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| The Beach indoor play centre opens - September 2005 | Something Fishy in Newman - June 2003 | |
| Community Murals celebrate events - July 2005 | Newman Outback Drags 2002 - August 2002 | |
| Perth International Arts Festival - Feb/Mar 2005 | Snow in the Outback - July 2002 | |
| Banquet in the Bush - March 2004 | Jigalong Projected onto the World Map - Jan 2002 | |
| Can the Bags - December 2003 | Newman Volunteers Celebrate - Dec 2001 | |
| NAIDOC Week celebrated in style - September 2003 | 2001 Newman Outback Drags - Aug 2001 | |
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The Beach indoor play centre opens - September 2005 |
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Newman Mainstreet Project would like to thanks all who have supported and assisted in some capacity with establishing The Beach indoor play centre. This has been a true community project, and we now have a fantastic facility that the whole Newman community can be proud of. The Beach was officially opened on 7th October 2005 by the Hon. Jon Ford MLC. Thanks to community partners LotteryWest, the Department for Community Development, BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Variety WA. Thanks also to sponsors and supporters Boulevard Pharmacy, Big Sky Credit Union, MacMahon, Newman Retravision, Woolworths, Iron Ore Coffee Shop, Newman Furniture, Homestead Furniture, Home Hardware, The Shire of East Pilbara, Newman Engineering, N & L Transport, Newman Vehicle Services, Newman Neighbourhood Centre, Disability Services, Newman Early Years, and the many volunteers. |
The Beach indoor play centre is officially opened by The Hon. Jon Ford MLC, here with Mainstreet Chairperson Danielle Cochrane |
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Community Murals celebrate Newman events - July 2005 |
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Above: Mural Artist Toogarr Morrison with local volunteers creating one of the community murals at the Newman Community Hall
Top right: Toogarr and volunteer painters at the Rec Centre mural site.
Lower right: Some volunteers wore as much paint as the mural did! |
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During the July school holidays, professional Mural Artist Toogarr Morrison helped local kids create two community murals to capture Newman events and activities. The mural at the Rec Centre (pictured below) depicts Newman history and the present, including Indigenous culture, the mining industry, and the Pilbara landscape. The right hand side of the mural commemorates the Queen’s Baton Relay which will pass through Newman on 8th February 2005. Children from the Rec Centre holiday program helped to create the mural during the first week of the holidays. The second mural was created at the community hall on a Beach theme, to emphasise the entry point and location of the coming Beach indoor play centre. Around 40 children participated in creating the murals, which each took 5 days to paint. |
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The 2 new community murals were made possible with a Country Arts WA Quick Response grant, and support from Newman Mainstreet and the Shire of East Pilbara, as well as a lot of support from community members. “I was really surprised by the high level of positive response from the community,” said Newman Mainstreet Coordinator Rachel Helsby. “So many people gave positive comments as they were walking past. One of the main things we kept hearing was that people really appreciated the indigenous style of the murals.” “It was fantastic to see so many Martu kids taking part in the painting. Part of the reason for having an indigenous artist design the mural for us, was so that all people, indigenous and non-indigenous, would feel welcome to come to The Beach indoor play centre once we open - hopefully in September.” |
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Perth International Arts Festival events in Newman - Feb/Mar 2005 |
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Festival events included cabaret act Eddie Perfect, Australian singer Deborah Conway, 'Meet the Writer' events with Helen Garner and Craig Silvey, the Australian String Quartet, Water Drumming workshops and a range of Big Screen movies. Around 80 people took part in the public water drumming performance at the Newman Aquatic Centre, just before Deborah Conway's free performance.Over 500 people came to the Aquatic Centre to enjoy the evening's entertainment. |
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Water drumming instructor Ritchie Glasgow with his enthusiastic students |
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Banquet in the Bush - March 2004 |
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Guests at the Newman Mainstreet Banquet in the Bush enjoyed a perfect March evening at the 14th hole. |
It was a perfect March evening as guests of the Newman Mainstreet ‘Banquet in the Bush’ met in the centre car park to be taken by bus to the secret bush location. The venue was the 14th hole of the Fortescue Golf Club. Guests were seated along the fairway, and Perth World Music band Peta Lithgo and Malaika provided a range of music in tune with the Multicultural theme of the event. Guests entered in the spirit of the evening by wearing formal dress with comfortable shoes. Some guests wore their evening gowns with work boots! The food was provided by Whaleback Pitstop Deli, who were a major sponsor of the event. The menu also reflected the multicultural theme, with Australian roast lamb, Malaysian chicken curry, Sri Lanken Lamb Rogan Josh, Singaporean Beef Rendang, and Greek salad. Banquet guest Debbie Becker said “It was a great novel idea to have a formal evening in the middle of the golf course. I thought the band were excellent and it was a great night.” |
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60 guests enjoyed the Banquet in the Bush event. Fortescue Golf Club provided the bar facilities, and Newman Junior Soccer provided the wait staff for the evening. Banquet in the Bush was timed to coincide with Harmony Day, a Federal Government initiative aimed at promoting community harmony. |
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Can the Bags - December 2003 |
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Newman Mainstreet Project, BHP Billiton Iron Ore, and the Shire of East Pilbara have formed a partnership with the aim of reducing the number of plastic bags used in the community.
The campaign was launched during National Recycling Week (10th-16th November) with representatives from each partner giving away free calico shopping bags in the Boulevard Shopping Centre.
Over 1500 free calico shopping bags were give away to Newman shoppers during National Recycling Week. We hope to see many of the calico bags being re-used in Newman businesses.
The plastic bag reduction campaign
will be extended in 2004, and we plan to have more calico bags
available for low-cost purchase.
Why not use plastic bags?
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NAIDOC Week celebrated in style - September 2003 |
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The NAIDOC Week Kangaroo on Radio Hill - the result of a lot of hard work by Newman students and community members. |
Newman residents have probably noticed a large grey kangaroo which has gradually appeared on the side of Radio Hill over the last few weeks.
The kangaroo was part of a NAIDOC (National Aboriginal Islander Day of Commemoration) Week community art project, involving students and staff from each Newman school, and a few other community volunteers. The project was the result of meetings held by representatives from Parnpajinya Aboriginal Association, Newman Mainstreet, Arts WA, the Shire of East Pilbara and Newman schools.
The idea was to create a symbol relevant to the local Martu and Nyiyaparli people, on the side of Radio Hill using dolomite rock. Dolomite is a light grey colour, and was chosen because it would stand out against the Radio Hill colours, and because there is a substantial local supply. The kangaroo was chosen after consultation with local Elders, as it is a culturally significant symbol. |
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We’ve got the ‘roo, now let’s celebrate!
A special addition to the Fortescue Festival weekend was a Martu camp dance and cook-up held at the Newman Visitor Centre. The storyteller-singers came from Parngurr community to sing the story which accompanies the dance. Around 100 people came to see the camp dance, and were treated to freshly cooked damper prepared by Martu ladies on the campfire. The dance was performed to celebrate NAIDOC Week in Newman, and the completion of the 'Roo on Radio Hill'.
Right: Martu dancers pose for photos after the Camp Dance, bringing Newman's 2003 NAIDOC Week celebrations to a close. |
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Making a splash! - Something Fishy in Newman - June 2003 |
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What were a group of people doing late one night at the Newman Aquatic Centre with a truck, a water tank and a heap of eskies and buckets? Unloading live barramundi, of course! Something Fishy was a new and unique event held at the Newman Aquatic Centre on the weekend of Sat 31st May and Sun 1st June. The event involved transporting 250 live barramundi from Broome to Newman for a weekend of fishing in the aquatic centre’s 50m pool. It was a nerve-wracking few weeks for ‘Something Fishy’ event organisers, with this kind of event never having been tried and tested before with barramundi. About 1000 people came along to the Something Fishy event, with around 350 people trying their luck at fishing. There were more than 80 fish caught on the Saturday, and a further 20 fish caught on the Sunday. The remaining fish were scooped out of the pool and many residents were quick to take the opportunity to buy the freshest and cheapest barramundi ever to be offered in Newman. |
A perfect day for fishing! Barramundi fishing for the first time ever, at the Newman Aquatic Centre! |
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Newman Outback Drags - August 2002 |
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 Andrew O'Sullivan from Toodyay in the 1960 Holden FB Ute and Mark Allen from Goomalling in the 1941 Willys Coupe Street Rod at the Newman Outback Drags 2002 |
The wind blew and the dust flew at the Newman Outback Drags 2002. There were 63 entries in the seven race classes, racing head to head along the runway out at Newman airport. With cars and motorbikes coming from all over WA, from Albany to Wickham, the Newman Outback Drags 2002 was a fantastic spectator event. Crowd favourites included the AA Modified Dragster from Perth, ‘Murray’s Law’ driven by Brian Murray, the 1941 Willy’s Coupe Street Rod driven by Mark Allen from Goomalling, and the gold AC Cobra driven by Rob Armstrong from Tom Price. |
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Well over 1000 spectators attended the Drags
during the day, braving the wind and dust. The day proved too
windy for the Dragster to reach full speed and deploy it’s
parachute - it would have risked being blown over had the chute
opened, but it was still a great spectator feature on the day. The big winner of the day was Rob Armstrong
with his gold AC Cobra. Rob won First place in the Open Class
cars, the Dave Dewar Memorial Trophy for the fastest time
recorded by a car over the 1/4 mile (11.94 seconds), and the
’Respect Yourself’ fastest speed of the day (203 km/hour).
Click here for Newman Outback Drags 2002 Results |
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Snow in the Outback - July 2002 |
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On Sunday 14th July the Newman Aquatic Centre was transformed into a Winter Wonderland. People came from near and far to experience this unique event, as Newman Mainstreet Project hosted ‘Snow in the Outback’. Over 1000 people attended ‘Snow in the Outback’, over the three sessions held throughout the day. The morning session was by far the busiest, with around 500 people arriving at the Aquatic Centre to see the rare sight of real snow in the Pilbara. Project partners for the Snow in the Outback event were the Shire of East Pilbara, BHP Iron Ore, Department of Indigenous Affairs, BOC gasses and Perente Transport.
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Anton Samson and Cyros Crusoe experience snow for the first time.
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| Jigalong Projected onto the World Map - Jan 02 | |||
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The film, "Rabbit Proof Fence", is based on the true story of three young girls, taken from their mother at Jigalong, to Moore River Native Settlement 1200 miles away, in accordance with the Government's assimilationist policy of the time. The girls walked for 9 weeks along the rabbit-proof fence to get back home to their mother. The three girls were Doris's mother Molly Craig, and Doris's two aunties Daisy and Gracie. Molly and Daisy still live in Jigalong community, and attended the open air screening. "These ladies are role models for my people and this community", Doris Pilkington said. Also at the screening were film Director Philip Noyce and Screenwriter Christine Olsen, and some of the film's cast, including Everlyn Sampi who played Molly. "I read the book and I thought it was the most amazing story," Christine Olsen said.
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The story of an incredible journey which took place in 1931 was retold on the big screen in Jigalong on Monday 28 January. This was the unofficial premiere of the film "Rabbit Proof Fence", based on the book "Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence" written by Doris Pilkington. |
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| Newman Volunteers Celebrate - Dec 01 | ||||||||||||
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Mainstreet were proud to host an International Year of the Volunteer
celebration as part of a statewide event on Wednesday 5th December 2001. The event was an initiative of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, with similar events being held all over WA. At each venue a photograph was taken of the attending volunteers. Wherever possible the photograph was taken from overhead. The largest gathering of volunteers on this day was a Kings' Park in Perth, where over 2000 volunteers were photographed from an overhead helicopter. In Newman we used a 'cherry picker', courtesy of Ralph M Lee Ltd. |
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| 2001 Newman Outback Drags - Aug 2001 | ||||||||||||
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Money raised from the $2 Drags entry fee was donated to local volunteer emergency services – St John Ambulance, the State Emergency Service, and Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service. Without the support of these volunteer services the drags would not have been able to go ahead.
Without support of all of these organisations the drags would not have been able to go ahead. Special thanks also to all of our enthusiastic committee members, and to Rod Evans, Brad Sorrell, Stretch, Nigel Weston, and to Sara and John Bennett who provided and operated the computer recording system at very short notice. Thank you all.
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Competitors from Newman, Tom Price, Hedland, Karratha and Paraburdoo put on a fine display of drag racing along the Newman airport runway. The Newman Outback Drags follow the gap left by the Blue Light Drags which were held on Welsh Drive in Newman, between 1993 and 1999. The Blue Light Drags did not go ahead in 2000 due to safety concerns and insurance difficulties. The Drags were sorely missed in 2000. Newman Mainstreet Project took on the challenge to reinstate the Drags, using the Newman airport as the new venue. The support from local businesses and the community was overwhelming, and the first Newman Outback Drags went ahead without a hitch. The weather was perfect and there were well over 1000 spectators. An added attraction to the Outback Drags was the participation of ‘Tango 1’, the WA Police Service drag car. Tango 1 is not funded by the police service, but is funded entirely by sponsorship. The two officers who brought Tango 1 to Newman, David Wall and Anthony Pymm, did so in their own time. |
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