JUST decades ago speaking the local Indigenous language - Dhauwurd Wurrung - was discouraged, and some people would avoid doing cultural tasks that were thousands of years old. However things are turning around, with educators across the region’s state schools coming on board with a new Dhauwurd Wurrung language and culture curriculum. Gunditjmara elder and […]
FED-UP Narrawong residents have called on the ANZ Bank to make more of an effort to sell the old Narrawong store, saying it is the missing link in the settlement that is otherwise thriving. The Princes Hwy store, which closed for business in January 2017 and was later repossessed by the bank, has sat vacant […]
IT has been 10 years in the making but Heywood and District Community Bank has rewarded its loyal shareholders with the first dividend in its history. And the current year is shaping up to be just as good or better, as the local community’s support for the enterprise has surprised even board members and bank […]
ANNIE Pender and her family had the most fun they have enjoyed in a long time, and many supporters came out to do it with them at Annie’s Colour Run on Friday evening. The fundraiser was held to raise money to support the Pender-Morrissey family while Annie, 3, receives treatment for leukaemia in Melbourne. Annie’s […]
AROUND 130 people from the Southern Grampians Shire are diagnosed with cancer each year, with 52 locals losing their lives to the disease according to new data from the Victorian Cancer Registry Data. Today marks World Cancer Day, a global initiative that raises worldwide awareness and improves education around cancer preventatives. This year’s theme, ‘I […]
A CONCERNED Glenthompson farmer contacted The Spectator about local road damage recently and claimed the shire wasn’t acting quickly enough to fix the problem. Ross Stewart said he contacted the Southern Grampians Shire in November about the condition of Back Bushy Creek Road, yet little had been done. “We thought the road was quite dangerous,” […]
