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Deniliquin wins big

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Deniliquin has received a great chunk of funding when it comes to the allocation of funds in the Edward River Council’s ‘Major Projects Program’.

The Deniliquin Swim Centre is the big individual winner by receiving $880,000 to revitalise the centre and that includes the introduction of a splash park which has been a big desire of locals whilst the pools will be fixed up and solar heating is a feature for one pool.

The second big allocation is for the Urban Road Infrastructure Program which will be receiving $2,390,000 and this will please many readers who believe the roads are currently not up to scratch

Another $2.1 million dollars is earmarked for Deniliquin River Front, Deniliquin Town Centre Streetscape, Arts and Culture Precinct, and Multi-Use Deniliquin Sports Precinct.

Deniliquin Regional Sports and Entertainment Stadium Extension will be receiving $540,000.

Deniliquin Children’s Centre will be getting an extension to the tune of $500,000.

Netball is a winner too with the Deniliquin Netball Facility Improvement Works getting $320,000

Beach to Beach Walk will be getting improvements to the tune of $300,000.

The Boat Club and Scout Hall will be sharing in $165,000.

The Deniliquin Airport Heritage Centre Development will be receiving the smallest amount which is $50,000 which will no doubt be put to great use and be of great interest to aviation enthusiasts.

All the above will be completed by June 30 2019 with funding acquitted by December 31 2019.

Full details can be read here and the Edward River Council Facebook page

Let the construction begin.

Intereach’s new training program

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July 18 2017

Locals who are interested in giving Youth Mental Health First Aid to those who need it will get the chance to learn how in August.

Intereach are running two training sessions that go for two days each, it is compulsory for participants to attend both days of their chosen session.

The two sessions are to teach people how to give initial help to youth who are experiencing mental health problems in a mental health crisis situation or to give help to those who are in the early stages of a mental illness.

The first session will be running on Wednesday August 9 and Thursday August 10 from 8:45am until 5pm on both days.

The second session will be running on Sunday August 6 and Sunday August 13 and runs from 8:45am until 5pm on both days.

Places in both sessions are limited and to ensure your place please RSVP Nicole before August 4 by either emailing her at nicoleh@intereach.com.au or by texting 0455 381 197.

Readers are advised that this is structured training and is not a counselling course or support group.

2QN from afar

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AM Radio can be wonderful, you can pick up stations hundreds of kilometres away which is nice if you want to see how your old town is doing news and shops wise.

YouTube user dxer22000 tuned in to 2QN from Numeralla which is 403km away from Deniliquin and just 70km from the NSW coast and got a pretty good signal.

The video sample has ads from the Deni Golf Club, C.O.P.S,  Ash Cycles and Deblu’s Adult Warehouse.

The best of the four ads is the Ash Cycles one as it is cleverly acted out though Deblu’s is notable for having lots of sound effects to keep the ad radio friendly.

2QN has been known to get picked up as far as the outskirts of Brisbane on a good night though one has to put their ear close to the speaker to pick out what is being said.

AM Radio, the format that keeps interesting people even if they don’t like their local station format.

Deniliquin from the air

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July 13 2017

YouTube user Paul Harrison has taken several videos of Deniliquin from the perspective of a drone.

Viewers in a three minute video can see the Court House in great detail as well taking a quick trip across the water at Waring Gardens (don’t look too closely at the bridge at the 44 second mark if you are easily offended) in a second video and lastly viewers can a good look at the Ute Muster grounds in a third video which will interest those who have never been there.

There are also videos of the Echuca-Moama area on the channel and it will be interesting to see if any more video is taken of the local area in the near future.

Moonacullah vs. Cummeragunga

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July 3 2017, updated August 3 2020

(This report will be updated with further detail as more snippets of information is found)

Last weekend games were played between Moonacullah and Cummeragunga (also written as Cummeragunja) in Mathoura as part of the 2017 NAIDOC Football Netball Celebration Game.

NAIDOC Week runs from July 2 to July 9 with special events held throughout the country.

The earliest record on Trove of Cummeragunga was in 1890 and the last record was in 1946 when delegates for the club apologised for not being able to attend a meeting to re-establish the Echuca League competition.

Cummeragunga entered the Echuca League in 1939 and played Moama in their first game and were defeated 11.12 – 78 to 4.8 -32.

The side managed to make the finals that year but were eliminated in the First Semi-Final, sadly the competition ended in 1940 due to World War 2 taking away both players and crowds.

The earliest available record of Moonacullah was in 1914 when they took on Deniliquin Railway and were defeated 9.2 – 66 points to 8.8 – 56.

A 1922 report reported a meeting of the Deniliquin Football Association asking for Moonacullah and Cummeragunga to be excluded from competition.

A July 25 1924 report said Moonacullah were ‘Blue & White’ in their game against Deniliquin, a game they won 3.4 – 22 to 2.3 – 15.

Moonacullah in 1932 were accepted into the Deniliquin Football Association along with North Deniliquin (Blue & Gold) and South Deniliquin (Maroon with Blue knickers), Moonacullar colours were changed to Maroon & Blue.

Moonacullah defeated North Deniliquin 6. 9 – 45 to 5.12 – 42 in the opening match of the 1932 Season.

Later that season, a truck carrying members of the North Deniliquin team crashed on its way to play Moonacullah in Morago, the match was delayed until August that year.

Moonacullah and Cummeragunga played a special match between each other in September 1932 with Moonacullar winning 16.22 – 118 to 10.7 – 77.

Moonacullah went on the win the premiership against South Deniliquin 5.13 – 43 to 3.12 – 30 to become owners of the Peter Dawson Cup.

Cummeragunga got revenge on Moonacullah by 1 point in October 1932 winning 7.15 – 57 to 7.14 – 56

A game was played in July 1937 with Cummerangunga winning 8.13 – 61 to 8.10 – 58 after being down at half time.

Moonacullah  played Deniliquin in August 1937.

Moonacullah played Tatt’s Deniliquin and the Air Force in August and September 1941, Moonacullah lost the Air Force game 11.16 – 82 to 3.10 – 28.

The last online report on Moonacullah was in 1946 when they were defeated by a Deniliquin team, the end of records may be because the Deniliquin Independent ceased publication that year.

Fast forward 71 years to last Sunday and the two sides played each other again with Moonacullah winning both Football and Netball competitions in Mathoura, photos from all the action can be seen here.

We apologise for the lateness of our report as winter has bitten us hard forcing delays of a day.