to focus on something positive and the rest will be forgotten.

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PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)

You must accept complete responsibility for your actions. Don’t expect other people to make decisions for you. Be forthright about your deeds. Romance. Someone close to you may soon be getting married. Your feelings may be a little ambivalent. Keep this to yourself and let them enjoy their day.

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)

A friend’s comment will make you feel insecure. Unfortunately, you may be a little over-sensitive at the moment. Gather yourself! Romance. A constructive first step towards improving your social life will soon pay dividends. You’ll have a larger group of people to choose a partner from.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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Women are made to be loved, not understood

–Oscar Wilde

SOLUTIONS No. 109

This will be an excellent time for meeting new people. Don’t spend too much time with someone that you know is not suitable, however. Romance. Your emotions may be a little fragile at the moment. This is not the best time to push through any major changes. Fix what is broken at the moment.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)

A dream about a close friend will surprise you. Your relationship with this person may soon change. Don’t make any quick remarks. Romance. You will need to prepare for a few changes. You may feel a little insecure for a while. Stepping out of your comfort zone will be a good thing.

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Interhouse Athletics Sports Carnival 2012

Northern Peninsula Area

Held on the 12th and 13th July, the annual NPA College sports carnival was a huge success with keen participation by all students. Gelam were the ultimate winners of the carnival this year and all three houses strove hard in all events. The annual parade from the Junior Campus was also a much enjoyed feature of the carnival by students and the Bamaga community.

State College News

Champions 2012 Opens Born 1996/1995 Caleb Ober Jowin Pascoe U15’s Born in 1997 Aki Wasiu Litiana Tabuai U14’s Born in 1998 Wilton Williams Jen Jen Bryden

U12’s Born in 2000 Norman Williams Ujuaney Amey U11’s Born in 2001 Leon Bowie Serina Lewin U10’s Born in 2002 Samuel Jacob Ce-Nedra Williams

U13’s Born in 1999 Cory Toby Tarzha Pascoe

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U9’s Born in 2003 Bakal Newman Jamani Elu U8’s Born in 2004 Alwyn Bond Patricia Reuben U7’s Born in 2005 Mace Arnold Jacqueline Williams U6’s Born in 2006 Thomas Barnes Ivy Gowa

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Nominate now for Australian of the Year Awards

DO you know someone from the Torres Strait or Northern Peninsula who has made an outstanding contribution to their community? Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Senator for Queensland, Jan McLucas is encouraging people in Far

North to shine a light on people whose achievements or contributions they admire by nominating them for an Australian of the Year Award. In Melbourne earlier this month with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Chair of the National Australia Day Council Adam

Gilchrist, Senator McLucas helped to officially open nominations for the 2013 awards. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Senator McLucas (pictured) has portfolio responsibility for awards and honours.

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The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is a Commonwealth statutory body located on Thursday Island. The TSRA is engaged in a wide range of service delivery functions to Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living in the Torres Strait region.

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The TSRA is seeking suitably qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and motivated persons to fill the following 4 non-ongoing positions up to June 30, 2013, with the possibility of an extension:

Senior Natural Resources Management Officer (Ranger Supervisor)

To lead, provide & facilitate

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Environmental Management Program APS 6 (P/N T01733) *SALARY RANGE $70,413-$80,884 P/A

* Generous allowances are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4% The Senior Natural Resources Management Officer (Ranger Supervisor) is responsible for managing and supervising Ranger groups, mentoring and coaching Rangers, providing technical advice and coordinating ranger field operations. Under the direction of the Operations Manager, the Ranger Supervisor will work closely with Local Government, Registered Native Title Body Corporate (RNTBCs) and other TSRA Environmental Management staff to support ranger work planning, the delivery of on-ground activities, ranger involvement in research initiatives, reporting and the purchase of supplies and equipment for land and sea management projects. TSRA accommodation is available for this position on Horn Island, with rental contribution calculated according to salary range.

Senior Ranger Badu Island

Environmental Management Program APS3 (P/N T01792) *SALARY RANGE $52,443 - $56,603 P/A *Generous allowances are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4% The Senior Ranger will coordinate land, sea and cultural heritage management activities on traditional land and sea country and provide day to day supervision and guidance to the Rangers. The Senior Rangers activities will be guided by a specific Island Working on Country Plan (work program) which will be developed in consultation with RNTBCs, communities and other relevant stakeholders. TSRA accommodation is not available for this position, applicants should familiarise themselves with the Badu Island housing market prior to applying for this position.

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WINDS OF ZENADTH CULTURAL FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATOR (CASUAL) Torres Shire Council wishes to engage a 2012 Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival Co-ordinator on a casual basis. The successful applicant will require excellent inter-personal and planning skills and an ability to co-ordinate, promote, and plan to a high standard and generally manage the Cultural Festival’s activities. Experience in providing similar services within the community would be an advantage. A position description is available at the Council Office located at 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island or on the Council website www.torres.qld.gov.au. Further details and enquiries should be directed to the Human Resource Officer, Don Benjamin on: Phone (07) 4069 1336, Fax (07) 4069 2792 or email employment@torres.qld. gov.au Applications are to be received by 4pm Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Dalassa Yorkston CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Ranger Badu Island

Environmental Management Program APS1 (P/N T01841) *SALARY RANGE $40,685 - $44,967 P/A *Generous allowances are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4% The Ranger will undertake land, sea aSnd cultural heritage management activities on traditional land and sea country under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Ranger. The Rangers activities will be guided by a Working on Country Plan (work program) which will be developed in consultation with RNTBCs, communities and other relevant stakeholders. TSRA accommodation is not available for this position, applicants should familiarise themselves with the Badu Island housing market prior to applying for this position.

The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is a Commonwealth statutory body located on Thursday Island. The TSRA is engaged in a wide range of service delivery functions to Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living in the Torres Strait region. The TSRA is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and motivated person to fill the following non-ongoing position up to 18 months, with the possibility of an extension:

Principal Legal Officer

Ranger Dauan Island

Native Title Office

EL2 (P/N T00031) *SALARY RANGE $109,832-$125,097 P/A

Environmental Management Program APS1 (P/N T01813) *SALARY RANGE $40,685 - $44,967 P/A *Generous allowances are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4%

* Generous allowances are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4%

The Ranger will undertake land, sea and cultural heritage management activities on traditional land and sea country under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Ranger. The Rangers activities will be guided by a Working on Country Plan (work program) which will be developed in consultation with RNTBCs, communities and other relevant stakeholders.

The Principal Legal Officer is responsible to the Chief Executive Officer for the delivery of the Native Title Program Plans, management and operations of the Native Title Office (NTO) and its resources, including the preparation of program and business plans and budgets. The Principal Legal Officer also provides leadership and supervision to Legal Officers, Paralegals, Legal Interns and to other professional and non-professional staff.

TSRA accommodation is not available for this position, applicants should familiarise themselves with the Dauan Island housing market prior to applying for this position.

TSRA accommodation is available for this position, with rental contribution calculated according to salary range.

Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal applicants are encouraged to apply. A merit list may be created.

Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal applicants are encouraged to apply. A merit list may be created.

Options to apply:

Options to apply:

t Visit our website at www.tsra.gov.au and click on the Employment link to apply through the online application system or, t Contact the HR Team on (07) 4069 0700

t Visit our website at www.tsra.gov.au and click on the Employment link to apply through the online application system or, t Contact the HR Team on (07) 4069 0700

Closing date for applications is cob August 10, 2012

Closing date for applications is cob August 17, 2012

For further information relating to these positions please contact Mark Anderson on Tel: 0429 039 560

For further information relating to this position please contact Chris de Mamiel on Tel: 0409 783 537

Note: Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

Note: Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

TSRA is committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ and in support of Government policy encourages applications from Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australians. TSRA embraces Workplace Diversity. Enjoy the benefits of a career in the Australian Public Service.

TSRA is committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ and in support of Government policy encourages applications from Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australians. TSRA embraces Workplace Diversity. Enjoy the benefits of a career in the Australian Public Service.

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“I encourage people in the Far North to look for the true heroes in our community, the people who inspire and motivate us, and show them that we appreciate and admire them. “Far North Queensland has an impressive record when to it comes to the awards, with Cairns’ Marita Cheng named the 2012 Young Australian of the Year.” Ms Cheng and former Young Australian of the Year and local, Tania Major joined Senator McLucas at the awards launch. “Two impressive young women that have been recognised nationally for their contributions; what a great story this is for the Far North.” “I know that we have others in our region who fit the bill. “Let’s tell the rest of Australia about them.” Anyone can submit a nomination and have a say in who should be honoured. People can nominate someone they know in one of the following categories: Australian of the Year Senior Australian of the Year (those aged 60 years or over) Young Australian of the Year (ages 16 to 30) Australia’s Local Hero Nominations close on 31 August 2012. For more information on the Australian of the Year Awards or to submit a nomination, go to www.australianoftheyear.org.au, call 1300 655 193 or contact the Office of Senator McLucas by phoning 1300 301 959. Nomination forms are also available from any Commonwealth Bank branch.

NAIDOC MARCH, THURSDAY ISLAND, THURSDAY, JULY 26 THE sounds of ukulele strums and singing, and the sights of smiles and flags filled the main street of Thursday Island for the NAIDOC March on Thursday, July 26. Waving banners proudly proclaiming Indigenous

identity, the parade of young and old sang and stamped their way from the Post Office to ANZAC Park. Here the troops enjoyed a fun filled family day of kid’s activities, guest speakers, stalls and a sausage sizzle.

ABOVEl Tagai Secondary School Dance Team. BELOW LEFT: Stanton Waia, Ethel Anau and Freddy Gibuma. BELOW RIGHT: Scenes from the NAIDOC March on Thursday Island.

ANOVE: Sonrae and Nina Lui hold the flag high for the Torres Strait. RIGHT: Vera Gibuma, Riley Baira, Rebecca Enosa and Diana Pabai. BELOW RIGHT: Noel Bon waves the flag proudly.

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Members of Biosecurity Queensland and Sarpye C-Coy 51st Battalion soldiers. LEFT: Tagai Secondary School Dance Team with Jeff Waia on uke in the NAIDOC March.

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Ethan Connor joined with his father, Matt, to celebrate the birthday of his mother Christine at Ilan Cafe on 19 July. It wasn’t revealed what number birthday Christine was celebrating, although she was very generous in sharing her champagne with other diners at the restaurant.

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Solomon Booth finalist in Telstra Art Award By MATT GARRICK THERE’S cause for celebration when Moa Island artist Solomon Booth returns to Darwin, the town where he grew up, this August. Booth has been announced as a finalist for the coveted Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, in the prize category of Works on Paper, for his linocut artwork, Zugu Bau Titui. The award ceremony, to be held in Darwin on August 10, is a highlight on the Indigenous arts calendar. Mr Booth said it was a great honour to have snatched a place in the finals. “It’s a big achievement. For the first time I’ve entered, to be selected, it’s a big Moa artist Solomon Booth is in the running for the thing,” he told Torres News. Mr Booth, who is also the newly Telstra Art Award. “These stars are used as a seasonal calendar appointed chairperson of the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA) based in Cairns, to guide the hunting of seafood in line with the spends the majority of his time as an artist phases of the moon,” Solomon said. “This was taught to us from our forefaand leader at the Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art thers.” Centre on Moa. Also selected for the Telstra Awards was His work submitted for the Telstra Awards, Zugu Bau Titui, which translates as Shark fellow Ngalmun Lagau Minaral artist, Mersane Constellation, depicts a network of stars which Loban. The talented Moa artist, Ms Loban, will be appear in the sky each year between the months vying for a prize for her linocut work, named of February to July.

Paiyaga. Telstra Art Award coordinator John Waight, who will oversee this year’s award, praised the artists shortlisted for their high quality artworks, spanning a range of media. “The Telstra Art Awards are a great opportunity for Indigenous Australians to express and celebrate their culture, beliefs and society. This year’s selection is a strong representation of contemporary Indigenous art from around the nation,” Mr Waight said. The major prize up for grabs is $40,000 for the Telstra Award, to be presented to the work considered by judges to be the most outstanding in the exhibition. Also on offer are individual category awards of $4000 for each of the following- General Painting, Bark Painting, Work on Paper the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award and for One of Solomon Booth’s artworks, Baidum Talu. New Media. The Twenty-Ninth National Aboriginal and Whether Solomon walks away with the top prize or not, he said he has already Torres Strait Islander Art Award exhibition opens, and award presentations will be made, exceeded his own expectations. “I just hoped to make it into the awards. on Friday, August 10. Torres News journalist Matt Garrick will be Anything else which happens is a bonus,” providing full coverage of the event. he said.

More exposure for NPA artists’ works

Pathways 3 at UMI Arts opens 15 August and runs until 26 September. KNOWN as the exhibition to showThe Pathways 3 Exhibition case the next generation of CIAF will feature over 40 art works by (Cairns Indigenous Art Festival) 20 artists from across Far North artists, UMI Art’s annual Pathways Queensland, including: Torres Strait Exhibition is one not to be missed. Islands, Northern Peninsula Area, It opens just weeks after the clos- Kuranda, Yarrabah and Cairns. ing of Ngalpa Mura Tjar’a Tjera Work from NPA local artists, Apudthama, the first exhibition Agnes Mark, Susan Kennedy, Ron showcasing solely art work from Kelly Peter, Vincent Babia, Marsat the NPA. Newman, Anzack Newman, Roy Just a few months ago, the eight Solomon and Geraldine Yorke will local artists supported by UMI Arts be hung beside other indigenous arthad never had their work hung in an ists Garth Murgha, Estelle Tranby, exhibition, and now they’ve secured Sharon Phineasa, Justin Majid, placement in their second exhibition Edna Ambrym, Gwen Deemera, just in time to see CIAF kick off. Philomena Yeatman, Marlene

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The eight artists from the NPA whose artwork was exhibited in Ngalpa Mura Holloway, Michelle Yeatman, Tjar’a Tjera Apudthama (from left): Vincent Babia (Seisia), Ron Kelly Peter Briana Enoch, Radayne Tanna (Umagico), Anzac Newman (currently studying art in Melbourne), Roy Solomon and Latia Levers. (Injinoo), Geraldine Yorke (New Mapoon), Agnes Mark (New Mapoon), Susan “For the Northern Peninsula Kennedy (New Mapoon) and Marsat Newman (Bamaga). Area artists, their work will be participated in UMI’s Exhibition The NPA has a unique blend on show for a much-bigger of Torres Strait and Aboriginal art audience during CIAF and for ready Program. The program was held across that has been adored by gallery them, this means a lot of exposure, their art is out there and theIGHTey the Cape, based in local art centres audiences. Many of the artworks depict are moving ahead,” says UMI in each community, giving the Arts Indigenous Development local artists a chance to take their cultural stories or animals native to Officer and Exhibition Curator Teho artwork to the next level. After the the area. What our artists produce is first round of exposure, our local unlike anything else in the world. Ropeyarn. Pathways 3 will run from 15AuThe exhibition is aimed at artists are already being asked to showcasing more-unique pieces create commissioned pieces for the gust to 26 September at UMI Arts Gallery, 333 Sheridan St, Cairns. from the indigenous artists who upcoming NPA Show.

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By ALF WILSON AS Wests Tigers star forward Garreth Ellis was being swamped by fans from the Torres Strait Islands he told how a former teammate at English club Leeds had told him of the beauty of Australia’s far north. It was the morning after the Cowboys had BRENT WEBB beaten the Tigers 29-16 at Townsville’s Dairy Stadium to move to fourth sport on the NRL ladder. Valerie Marshall (of Dauan and Saibai descent), Lillian Gibia (TI) and Ellie Joe and one-year-old baby Sesmo Joe (Moa) were sitting outside the Holiday Inn at the Townsville CBD waiting to ambush Tigers players as they emerged for autographs. “We missed Benji Marshall as he walked out with a limp and got straight into a waiting 4WD outside the Holiday Inn,” Valerie said. Soon after, Tigers Garreth Ellis and fellow forward Chris Heighington walked out and were happy to yarn to the Torres Strait Island ladies and sign autographs. “I played with Brent Webb at Leeds and he told me he had people in the Torres Strait so I know where it is but I haven’t heard of Thursday Island.” Webb is a descendant of the Nakata family and some years ago visited Thursday Island whilst playing for the Auckland Warriors. Ellis said the Tigers had five players with serious injuries as a result of the tough loss to the Cowboys. “Four will miss games due to the injuries but the Cowboys are now in the four and look very big chances for the premiership,” Ellis said. From Yorkshire in the Mother Country, Ellis had just heard that England had lost the cricket test at home to the visiting South Africans. Valerie was delighted that Ellis had signed her purse and said she would be telling as many back home in the Torres Strait islands about it. Soon after the ladies got another unexpected bonus when lanky Cowboys forwards Gavin Cooper, who scored the last try against the Tigers, turned up to see his former coach Steve Georgallis. Cooper posed with photos with the ladies. “We are very happy today,” Lillian said.

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LEFT: Italy on their way to winning a gold medal at the Mini-Olympics. ABOVE RIGHT: Silver medallists USA demonstrate their fencing techniques in one of the day’s events. RIGHT: Tug-of-War gold medallists, ‘Italy’.

Mini-Olympians go for gold THE 2012 Olympic Games got off to an early start on Thursday Island, with the Active After School Community Program hosting some of the greatest sporting nations ever to compete in the humble surrounds of Anzac Park. The Mini-Olympics were held on Tuesday,

July 24, with a host of mini-olympians. With a little help from students from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, the audience thrilled to the spectacle of Italy winning gold in the perennially competitive Olympic event, the Tug-Of-War. Silver went to USA and bronze was

awarded to England. The fine art of fencing was also on display on the day. The school and organisers thanked Jay Wehlon and Marty Long for their continual support and encouragement for the eventful day.

NAIDOC basketball comp. draws Torres Strait players MANY keen and talented basketball players from the Torres Strait travelled to Cairns earlier this month to compete in a NAIDOC basketball carnival. Nicole Assan hosted the comp, which was held in Cairns at the Fish Tank from July 5-7. Many players travelled from the Torres Strait to participate in the under 18 and Open Ladies and

Men’s competition. Poenipan Thithuy would like to thank the support of M & DM Ah Boo and K & M Plumbing for their

sponsorship, Matilda Loban, Thomas Loban and Tali Frank for their encouragement and support to compete in the competition.

Newcomer wins triathlon

THE Friday Night Triathlon, held on July 20, was new competitor Dr Jack Sloss taking line honours on handicap. Regular competitor Simon Ballantyne put in the best overall time for the 100m swim, 2km off-road bike, and 1km run. Triathlon events are run every Friday evening at the Torres Shire Sports Complex, with registration Finish Time 1 Tri 2 Tri Actual Time time starting at 5.15pm. st 1 Competitors Dr. Jack Sloss get underway 30:19 12:57 14:21 27:19 at 5.30pm. st

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Dr. Jack Sloss

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Jenee Williams

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Simon Ballantyne

30:21

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Jenee Williams

30:42

13:21

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27:42

Half Distance Half 1st Distance Margit Kent 1st

Margit Kent

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Under 18 Ladies team, Poenipan Thithuy: Noreena Tamway, Moanna Jawai, Misha Pone, Ashleigh Ah Boo, Mahlie Sabatino, Debbie Toby, Paige Harris and Laurita Gebardi.

Runaway success at Dauan School ON Friday, July 13, Tagai State College Dauan Island held an adidas School Fun-Run, raising $773.70 in vital extra funding. Students pounded the pavements seeking sponsorship from family, friends and members of the local community in order to raise money for their school. Thanks to their enthusiasm and the support of the local community, extra funds are now available to purchase new resources for the school. Adidas School Fun-Run organiser Allan Greenbank is extremely proud of the way the students rallied behind the fundraiser. “It was great to see so many students supporting their school by collecting sponsorship and participating on the day,” Allan said. The adidas School Fun-Run program provides an avenue for schools and community groups to raise extra funding while encouraging students to participate in healthy lifestyle activities. Olympian and adidas School Fun-Run ambassador Craig Mottram said: “Adidas and myself are thrilled to be uniting with schools right across Australia. Together with participating schools, we hope to inspire a nation to better health and wellbeing.”

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