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A local aboriginal elder has spoken out against thetransitional accommodation being discussed to helpease the Coober Pedy township of the effects oftransient drinkers from remote communities.

The man who is a member of the Antakirinja Matu -Yankunytjatjara Native Title Group said he is disappointedthat monies from mining companies are not reaching thecommunity to enable them to make their community safeand help improve their circumstances.

“Umoona Community has been a dry area for nearly adecade, but I generally live in a pigsty”, he said. “I canspeak for my land and the transitional accommodation isnot welcome here. Transients are not from here. Theyfight with the locals and make a mess and need to move on.”

Aboriginal Housing Manager at Umoona Community,George Cooley reinforced that the local residents borethe brunt of the transient drinkers who bring violence anddestruction into their local community..

At a Special Council meeting held on Monday 29th August2005 Cr. Robin Walker told those present “The old peopleat the Umoona Community have asked for a Dry Area.They are concerned about the murders, rapes, stabbings,stealing etc. The people of Umoona Community havemoved a motion that the area be declared dry.”

Residents of Coober Pedy who attended a recentconsultation meeting over the state government’s plansto build a transition accommodation centre (TAC) in thetown, were appalled to learn of the perpetual abuse andrelated health problems of local aboriginal people.

The Coober Pedy Community cametogether on Friday 31 May 2013, tocelebrate National Reconciliation Week,with a strong representation of Elders,Community Leaders, Service Providers andchildren from Coober Pedy Area Schooland Umoona Community Council TjitjiTjapu Tjuta Child Care Center.

Over 100 community members and childrenattended the event held at the UnitedYugoslav Australia Associations Club inrecognition of National ReconciliationWeek.

National Reconciliation Week is celebratedacross Australia each year between 27 Mayand 3 June and is a time for all Australiansto learn about our shared histories, culturesand achievements and to explore how eachof us can join the national reconciliationeffort. The dates commemorate twosignificant milestones in the reconciliationjourney; the anniversaries of the 1967referendum and the High Court Mabodecision.

This years National Reconciliation Weektheme is ‘Let’s Talk Recognition’ with afocus on how Australians can betterrecognise each other, and recognise thecontributions, cultures and histories ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeoples.

Leading up to the event, there was a buildup of momentum for event organisers,from an overwhelming response toinvitations and wet weather conditionsrequiring a last minute venue change. Mr.Ian Crombie, Chair of Umoona Aged CareAboriginal Corporation & Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal Corporation,conducted the Welcome to Country for theguests and officially opened the event.

The Honorable Lyn Breuer made the journeyto celebrate the National ReconciliationWeek event with the community, sharingher words and recognition of thecontribution of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander people.

Continued page..

Mayor Steve Baines, Edie King Director Umoona Aged Care, theHonorable Lyn Breuer, Sonia Mazzone CEO Umoona Aged Care, IanCrombie - Chairman AMYAC

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Across town transients camp on any vacant area, leaving their rubbish and abandoned

cars for others to deal with

Coober Pedy Regional Times Thursday 6 June 2013

VESAK CELEBRATIONS IN

COOBER PEDY SASaturday night 25 May 2013 saw the second of manyto come Vesak celebrations under the light of thefull moon alongside the town oval.

The Sri Lankan members of the Coober Pedy Communityfrom the Buddhist faith held their annual Vesakobservance.Those of the Buddhist faith living in CooberPedy made new laterns for Vesak that generally representeach family in the community. (A number of lanterns fromthe previous Vesak are on display in the Coober PedyLibrary.)

Vesak is celebrated as a religious and a cultural festival inSri Lanka on the full moon of the lunar month of Vesak(usually in May), for about one week.

The preparations were taken care of by a small groupwho arrived at the venue just as the full moon was rising.

The lanterns were explained to us as an offering to thememory of the Lord Buddha who delivered the messageof love and kindness for people of all creeds.

After the lanterns were hung in place by the men, smallcandles were placed inside and lit. Following the lightingof the lanterns, a banquet was unveiled under the starswhere everyone shared in delightful home cooked SriLankan cuisine.

Judy Sparrow and her daughter Mandy arrived to enjoythe festivities and the lantern display.

Meghan, a teacher of English and Art at Coober PedyArea School was there to support the event as well asLydia and Juan Gonzalez.

Vesak is sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday",but actually commemorates the birth, enlightenment(nirvana), and death of Buddha.

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LankaMon, May 27, 2013, 07:30 pm SL Time, ColomboPageNews Desk, Sri Lanka.

Millions of Buddhist devotees in Malaysia, local aswell as foreign, thronged the Buddhist temples andcenters all over the country to celebrate the Vesakthat befell on Friday.

Buddhists from several countries including Sri Lanka,Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar,Cambodia, and Indonesia participated in the celebrationsto mark the Birth, Enlightenment and Death of Buddha onthe Vesak Poya Day.

In the capital Kuala Lumpur, more than 100,000 peoplevisited the 118 year old Buddhist Maha Vihara Brickfields,which was founded by Sri Lankans in 1894, over the last3 days.

Long queues of devotees waited patiently for blessingsand sprinkling of holy water by monks, at its Main ShrineHall. Elsewhere an exhibition by the Sunday School washeld, an organ and blood donation campaign carried out,and free food, drinks, books and CDs on Buddhism weredistributed.

Thousands of lit oil lamps were neatly laid in front of aBuddha image. Throughout the day, Buddhist chantingand Buddhist Hymns in Pali, Sinhala, Tamil, Mandarin,Malay and English were played through their sound sys-tems giving a sense of serenity pervading the air.

At night, more than 30,000 people joined a 10-km floatand candle light procession from the Buddhist Maha Viharato the city center and back. About 50 Buddhist organiza-tions and 30 beautifully designed, decorated and bulb litfloats carrying the images of the Buddha joined the pro-cession.

Buddhism is the second largest religion in Malaysia andmake up 19 percent of its population of 28 million.

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Lanterns are placed on the ground from smallestto largest, leading up to the statue of Buddha

Hanging lanterns point towards the rising full moon

Eating together is part of the Vesak celebration

Members of the Sri Lankan community at Vesakcelebrations on Saturday night

Shining lanterns hang under the full moon

Preparing to light the Vesak lanterns

Locals admire the traditional lantern display

Thursday 6 June 2013 Coober Pedy Regional Times

- Coober Pedy - an underground ‘city’,

built on the back ofopal mining

� Coober Pedy is Australia’s real ‘DownUnder’, famous for its fabulous opals and bizarresubterranean homes. For generations, minershave dug into the white and orange rock to extractthe valuable, sparkling stone. The tunnels andchambers were converted into undergroundshomes in order to escape from the desert heat.

� Coober Pedy ‘evolved’ as the resultof a massive post war Opal Rush wherehardy pioneers developed a make or breakprecious gem industry in the desert terrain.

� See the extravagantly builtUNDERGROUND SERBIAN CHURCH with it’smagnificent stained glass windows and carvings.

� Visitors can stay overnight and experienceunderground life as the locals know it!

� Visit the OPAL FIELDS - you’ll believeyou’re on Mars. Join tours to local mines to seehow they work and get the chance to noodle(fossick) for your own opal

� Take a tour to the natural landscapesoutside the town (see film locations like MadMax: Beyond Thunderdome and Red Planet)including the PAINTED DESERT, the colourfulBREAKAWAYS and the MOON PLAIN

� Join the MAIL RUN out of Coober Pedyto deliver outback mail! Take a leisurely flightover the spectacular LAKE EYRE

The magnificent and colourful Breakaways

merge from the underground seabed

� Enjoy LAWN BOWLS, TENNIS andTABLE TENNIS in the friendly atmosphere ofthe United Club Sporting Centre.

� Spend a day on the most challengingGOLF COURSE in the world.

� Watch the local footy team play AUSSIERULES FOOTBALL & SRI LANKAN

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� During Easter Coober Pedy holds itsannual OPAL FESTIVAL & GEM TRADE SHOW

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For an extended period of time, manyresidents in Coober Pedy have beenunaware of the true impact thattransient drinkers were having onfamilies who live in the local UmoonaCommunity.

Residents are now querying why themost vulnerable people in the towndon’t have special measures in placewhereby they can be made to feel safein their community and homes!

There have been times in the last 10months when local residents haveuttered that the situation of loitering andviolence relating to unrestrainedtransient drinkers in the town, is so direthat “we need the army to intervene”.

At the 2005 World Summit, worldleaders including Australia endorsed theResponsibility to Protect principles, aframework for preventing andresponding to genocide, war crimes,ethnic cleansing and crimes againsthumanity.

The “Responsibility to Protect” ("RtoP"or "R2P") is an international securityand human rights norm to address theinternational community’s failure toprevent and stop genocides, warcrimes, ethnic cleansing and crimesagainst humanity.

Is it at all possible that humanitarian aidneeds enlisting in remote Australiancommunities where SACS workers arereluctant to work and live?

With 37 workers at Families SA alone,only 10% are actually dedicated toCoober Pedy. It is grossly unfair ontowns where residents need to forge anormal existence particularly in remoteareas to bring the problem to workersin Coober Pedy to be dealt with.

In the back blocks of remote townslike Coober Pedy, the city voters areunlikely to see the real human sufferingthat government strategies are actuallyattracting. Workers do not want towork on the APY Lands or even innearby Marla, therefore a service basehas developed in Coober Pedy allowingworkers to commute. (approximately270km).

Let’s not keep overlooking the plightof our local aboriginal community inall of this banter over keeping othercommunities residents safe who onlytravel to drink. This latest attempt to“keep them safe” seems more of anexperiment rather than a Mullighanrecommendation..

What duty of care and level ofprotection is the government willing andable to provide for aboriginal womenand children already resident in CooberPedy, given that the expectation of themsuffering violence is already known?

Locals further believe that alcohol relatedantisocial behaviour would not decreasewith a TAC and that both the liquorindustry and the public service have beenliving comfortably off aboriginalhardship whilst giving lipservice to themain problem.

Is it really a practical or viable optionfor travelling families to be held for a 28day ‘processing’ period until they canbe taken back home? Transientalcoholics are frequently taken back totheir communities and can easily returnto the same liquor outlets in less than aday!

In 2010 industry research group RoyMorgan, revealed that “the Australianalcoholic beverage market was worthmore than $16.3 billion.” Does this meanthat without aboriginal disadvantage andtheir contribution to the liquor industry,it would suffer huge losses?

Australian Government guidelinesrecommend no more than two standarddrinks a day to reduce the risk of harmfrom alcohol-related disease or injuryover a lifetime.” Adelaide Advertiser,January 08, 2010

Judging by ongoing published statisticsit would appear that without perpetualaboriginal victims of violence, not onlywould the liquor industry suffer, butmany of Australia’s 150,000 Social andCommunity Services (SACS) workerswould be out of a job.

There must be more conscience shownby our government than that ofindigenous investment that reaps a returnback to the government.

Doesn’t it seem odd that no steps haveever been taken to protect aboriginalfamilies within the seeming safety of awhite community? Is the appearanceof assimilation/integration/inclusion allthat is required?

The worthy residents of UmoonaCommunity do not deserve to be the“whipping boys” of any industrywhereby their only recall is to report theirplight, after the fact, to one of the 9-5government departments lining the mainstreet of Coober Pedy, decade afterdecade.

Surely it is filtering up the bureaucraticline that that human violations have beenoccurring at Umoona Community fordecades and are likely to occur in thefuture.

The South Australian AmbulanceVolunteers need commending for theiruntiring work over the decades, regularlyobserved day and night picking uptransient drinkers, and casualties of theirabuse and delivering them to the soberingup centre, private homes, or even thehospital.

A rise in abusive incidents and illness isshown to coincide with influxes of remotecommunity binge drinkers arriving in townunannounced and causing overcrowdingat a rate of sometimes 15 to a house.

Plugging holes in a two century old leakingdyke has done nothing to disconnect theflow of debilitating liquor to aboriginalpeople despite the crippling effect itcontinues to have on their lives andculture.

The government’s interpretation of theMullighan recommendation to “find newways of keeping them safe” clearly doesnot include keeping local families safedespite the report shows that UmoonaCommunity tallied an under-reported 11%of the state’s statistics in question.

Coober Pedy has been earmarked as a‘processing centre’ for families of remotecommunity’s problematic drinkers, withgovernment plans to keep travellingchildren safe, but within handy proximityto three liquor outlets!

Those attending the communityconsultation meeting understood, withgreat disbelief, that transient alcoholicswould be unable to access accommodationin the TAC, but would continue to accessliquor outlets and roam the districthomeless and intoxicated, while theirfamilies were kept safe for up to 28 daysand nights being ‘processed’ thus placingfamilies in the local Umoona Communityat increased risk as transients seek placesto drink in the homes of unwilling locals.

Coober Pedy’s Sobering Up Centre wasbuilt to accommodate local communitymembers should the need arise. It used toaccommodate any locals who needed to‘sleep it off’ enabling family members tohave undisturbed sleep so children couldattend school fresh the following day.

Transient drinkers are now occupying theservice that locals need. Night after night,individuals from remote communities arepicked up and taken to our local soberingup centre where their clothes are washedand dried for them. They are monitoredby staff while they sleep off that particularnight’s binge and in the morning they aregiven breakfast before they leave and thenrepeat the sequence again and again, foras long as it seems convenient for them!

Locals believe that having a TAC in thetown would force Coober Pedy to upgradeits Sobering Up Centre to 24 hours andemploy costly overnight security for thetown, while public servants at the behestof their government, rearrange schoolingfor truant children and provide a safe placefor the travelling families to sleep and eat.Locals there are some locals who believethat alcohol related antisocial behaviourwould not decrease and that a larger publicservice industry, living off aboriginalhardship is being created to accommodatethe liquor industry.

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After experiencing a long, hotsummer in 2012/13, wheretemperature soared into the high 40s,residents in the Far North may bewelcoming winter.

In a last gasp the warm temperatures inCoober Pedy reached 25.9C onWednesday 28 May and 29.1C onThursday 30 May before plummeting to15C on Saturday when Winter officiallycommenced.

On Friday 31 May welcome rain fellacross the pastoral districts with CooberPedy receiving 24mm over a 24 hourperiod.

Other districts to receive a good rainfallin the same 24 hour period included:

Winter Solstice 2013 will occur onFriday 21st June 2013 14:33:25

Sunrise = 07:23:14Sunset = 17:11:36

Day Duration = 09 Hours 48 Mins21 Secs

Winter and rain arrivetogether in the Far North

Phil and Maz Turner publicans at the Marree Hotel reported "As at9:00am Saturday - 17mm in last 12 hours at Marree Hotel. All roads closed."

Manager Mark Bzowy at Cadney Homestead reported: “At 9amSaturday. 2 day total = 20mm.

Prue Coulls Coward Springs Campground on the Oodnadatta Trackreported: "17.5mm here Friday and overnight."

Reg and Lauren at Arckaringa Station reported on Saturday: "15.5mmhere at Arckaringa. Reg just went for a drive and suggests closing thePainted Desert Road."

William Creek Hotel reported on Saturday: “12mm and still drizzlinghere in William Creek.

Hayley Nunn Manageress at Pink RoadhouseOodnadatta reported via ‘bush telegraph’: "Weended up with a whole 3.2mm here in Oodnadatta.A beautiful sunny day with a slight breeze.”

“Does anyone have any updates on roads thatwill help get some open? We have a caravan parkfull of people wanting to head in all directionsand getting itchy feet. The only road currentlyopen out of Oodnadatta is to Mt Dare / Dalhousie.”

Phil and Maz Marree Hotel (Sunday) As at9:00am this morning we finished with 22mm.Heavier falls were at Lyndhurst. Windy thismorning and clearing skies. No roads expectedto open today.


FAHSCIA needsstrengthening says

Audit CommitteeThe committee’s report alsorecommended:

· the development of an explicitwhole-of-government strategy for capacitydevelopment —both within governmentand for not-for-profit Indigenousorganisations;

· improvements to the availability oflocation-based data on Indigenousexpenditure and outcomes;

· an update to be provided on effortsto measure outcomes in ‘priority’ remoteservice delivery communities; and

· options to be examined for improvingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderrepresentation and involvement in decision-making processes.

The committee came to its conclusionsupon reviewing three reports published bythe Auditor-General in 2012 focusing ongovernment coordination arrangements forIndigenous programs.

The committee held three public hearingsrelated to its review of the reports, andreceived written submissions from theNational Congress of Australia’s FirstPeoples and the Social JusticeCommissioner for Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Affairs.

Wednesday 29 May 2013. The report, byparliament’s joint Public Accounts andAudit Committee, supportsrecommendations from the Auditor-General for a ‘refresh’ of the leadagency role for Indigenous affairs, andcalls for particular attention to be givento strengthening the authority of theagency to better drive changes acrossgovernment departments.

Committee chair Rob Oakeshott MP saidthe need for more effective leadershipacross government to tackle critical issuesin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderaffairs was clear.

“The Government needs a lead agencywith authority and a clear mandate to

oversee expenditure, monitor out-comes, define priorities and drive

actions at whole-of-government level,”Mr Oakeshott said.

“We live in a time where the want to reconcileis high”, he added. “FaHCSIA has madecommendable progress in improvingcoordination between government agencies,but the committee was not convinced thatthe current arrangements provide FaHCSIAwith the authority needed to drive outcomesas effectively as possible.”

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The Department of Broadband,Communications and the Digital Economyis hosting a showcase of Australianprogress achieved through the use of high-speed broadband.

The event, #digiconau, includes expertsdemonstrating gains in efficiency,profitability and innovation, enabled throughbroadband.

Broadband, Communications and the DigitalEconomy is bringing the conference toCoober Pedy. Anyone access to an internet

connected web browser can participate.

Coober Pedy residents can view the wholeof the conference, or dip in and out of anyof the eight conference sessions.

Detail on timings, speakers andsession demonstrations, together withaccess to the webcast is available atwww.nbn.gov.au/nbn-benefits/digital-

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The dramatic geological events thatcreated opal, Australia's nationalgemstone, have been described for thefirst time by a University of Sydneyresearcher.

The explanation underlines how the geologyof Australia's Red Centre is the most similaron Earth to the geology of Mars, to theextent it could yield valuable informationon that planet for a fraction of the cost ofa space mission.

"Australia produces over 90 percent of theworld's supply of opal. Before this we didnot know its origin, why it forms at suchshallow depths or why it can be found incentral Australia and almost nowhere elseon Earth," said Associate Professor PatriceRey, from the University's School ofGeosciences.

His findings have recently been publishedin the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences.

"The formation of Australian opal was dueto an extraordinary episode of acidicweathering, during the drying out of thecentral Australian landscape," said AssociateProfessor Rey.

This occurred when the Eromanga sea, avast body of water covering 60 percent ofAustralia, extending from Coober Pedy tothe Carpentaria Basin and across toLightning Ridge, started retreating.

Between 100 million and 97 million yearsago this sea came to cover a much smallerarea. This meant the previously inundatedcentral Australian landscape started dryingout and acidic weathering happened on amassive scale when pyrite minerals releasedsulphuric acid.

Acidic weathering of the type that tookplace in Central Australia is unique on Earth

at that scale, covering an estimated 1.3million km2, but it has been described atthe surface of Mars.

"The USA and the European communityhave invested billions of dollars to sendorbiters and rovers to Mars in the hope offinding extra-terrestrial life but CentralAustralia offers a unique natural laboratorywhere potential Martian bio-geologicalprocesses could be studied."

Notably, opaline silica, iron oxides and clayminerals similar to those found in centralAustralia were discovered at the surfaceof Mars in 2008, where they wereinterpreted as the product of acidweathering of volcanic debris covering thered planet.

"Many Australians familiar with theunmistakable features of Australia's RedCentre may not realise, despite theirsimilarly striking red appearance, that itshares many of its remarkablecharacteristics with Mars, which alsoappears to be why opaline silica formsthere."

To create the precious opal found inAustralia, as opposed to opaline silica,demands a switch to alkaline conditionsbefore silica-rich gel trapped in fracturesand cavities dehydrates and solidifies. Thisis only possible when the host rock, as inAustralia, has a large acid-neutralisingcapacity.

The opal discovery is personally satisfyingfor Associate Professor Rey who firstencountered Australia as a schoolboy inFrance, through a 1970s documentary onopal mining in Coober Pedy. Thirty yearslater the Lightning Ridge Opal MinersAssociation reconnected Patrice with hischildhood memory when they rang to askhim about researching the origin of opal.

New study on theformation of Opal in

central Australia

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LOCAL GOVERNMENTThe Federal Government will hold the4th Australian Council of LocalGovernment at Parliament House on 16June this year.

The Council will bring together more than400 local government representatives,federal ministers and parliamentarysecretaries and will be the nation’s largestgathering of mayors and shire presidents.

This meeting continues our ongoingdialogue with local government on ways toimprove the delivery of infrastructure and

services to local communities.

The inclusion of local government in thenation’s Constitution will be at the top ofthe Council’s agenda.

This year’s Australian Council of LocalGovernment coincides with thecommencement of the annual NationalGeneral Assembly of Local Governmentconvened by the Australian LocalGovernment Association which will be heldfrom 17-19 June at the National ConventionCentre in Canberra.

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When we arrived and drove down themain street which looks run down it felta bit oppressive and we didnt think we'dstay long, but it was a small part of thewhole picture of Coober Pedy.

When you drive around you think you'rein another country -3rd world almost tolook at. It reminded me of a shanty town.Scratch the surface though and suchinteresting and beautiful country side andhistory, friendly people and great food.

We had a ball learning about the amazinggeological history of the opal and howit's mined. In the mining areas its shaftholes as far as the eye can see andwarning signs leading into town warningyou not to walk backwards in CooberPedy!!

We visited mines, kangaroo orphanage,underground houses called 'dugouts',undgerground churches and went on agreat tour which took us to the dog fencethe longest fence in the world at 5,300kms long all of which is also 30cm underthe ground, and the Breakaways whichused to be attached to the MacdonnelRanges.

We also went 'noodling' where the boysfound their own little bits of opal! Wehad such a great time here that in contrastto not staying long we booked an extranight!

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Coober Pedy Street and Road NamesWhere did the name of your street come from? Part 31 in a series - by Sue Britt

Jeff Boland with his dog Missy on the Dog Fence, Advertiser photo 1996

Reg and Amy Boland visiting Pine View Stationc 1970’s.

Jeff has patrolled the Dog Fence aroundCoober Pedy for 24 years. His poly pipeinnovation that protects the fence in floodsis being widely used by contractors in otherareas. The fences around the Drive-In andthe hospital are Jeff’s work.

Margaret works for Families SA. Ken andhis wife Nola have a back hoe business. Johnworked for the Kidmans over 30 years, ashead stockman at Quinambie and later

The Boland family, well known in Coober Pedy forback hoe services and fencing, has been here for

over 40 years.

Reg and Amy Boland came from Andamooka in 1971.Theyhad a garage located where the Mud Hut Hotel is now, acorrugated iron shed that they rented from GeorgePapadopoulos. Amy remembers it as being very dusty.They did mechanical work, welding and sold tyres forabout 3 years. That shed was moved later and now servesas the bottle and can recycling depot on Flat Hill Road.

Reg and Amy had 5 children – John, Jeff, Roger, Margaretand Ken. Married in 1940, they spent World War II inAdelaide where Reg trained as a fitter and turner andelectrician. Later he started his own electrical business inthe Adelaide area. They always yearned to go back outbush. Reg was born in Broken Hill in 1918 and Amy wasborn in Burke. In 1958, their house burned down so they

moved to Broken Hill. Regand his sons did mechanicalwork, boundary riding,mining and station work.Amy worked as a stationcook. At times both Regand Amy looked afterstations when the managerswere away.

Reg patrolled about 150miles of the NSW BorderFence (Dingo Fence) fromMullangarrie to Cameron’sCorner with Jeff and Amy.The houses provided for thepatroller and his familywere basic. Made of finecorrugated iron, they had awood–fired stove, tanks,bore, and a copper forheating water for washing.The stoves always neededa lot of cleaning and thechimneys were oftenblocked with soot.Cooking, cleaning,s u p e r v i s i n gcorrespondence schoollessons, organising a familyof seven and providinghospitality to visitors atshort notice was hardwork. Over her long life,Amy has walked thousandsof miles, she reckons, butshe’s never been sick andat the age of 95 (on May30th 2013) still looks afterherself and her cat so itmust have been a healthylife.

The Boland family hascontributed to thecommunity. Roger, whodoes fencing jobs aroundtown, is currently buildingcamel yards on the APYLands that he designed.

managing Hamilton Station and RubyPlains.

Even after moving to Coober Pedy, Regand Amy continued to maintain close tieswith the Kidman and Williams stations.They spent a lot of time at Anna Creek inparticular.

Information from Amy Boland 16/5/13John and Amy Boland 18/5/13

BOLAND ROAD

EXPLORATION COMPANY

PEGS COOBER PEDYAn exploration company that was given $75,000 for adrilling program under the PIRSA Plan for ACceleratingExploration (PACE) has put out a bold map encompassingthe opal mining town of Coober Pedy including the town’swater supply at SR11 Bore.

The company, Golden Cross Resources is targetingbasement geophysical features with similarities to IOCGcopper-gold deposits

Golden Cross has registered ELs 4426, 4427, 4431, 4695and ELA 2011-265 with 6 initial drilling targets. A newlygranted EL 4966 (Copper/Gold) is centred on the townshipof Coober Pedy.

Drilling commenced at Oolgelima Hill EL4427, 48.7kilometres out of Coober Pedy on 25 May using a multi-purpose rig from Adelaide-based Coughlan Drilling.

A six hole, 2500 metre program has been planned to testthree of the six initial targets within the Oolgelima EL

EL 4427 (Base Metals) Oolgelima is the drill target AnomalySR11.

EL 4695 is targetting Copper Gold, Iron Ore, Rare Earths,Uranium.

At present none of the drilling targets are in the opal fields,so all we can do is keep an eye on the progress of thisdrilling program to see if it eventuates into anything.

Yothu Yindi SingerMr. Yunupingu

17 September 1956 – 2 June 2013

Yothu Yindi singer Mr. Yunupingu died athis home in the Northern Territory on 2June 2013. He was married to fellowteacher Yalmay and was a father of fourdaughters and has five grandsons.

Mr.Yunupingu suffered from diabetes andhigh blood pressure, which in turncontributed to advanced renal failure.

On 26 January 1993, Yunupingu wasnamed Australian of the Year for 1992 bythe National Australia Day Council.

Mr. Yunupingu was the first Aboriginalperson from Arnhem Land to gain auniversity degree, earning a Bachelor ofArts degree in education from DeakinUniversity in 1988. In 1989 he becameassistant principal of the YirrkalaCommunity School. and in 1990 the firstAboriginal principal in Australia.

In the 1980s, he introduced a new systemcalled "Both Ways," which recognisedtraditional cultural teaching.

Yunupingu entered the ARIA Hall Of Famein December 2012 when Yothu Yindi wereinducted. Aided by Paul Kelly, the bandwrote their signature song Treaty tohighlight the Hawke government'spromise of a treaty for Aboriginal people.


The Transient Accommodation

Facility and the SOGTo the Editor,

I received a letter recently expressing animositytowards some Councillors and other members of thecommunity who are apparently on a 'witch hunt' forthe Senior Officer's (SOG) and its members. Despite,what I think, are misplaced concerns, I felt compelledto write a public response as it is a public matter that

has bearing on our entire community.

One of my concerns regarding the SOG, a concern thatI believe is shared by many in the community, is one ofaccountability. Who is the SOG accountable to? Asstated recently by our respected CEO, Mr Phil Cameron,they are "autonomous". I acknowledge that I have takenPhil's comment/word out of context and, at the time MrCameron was neither stating support nor opposition tothe group, he was simply providing information.

Nevertheless, even the utterance of that word sets offall kinds of alarm bells in my mind! No person ororganisation should be autonomous. All power shouldbe answerable to the people and that power should begranted by the people and not be self-appointed.

"No man is good enough to govern another manwithout the other's consent" (LINCOLN, Abraham1809-1865).

I acknowledge that the majority of the SOG membersare locals living in the community; however I do notbelieve that all the members of the group are actuallythe 'Senior Officers' of their respective departments.So who do they actually answer to? I think the pertinentquestion is: Where do the heads of their respectivedepartments reside? The only organisations whose actualSenior Officer's reside in Coober Pedy are theAntakarinja Matu-Yunkanjatjara Aboriginal Corporation,Umoona Community Council Inc., Umoona TjutagkuHealth Service and the District Council of Coober Pedy.

The remaining five organisations (i.e. the majority ofmembers) are South Australian Government departmentswho ultimately report to their respective Ministers andthe Ministers are answerable to the Premier. RegionalDevelopment Australia Far North is, to a certain degree,an exception.

So, hypothetically speaking, let's say that a Coober Pedybased SOG member employed by the State Governmentwas in opposition to the construction of a TransitionalAccommodation facility in Coober Pedy. But theDirector of that government department (who lives inAdelaide) has stated that it is departmental policy thatthe facility will be built in Coober Pedy. Could the CooberPedy based, government employed SOG member voicetheir personal opinion publically without fear of reprisal?Officially, of course! In reality, I think not...

All groups or organisations that have a name, an identity,should have structure. That structure is governed bylegislation that ensures that a group and its membersfollow a code of conduct and are accountable. The SOGappears to have no legal status and therefore nocollective accountability. In my opinion, that gives themexactly the same authority as the recently formedRatepayers Action Group, another group who, at present,is a loose association of members with no legal statusbut has meeting agendas and keeps minutes. Practicallyno different to the Senior Officers Group and thereforetheir authority is no different.

Just because many of the SOG members havegovernment appointed and/or taxpayer funded jobs givesthem no greater authority. The principles of democracyare based on the concept of equality.

“Democracy arises out of the notion that those whoare equal in any respect are equal in all respects;because men are equally free, they claim to beabsolutely equal.” (Aristotle, 384 BC - 322 BC).

In fact, I would go as far to say that, taking into accountthe principles of democracy, the Ratepayers ActionGroup may have even greater legitimacy than the SOG.Governments of today operate largely removed fromthose that they purport to represent. People feel thatthey do not have an opportunity to participate in thepolitical system. It means that the political system isincreasingly operating without public input. Decisionsare being made without community ratification. Thissituation exists on a micro and macro level. Meaningfuldemocracy is where the individual has the ability to playa role in forming decisions that may potentially affecttheir lives.

I am pleased that this Transitional Accommodation/SOGdebate has occurred because it has engaged thecommunity for the first time since the Great SchoolDebacle. They have momentarily unplugged from theiriPhone or turned off the TV to talk about the issuesaffecting our community. I think the challenge for Councilnow is how do we keep the community engaged? Howdo we keep the people interested?!

In defence of the SOG, I have little doubt that themembers are attempting to bring what they think ispositive change to the community. However anybodywho attempts to initiate change (or a development thatmay result in significant change) within a communityshould first attempt to obtain that community's consent.If consent is not attainable then an attempt should bemade to at least obtain community acceptance.

There is never any guarantee that the community willgrant a development a 'social license to operate',nimbyism is ubiquitous throughout society, but if you atleast go through the process of genuine communityconsultation then a 'social license to operate' will, in themajority of cases, be granted. That license is grantedby a community and cannot be demanded or self-grantedas what appears to have occurred with the TransitionalAccommodation facility. Bearing in mind, that any licensethat is issued can also be revoked if promises are laterbroken. Unfortunately for a community, if promises madetoday are broken tomorrow, there is little that can bedone.

Following is the opening address by Premier JayWeatherill from a document launched on the 18th March2013 titled "Better Together, Principles of Engagement-a foundation for engagement in the South AustralianGovernment":

Since becoming Premier, I've placed specialemphasis on community engagement and

conversation - involving people in thedecisions that affect their lives and giving

them a genuine role in making suchdecisions.

We are working to move from a culture of"announce and defend" to one of "debate anddecide".

I believe that people have a right to be involved inconversations about decisions that affect them -but I also fundamentally believe that decisionsemerging from a process of consultation are betterand more stable decisions.

As a government we need to put more effort intogetting this right. This will mean breaking downbarriers to genuine engagement and giving publicservants the opportunity and the skills required todo the job well.

Public servants tell me that they want to engagewith the public, but they don't feel they havepermission to do so or that they are afraid to takethe risk. I want to assure you that Better Togethergives you a mandate to engage and genuinely bringthe community into a conversation about your work.

We must be prepared to try new ways ofaccomplishing things in order to achieve better andmore effective engagement - so there cannot begenuine improvement without an accompanyingdegree of risk. We must collectively agree to takerisks in pursuit of our objectives.

The principles laid out in Better Together: Principlesof Engagement provide a strong foundation onwhich to build excellent engagement practices. Iencourage you to explore how they can be appliedto your work and to consider their potential to helpus improve South Australia's democracy.

Jay WeatherillPremier

I have met Mr Weatherill on more than one occasion andfind the man to be very genuine. I believe that the statementabove is not just rhetoric. I think he personally believes inthis document and has taken it upon himself to provide agovernment that is more accountable to the people therebyresulting in an improved democracy. I thereforerespectfully draw to Premier Weatherill's attention thatthe policy of "announce and defend" is still alive and wellwithin your public service. State public servants, well atleast some of them, seemingly failed to receive the memoregarding the new policy of "debate and decide".

Due to a lack of consultation and debate, I am confidentthat our Coober Pedy community does not support theTransitional Accommodation development. What I amcertain of is that the Coober Pedy TransitionalAccommodation development is yet to receive its 'sociallicense to operate'.

It has been stated in a fact sheet released by the Departmentof Communities and Social Inclusion that "A TransitionalAccommodation Centre (TAC) will be built in CoobderPedy...". Firstly I find it amusing and a reflection of thelack of oversight that the department failed to even spellour town's name correctly! Secondly, as stated by CrAthanasiadis at a recent Council meeting, it makes amockery of "community engagement" to make thatstatement and, on the same flyer, advertise dates and timesfor public consultation! It reeks of merely paying thecommunity 'lip service'. This is not genuine communityengagement Mr Weatherill, as you are so admirablyattempting to implement.

Finally, there seem to be some people in our communitythat thinks that "the State Government has decided theyare going to build it here and we are going to get it whetherwe like it or not."

In response to that statement I'd like to make reference toa very special woman. Alice Walker is an author, poet andactivist whose life is the subject material for a 2013documentary titled "Beauty in Truth". Most people mayknow her by her 1983 Pulitzer Prize winning book "TheColour Purple". I leave you with a quote from Ms Walker.

"The most common way people give up their power is bythinking they don't have any."

Respectfully yours,Stephen Staines22nd May 2013

THUMBS

UP

for the Council's road crew for gettingaround town so quickly

after the recent rains and fixing up theroads (and driveways). Thanks!


SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WORKERS

BACK-PAID $164,000Underpaid workers throughout South Australia havebeen back-paid a total of $164,900 following recentintervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Acting Fair Work Ombudsman, Michael Campbell, saidmany of the underpayments were a result of employersnot being fully aware of the minimum pay rates their em-ployees were entitled to.

The biggest recovery was $29,200 for a cleaner at Tanundawho had been underpaid the minimum hourly rate, as wellas penalty rates for overtime, weekend and evening workbetween 2005 and 2011.

In another case, a Regency Park truck driver was back-paid $19,500 after being underpaid wages in 2010-2011,as well as annual and long service leave entitlements upontermination of employment.

Mr Campbell said that if employers take the time to getthe basics right, they should find that everything else startsto fall into place.

“That means knowing what modern award or agreementapplies to employees, the correct classifications for em-ployees and the minimum pay rates that apply,” he said.

“If small errors in wages and entitlements are left un-checked, they can mount up and result in employers need-ing to make significant back-payments of thousands ofdollars.

“This is why it’s important that employers ensure theyget it right the first time around.”

Other recent recoveries in Adelaide and regional SouthAustralia include:

• $16,100 for a machine operator at Wingfield underpaidannual and long-service leave entitlements upon termina-tion of employment earlier this year,

• $14,500 for a caravan park worker on the Eyre Penin-sula underpaid wages, and penalty rates for weekend andpublic holiday work between 2009 and 2012,

• $9,800 for a truck driver at Mount Gambier not paidfor time spent loading and unloading his vehicle and un-derpaid wages, allowances and annual leave entitlementsover an 11-month period in 2009-2010,

• $9,400 for a pest control worker in the Clare Valley notpaid accrued annual leave entitlements upon terminationof employment in 2011,

• $9,100 for a Mount Compass delivery driver not paidweekend penalty rates, overtime rates and allowances overa nine-week period in 2011,

• $8,900 for a community services worker at MurrayBridge not paid redundancy entitlements upon terminationof employment in 2011,

• $8,400 for a truck driver at Mount Barker underpaidovertime rates, public holiday pay, annual leave entitle-ments and allowances in 2010-2011,

• $8,000 for a tradesman at Whyalla not paid a living awayfrom home allowance over a five-month period in 2012,

• $7,800 for four workers at a retail business in Peter-borough underpaid wages and weekend penalty rates overa 12-month period in 2012-2013,

• $7,200 for a retail manager at Modbury not paid redun-dancy entitlements in 2011,

• $6,000 for eight workers at a Ceduna retail businessunderpaid wages and weekend penalty rates between 2011and 2013,

• $5,500 for a farm hand at Mount Gambier underpaidwages and not paid for all hours worked over a five-monthperiod in 2011, and

• $5,500 for a maintenance worker at Wingfield under-paid meal allowances and overtime rates between 2007and 2012.

Mr Campbell said the Fair Work Ombudsman’s website -www.fairwork.gov.au - has a range of free tools to assistemployers to calculate the correct wages and penalty ratesfor employees, including PayCheck Plus and an AwardFinder.

The website also includes fact sheets on topics includingthe National Employment Standards, best practice guidesand record-keeping templates.

Employers and employees seeking information and ad-vice should visit www.fairwork.gov.au or call the Infolineon 13 13 94. A free interpreter service is available on 1314 50.

Follow the Fair Work Ombudsman on Twitter@fairwork_gov_au or find us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/fairwork.gov.au

Time for a healthy

dose of vitamin D

Cancer Council SA is now encouraging SouthAustralians to soak up a healthy dose of vitamin D

through mild sun exposure.

With the UV levels now dropping below 3 in South Aus-tralia, it is a reminder for people to ease their sun protec-tion habits and get a good natural source of vitamin D.

Cancer Council SA General Manager of Cancer Control,Dr Marion Eckert, said that vitamin D is essential forstrong bones, muscles and overall health.

"Now that the UV index has slipped below three in mostareas of the state, it's a great time to get some sun to helpboost our vitamin D levels," Dr Eckert said.

GREENS SAY NO TO COAL SEAM GASSenator Christine Milne announced last week theAustralian Greens policy for no new coal seam gasand empowering land holders to say no to coal seamgas on their land.

"The Greens are the only party standing up to the big coalseam gas mining companies who are threatening ourprecious water, valuable farmland and global climate,"Greens Leader Senator Milne said.

“Coal seam gas is methane which is a potent greenhousegas and is leaking from wells and pipes. Not only that,coal seam gas threatens our land and groundwater, whichunderpins our regional communities and national foodsecurity," Senator Milne said.

Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens miningspokesperson, said the Greens were standing with thecommunity on coal seam gas.

"I was at the Beyond Coal and Gas summit in the HunterValley on the weekend where hundreds of people, youngand old, from cities and rural areas, joined together in

opposition to coal seam gas tearing apart their land, water,and climate.

"Only the Greens are working to give landholders the rightto say no to coal seam gas on their land and moving toextend new water protections to shale and tight gas mining.

"Tony Abbott is a wolf in sheep's clothing on coal seamgas - he's telling rural communities they should be able tostop coal seam gas mining companies from coming on totheir land but then doing nothing about it in Canberra,"Senator Waters said.

NSW MLC Cate Faehrmann said: "With the recent PlanetGas pull out, we've seen that communities can win againstbig mining companies when they stand together and theGreens will continue to be a strong voice for thecommunity in parliament.

"New South Wales, like the rest of Australia, has anabundance of renewable energy alternatives which arethe clean, green future," Ms Faehrmann said.

ABS

conducting

largest survey

of Indigenous

Health

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is currentlyconducting the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderhealth survey which will improve our knowledge of thehealth issues affecting this group of Australians.

This survey will expand on the 2004-05 survey byincreasing the number of participants by 30 per cent,collecting new information on exercise, diet (includingbush foods) and measures of cholesterol, blood glucoseand iron.

The ABS will directly measure obesity and blood pressurelevels, as well as nutritional status and chronic disease.By combining the self-reported information together withthe biomedical samples, a more complete picture of thehealth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples willbe available. Importantly this will give us some informationabout the level of undiagnosed conditions, such asdiabetes.

While the biomedical component of the survey is voluntary,our survey champion Cathy Freeman encourages peopleto get involved as: ‘you will be helping your family, yourcommunity, and future generations to live longer healthierlives’.

The survey will be conducted over 2012-13 across thecountry in cities and remote communities to createevidence to measure progress in improving Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander health and contributing to Closingthe Gap in life expectancy.

The first survey results will be released in November 2013and will be used by a wide range of Aboriginalorganisations, health researchers, public health advocates,government, clinicians and community health organisations.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

A 306-carat gem-quality black opal has gone on salein Las Vegas for $3 million. The valuable stone wasdiscovered 14 years ago in Lightning Ridge and hasbeen kept under wraps by it's owner.

The black opal named the ‘Royal One’ is almost doublethe size of the Aurora Australis, found in 1938 and val-ued at $1 million in 2005.

The stone was put on display last weekend at Couture,the annual upscale jewelry event at the Wynn Las Vegas.

In the opal’s selling brochure, South Australian opal cut-ter Stuart Jackson notes its “spectral clarity and huesof green, yellow and blue.”

Black opal goeson sale for $3m


OODNADATTA RACES 2013RIGHT: Chloe and Justin Nunn picturedwith Audrey Stewart after the running of

the Elizabeth Crosby Memorial Hack Race

See pages 19/20 for details

Tony Williams, Leading Gymkhana rider

Garry Birchmore, Whitey, Normie Simsand Brian McArdle

Mark Frahn and Andrea Schenk

Tom Catford and Tilly Plate

Eddie Nunn,seniormotorbikewinner andwinner of theAdam PlateMemorialMotorbike


UMOONA AGED CARE HOSTS

RECONCILLIATION 2013

Le Chelle and Nadeeka from Tjitji Tjapu TjutaChild Care Center.

Pauline Lewis, Aakash and Ama atReconcilliation

The Mayor of Coober Pedy Mr. SteveBaines, the Chairperson of UmoonaCommunity Council Mr. George Cooley,the Chairperson of Umoona TjutagkuHealth Service Aboriginal Corporation Mr.David Hunter and the Principal of CooberPedy Areas School Mr. John Sutton, allkindly shared their words and recognitionof the importance of NationalReconciliation Week with the guests inattendance.

Umoona Aged Care AboriginalCorporations Executive Officer Ms. SoniaMazzone, formally recognised the value ofNgangakris (Traditional Healers) and theirimportance in Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander people lives.

“Our Corporation has decided to promotethe work of Ngangkari’s and their valuablerole in health and wellbeing during the 2013reconciliation week, as we often mangethe health needs for our Elders in twoworlds, the cultural way with traditionalhealers and the western medicine way withmedical practitioners”, said Ms Mazzone.

Ms. Jazmin Watson presented communityorganisations, service providers and guestswith copies of the ‘Traditional Healers of

Central Desert: Ngangkari’, which theNgaanyatjarra PitjantjatjaraYankunytjatjara Women’s CouncilAboriginal Corporation released earlierthis year.

The Elders of Umoona Aged Careconducted a traditional dance with sevenwomen presenting their Seven Sistersdreaming dance and students from theCoober Pedy Area School supporting thesingers with their tapping of music sticks.

Mrs. Edie ‘Nimbula’ King explained themeaning of the song to the guests. Theevent was officially closed with a fewwords from Shannon Mazzone, a CooberPedy Area School student and includedher thanking everyone for theirattendance at the event. The guests thenenjoyed a lunch together.

Special thanks go to Umoona AgedCare and staff for organizing the event,Geri Prizzi, Lyn Gordon, LucretiaPapagyris, Lexi Singleton, SandyWilliams for their untiring assistance, theguest speakers who shared their wordsof wisdom and the United Club forgraciously approving the last minute useof their venue.

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Mr. Ian Crombie, Chairof Umoona Aged CareAboriginal Corporation& Antakirinja Matu-YankunytjatjaraAboriginal Corporation,conducted theWelcome to Countryfor the guests andofficially opened theevent

Mayor Steve Baines, gave a Reconcilliation address to the guests

The Elders of Umoona Aged Care conducted their traditional SevenSisters dreaming dance and Coober Pedy Area School studentsaccompanye the dancers by their tapping of music sticks.

Coober Pedy Area School students attending Reconcilliation

Below: Students fromCPAS tapping theirmusic sticks for thedancers


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RECONCILIATION

Nolen Lennon celebrated his thirdbirthday at the Reconcilliation eventwith Lyn Gordon lighting the candles

Sue Britt Relief Child Care Educatorat Tjitji Tjapu Tjuta Child CareCentre with Evan Walker

Guests on Reconcilliation Day fromUmoona Aged Care and UmoonaCommunity

More guests at the event held in theUnited Club preparing for lunch

Jazmin Watson helped presentcommunity organisations, serviceproviders and guests with copies ofthe ‘Traditional Healers of CentralDesert’ book

Joanne Tippett, Kasey and SkylahMcCallum-Brown, Kelisha Henry,Blake Tippett and Lyn Gordon


Reconcilliation 2013Sonia Mazzone presenting a community

award to local resident Pearl Austin

Pearl Austin displays the book on CentralDesert Healing that she received

George Cooley received a Community Award

Peter Butler from Umoona Community withhis award

Reconcilliation guests at the buffet in the United Club


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DON SCOTT - Passed away Friday 24

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To all those who shared and were a

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LOCAL SERVICE - GLASS

Mining Act 1971Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 28 (5) of the Mining Act 1971, that the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy proposes to grant Exploration Licences over the undermentioned areas.

Applicant: ZJKDK Resources (Australia) Holding Pty Ltd

Location: Yunta area – approx 100 km WSW of Olary

Pastoral Leases: Minburra, Winnininnie, MeltonTerm: Two yearsArea in km2: 978Ref: 2012/00210

Applicant: Renaissance Uranium Limited Location: Outalpa area – immediately

northwest of OlaryPastoral Leases: Outalpa, AbmingaTerm: Two yearsArea in km2: 84Ref: 2012/00212

Applicant: GBE Exploration Pty LtdLocation: Peake Hill area – approx 60 km

southeast of OodnadattaPastoral Lease: The PeakeTerm: Two yearsArea in km2: 85Ref: 2013/00003

Applicant: GBE Exploration Pty LtdLocation: Oak Dam area – approx 35 km

NNE of WoomeraPastoral Leases: Purple Downs, ArcoonaTerm: Two yearsArea in km2: 43Ref: 2013/00013

Plans and co-ordinates can be found on the DMITRE website: http://www.minerals.dmitre.sa.gov.au/public_noticesor by phoning Mineral Tenements on 08 8463 3103.

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ROXBY DISTRICTS SPORTING CLUB

v. ANDAMOOKA FOOTBALL CLUB

Round 6 - 01/06/2013

Roxby Districts Sporting Club3.3, 8.4, 11.7, 14.9 (93)

Andamooka Football Club3.0, 8.2, 10.5, 11.8 (74)

GOALS, Roxby Districts Sporting ClubJustin Watson 2, Nat Anderson 2,

Ryan Castellano 2, Kain Zeptner 2,Christopher Gibson 2, Craig Hall 1,

Ricky Prosser 1, Jay Malcolm 1,Cody Kenny 1

Andamooka Football Club :Aaron Hand 6, Troy Mulders 2, Dylan

Wrangles 1, Joel Vanzati 1, Matt Tuohy 1

BEST, Roxby Districts Sporting Club :Cody Kenny, Kain Zeptner, RyanCastellano, Christopher Gibson,

Justin Watson

Andamooka Football Club :Brett Harris, Stuart Orr, Ben Abela,

Aaron Hand, Matt Tuohy

HORNRIDGE SPORTING CLUB v.COOBER PEDY FOOTBALL CLUB

Round 6 - 01/06/2013

Hornridge Sporting Club5.3, 15.7, 23.12, 30.17 (197)

Coober Pedy Football Club3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 6.3 (39)

GOALS, Hornridge Sporting Club :Joel Harman 10, Jaryd Dawson 6,

Lachlan Munro 4, Bradley Cooper 3,Sam Bacon 3, Peter Bowey 1,

Nigel Tutthill 1, Brent Johnson 1,Benjamin Grimston 1

Coober Pedy Football Club :Hector Hannes 1, Bobby Warren 1,

Mark Bell 1, Trevor Hannes 1, WayneBoland 1, Dylan Warren 1

BEST, Hornridge Sporting Club :Bowde Kelly, Tyler Harman, Joel

Harman, Peter Bowey, Jaryd Dawson

Coober Pedy Football Club :Benjamin Buller, Martin Grava,

Kingsley Brown, Caleb Warren, RoyMurray

DEATH NOTICEFOR SALE - MINING CAMP

FOOTY SCORES ROUND 6

COOBER PEDY

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Free Quoting, On site repairs &Prompt Service

Commercial, Domestic & VehiclesQualified Glazier - 25

years experienceFor all your Glass needs call

Dave at Coober Pedy Glassworks on0488 788 294 or alt 0428 204 246

Mr. Yunupingu Aboriginal Activist &Yothu Yindi Singer

17 September 1956 – 2 June 2013

On 26 January 1993, Mr. Yunupinguwas named Australian of the Year

for 1992

Yothu Yindi signature song Treatyhighlighted the Hawke government's

promise of a treaty for Aboriginalpeople.

Yami Lester

IN MEMORY

Keep

the Outback

Beautiful


YOUTH MATTERS

Sophie ReynoldsYouth Development

OfficerDistrict Council of

Coober Pedy

For the past 3 weeks the active girlsgroup have been filled with variousactivities.

Week one was an exciting week withhair and nails, the girls learnt to do ahomemade hair mask and manicures,they also learnt how to make a sockbuns for their hair.

Week two was Canvas Painting with familytrees; it was exciting to learn how manyfamily members were in each family.

Week three was Bollywood dancing; thegirls had lots of fun dressing up with wigsand straw skirts having fun learning toBollywood dance. We look forward to therest of the term.


Mine Rescue Training(Alternate Saturdays)

LEGO CLUB 10am—12pm5 year olds and up Lions Club.Does not run on the LastSaturday of the Month

DRIVEIN CANTEEN6.30 - 9.30pm. Every 2ndSaturday. Tracy Harris:0488 208 747 or ph:8672 5642

CP SHOOTERS CLUB9am and 11am Pistol

CFS TRAINING 10PMLast Saturday each month

FRIDAYS

TUESDAYS

BABY BOUNCE RHYME &

TODDLER STORY TIME 10am

Library Catering for 0 to 5 y/o

SUNDAYSCP SHOOTERS CLUBRifle 10am -

Golf (CP Golf CourseRegistration 12:00 noon

Tee off time 12:30

United Bowling Club

Lawn Bowls 1.30 pm

PLAY TIME

Catering for 0 to 5 year olds

2.00pm—3.30pm

School Gymnasium

SATURDAYS

WEDNESDAYS

THURSDAY

ART & CRAFT PLAYGROUP10.30am—11.30am Lion’s HallCaters for 2-4 year olds & caregivers

TJITJI TJUTA INKANYINI PUKULPA12pm—2pm A Playgroup for 0-5 yearolds and caregivers. Home Makers,Umoona Community, Lunch &Activities.“Pick up available Ph: 86723066”

DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETINGS3nd Tuesday each month at 7pm

CFS TRAINING 7pm

New Members Welcome

AMBULANCE TRAINING7.30pm Umoona Roadevery Tuesday except school holidays

LITTLE MUSICIANS10.30am—11.15amCoober Pedy Area SchoolMusic RoomCaters for 3 to 5 year olds

TINY TACKER PLAYGROUP0 - 2 year olds 10am—12.30pmCommunity Health MeetingRoom (behind Dr. Kami’s)

CP SHOOTERS CLUBFriday night shotgun 7pm -

GREEK CLUB - Bingo 7.30 pm

COOBER PEDYMULTICULTURAL FORUMFree Internet and ComputerAccess & Training for over65s.Phone 86 723 299

FOOTY TRAINING at 6.30 pm.

CP Social Scrabble 7.30pmUnited Club . All skill levelswelcome

AA 8pm Underground Catholic

Church - Hutchison Street

Contact Dave 0409349753

SOCCER Workshop 6pm

School Oval 10-16 year olds

Veterinary Dates

ACTIVE GIRLS GROUP3:15 till 4:30pm, age 10 -15 y/oMUSIC/HOME ECONOMICSroom at school

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CUT ‘N PASTE - 2013 1.30pmto 3pm at Bungala (nearCentrelink) Ages 5-17 Pleasecall Tanya Lauder 0439 864 166for more info. Every 2ndSaturdayJUNIOR FOOTY TRAINING

at 5 - 6 pm Oz Minerals Oval

WHAT’S ON & VISITING SERVICES?

May 25th,June 29th,July27th,Aug 31st,Sept 28th,Oct 26th,Nov 30th

COOBER PEDY LIONS CLUB

Trash & Treasure dates for 2013 Roger Absalom BVMSRedgum Vet & Pet BoardingPort Augusta 08 86423308

Coober Pedy Clinic

Dates 2013

Please phone the Clinic; leave name,phone number, and details. Just prior tothe trip, Roger will phone you to confirm

the date and time of the appointment.

Monday 4 March

Tuesday 5 March

Tuesday 30 April

Wednesday 1 May

Monday 1 July

Tuesday 2 July

Monday 16 Sept

Tuesday 17 Sept

Monday 18 November

Tuesday 19 November

Dates may change subject to availability

CRICKET 5.30pm to 6.30 pm atSchool Gym

COOBER PEDYMULTICULTURAL FORUMFree Internet and ComputerAccess & Training for over65s.Phone 86 723 299

JUNIOR FOOTY TRAINING4.30pm Oval

CRICKET 5.30pm to 6.30 pmat School Gym

MONDAYS

Term 1 Tuesday 29th January to Friday12th April (Easter falls on Friday 29thMarch til Monday 1st April)

Term 2 Monday 29th April until Friday5th July

Term 3 Monday 22nd July until 27thSeptember

Term 4 Monday 14th October untilFriday 13th December

School Terms 2013

To help avoid

clashes in dates,

post community

events here

Contributorsare reminded to update or

remove obsolete entries

Commercial businesses

are not listed on this page

Thank you for keeping

the community informed

GREAT Breakaways BoltSaturday 21 September

Coober Pedy Golf OpenOctober 5 & 6

Finke Desert RaceJune 8, 2013

Marree Australian Camel CupSaturday, July 6, 2013

Winton QBOA Opal FestivalJuly 12, 2013

Coober Pedy Races10th and 11th August

Birdsville RacesSeptember 6, 2013

50th Henley-on-Todd RegattaAlice Springs

August 17, 2013


WHAT’S ON - around Coober Pedy?

OPAL FIELDS GOLF CLUB

AMBROSE

SUNDAY JUNE 9TH

All Golfing aspirants are invited to a 12 Hole

Ambrose on Sunday this Holiday Weekend and

a BarBQ Tea.

The Comp will begin at 2.00pm with tea to follow.

Bring 3 others along and form your own team, or

just turn up and join a team.

Invite the family for eats and fun at the 19th hole

SPECIAL EVENT!


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Mitzi, is the first Dog Queen of Coober Pedy.She was awarded the title and the diamondstudded silver dog bone at the RSPCA MillionPaws Walk on Sunday 19th May.

It was a unanimous decision by the crowd of peopleon the day that Mitzi was the best behaved andwell mannered dog and the most deserving of thetitle Queen of the Dusty Paws, RSPCA, MillionPaws Walk. It’s such a long title. However Mitzi isfinding out the there is a big job ahead of her in thenext 12 months. It’s not just a matter of shaking afew paws, radio and TV interviews. She will needto be available to cut ribbons at the opening of newbridges and supermarkets.

There are also charitable causes, visiting children’shomes, hospitals and aged care facilities. I ambooking her in for the Toy Run at Christmas time.

Mitzi is also a working dog; she puts in a full weekon the mining fields. She has only been the Queenof Dusty Paws for a few weeks, however her PRpeople tell me her calendar is filling fast.

I have had many emails asking about Mitzi and heryear ahead

So I decided to see if 2 busy dogs could gettogether for an interview.

The most asked questions by my readers.

Mitzi as an ambassador of Coober Pedy;

CP: Has anyone asked you for your autograph yet?

Mitzi: Not really, people and dogs are more after abit a chat and a friendly ear.

CP: Do people recognize you in the street?

Mitzi: Well, yes, people have come up to me whenI'm in my royal carriage/mining Ute and say hi.

CP: What would you say reflects the true spirit ofthe Coober Pedy Dog?

Mitzi: Having a free and pioneering spirit and notbe shy to bark your mind.

CP: Who is your greatest inspiration? Why?

Mitzi: Laika, who was the first space dog and allthe service & rescue dogs. They all do amazingand inspiring work under trying conditions for thecommon good.

CP: Describe yourself in 2 words?Mitzi: Loving and gentle

CP: If you were offered a lead role in a Hollywoodmovie or a Dog Food commercial (and we all knowthat sex sells) would you do it nude?

Mitzi: No, not nude but a bit risque maybe, I believeyou should always leave something to theimagination.

CP: Do you think people see you as Smart or Sexy?

Mitzi: I think they see me as smart.

CP: How do you see yourself in a year from now?

Mitzi: A lot richer for the experience and a lot wiserin handling PR work.

CP: Do you think there should be a post card ofyou in your crown?

Mitzi: What a fabulous idea.The proceeds couldgo straight to next year's Dusty Paws RSPCAWalk.

CP: Should there be a statue of a White and blackdog in the main st, a dog that looks a lot like me,Charlie Paris?

Mitzi: Absolutely and it should go right in the centreof the roundabout.There's definitely somethingmissing there. After all why have a roundaboutotherwise.

CP: This is the question that is asked of all theMiss Worlds and Miss Universe. Mitzi Queen ofDusty Paws. If there is one thing you can do tochange the world what would it be?

Mitzi: Stop animal cruelty.

Dear Charlie Paris

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all thevolunteers who made the Dusty Paws Walkpossible and all the great dogs and people whoturned up on the day and raised so much moneyfor the RSPCA.

Charlie Paris, I always read your page with greatinterest. You have such a gift of the word. Pleasekeep up the great work.Lots of woofs Mitzi

Aahh, gosh you make me blushWoof WoofCharlie Paris

Mitzi, the Dog Queen of Coober Pedy - in profile


FAR NORTH SPORT & RECREATION

The 123rd annual OZ Minerals OodnadattaGymkhana and Race Meeting drew a good crowdof locals and visitors on Saturday, May 11th 2013.Both horse and motor bike events were contestedwith some close results and good racing.

The CMV Bracelet was won Lord Banner, riddenby Justin Nunn and owned and trained by theMacumba Syndicate. Lord Banner, with Justinaboard, also won Banner Hardware/MJ and EDNicholls 800 metre Sprint .

The Oodnadatta Pastoral Cup was a very closeaffair, with the Macumba syndicate’s Rag Trader,ridden by Justin Nunn winning and Nothingshallpassridden by Helen Gower, a close second. Third wasCommando Ridge .

Other results were:

9-& Under Leading Rider rider -Grace Johnson10-15-Leading Rider Bec GowerAdult Leading Rider-Tony WilliamsLeading Horse-Sully(owned by Tony Williams)Leading Race Horse Trainer—MacumbaSyndicateLeading Jockey-Justin NunnMotorbikes Leading Rider 9& under-LaylaJohnson10-15-Michael JeffriesSenior Motorbike Rider- Eddie Rankin

President Eddie Nunn and the committee wouldlike to thank all the wonderful sponsors who supportthe race meeting, those who travel with horses etc,all those who willingly come and work during theday on food, bar, gate etc and all the visitors whomake the event the success it is.

The committee is now gearing up for the BroncoBranding and Campdraft , which will be held onSaturday, July 13th. For more information about thatevent, contact Tony Williams, 86707961

Oodnadatta Gymkhana & Race Meeting

Gordon Warren - Anna Creek station -headstockman

Pink Roadhouse worker Canadian Kelsee & IrishBrendan who works at Mt Sarah Station

Helen, Darryl & Bec Gower - Travelled all theway up with horses from Willowie, SA

Club Patron Benny Greenwood

Grace Johnson, Leading Rider 9 and Under

Right: Bec Gower- LeadingJunior Gymkhana rider

Far right: Layla Johnson,Leading Junior Motorbike winner

Photos: Helen Williamsand Gerry Nunn

Justin Nunn,LeadingJockey, withAnna Stewartand EddieNunn


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OODNADATTA RACES 2013

After the running of the Jack Plate Memorial Foot Race, L-R Alice Plate,Duane Mannix, Casey Bailes, Ruby and Tilly Plate

Brian McArdle and All Kid competitors

The Cup winners and representatives from Oz Minerals- L-R Chloe andGerry Nunn, Andrea Schenk, Mark Bell, Justin Nunn, Winner Rag Trader,Hayley Nunn,Arnold Warren, Eddie Nunn, Anna Stewart and David Hunter

Rag Trader, ridden by Justin Nunn, on the outside coming up toNothingshall Pass, ridden by Helen Gower, in the Oodnadatta Cup

Right: Competitors ready for the Motorcycle Gretna Green

Gregory Warren (Prominent Hill), Jemma Brown (Oodnadatta), MeganHibbs (Macumba), Greg Arthur (Adelaide)

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