A $300,000 funding injection to a local Indigenous alliance was revealed by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Punch as a 200-strong crowd gathered for the fifth annual Yamatji On-Country meeting in Geraldton.
Stuart Quinn
Dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four will take the stage at Queens Park Theatre next Wednesday night on the Geraldton leg of its national tour.
The showgrounds might have resembled a boggy marsh, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from braving the wild weather and supporting the 75th anniversary of the Chapman Valley Show last Saturday.
Round five of the Geraldton motocross season was run in perfect conditions last Sunday, with clear skies and a track that had been prepared to perfection by hardworking volunteers.
Derek Goforth
The annual Yamatji on Country meeting will bring together First Nations people from across the Mid West, Murchison and Gascoyne this Wednesday and Thursday in Geraldton.
Dandaragan have gone back-to-back after being crowned the 2025 premiers in the Central Midlands Coastal Football League with an 11-point win in the grand final against Cervantes on Saturday.
Luke Lawson
A drought of council candidates has emerged in parts of the Mid West, with some shires struggling to attract enough interest to fill their vacancies at the October 18 election.
Stuart Quinn & Kate Campbell
Close to 6000 people proved the show really must go on, donning their wet-weather gear to celebrate the Chapman Valley Show’s 75th anniversary at a sodden Nanson Showgrounds on Saturday.
The Geraldton Junior Soccer Association will send eight teams down to 2025 country week soccer competition as teams from all over Western Australia set to descend on Perth to battle it out.
University of Western Australia archaeology students were part of an excavation at Central Greenough last week, uncovering new details about the site’s history and its links with Yamatji country.
Near perfect condition at Flat Rocks for 49th Sunshine Surf Masters
Close to 6000 people ignored the rain and the mud and made it shine for the Chapman Valley Show’s diamond jubilee on Saturday.
Respected Yamatji-Wilunyu elder, artist, poet, academic and activitist, the late Dr Charmaine Papertalk-Green-Smith will be laid to rest in Mullewa.
Dust off your boots and gear up as the Chapman Valley prepares to make it shine for its diamond anniversary agricultural show on Saturday.
Schoolchildren living in the Murchison towns of Yalgoo, Mt Magnet, Meekatharra and Cue have now gone two years without a visit from the school dental van.
Dog owners can now exercise their four-legged friends off the lead at the Recreation Ground following the start of a 12-month trial this week.
The 2025 Gascoyne Food Festival signed off in spectacular style at the weekend, with Dirk Hartog Island providing the backdrop for a unforgettable finale.
Dozens of council seats across the Mid West and Gascoyne are up for grabs on October 18.
An undefeated Chapman Valley outfit continued their dominance in the GNWFL with a 60-point qualifying final win over their closest competitors Towns, advancing straight to the grand final.
A bumper crowd of almost 2500 turned out under clear blue skies for the 91st Mullewa Agricultural Show on Saturday.
Former Brigades Hawk Jed Hagan kicked a neat five goals in East Fremantle’s loss to Perth in the elimination final on Sunday at The Good Grocer Park.
Dandaragan have marched their way into the 2025 Central Midlands Coastal Football League grand final after a stunning win over Jurien Bay on Saturday in the preliminary final.
An urgent and precarious mission to rescue a seriously ill sailor stranded in rough seas has earned the crew at Marine Rescue Carnarvon a prestigious award.
Kate Campbell
Past and present pillars of the Morawa community are being urged to get behind a new initiative to raise $50,000 to provide shade for the local school’s sports courts.
