Fun Day Helps Town Get Ready
Cherbourg’s second annual “Get Ready Cherbourg” day was held on Monday afternoon at the Les Stewart Senior Memorial Sports Centre.
Miranda’s Dreams Are Coming True
Miranda Fisher is glad her parents refused to buckle when she cried and begged for them to collect her from St Saviour’s College boarding school in Toowoomba.
Chopper Returns To Cherbourg
Emergency helicopters which had to stop landing in Cherbourg could soon be servicing the town again.
Piecing Together The Past
Every Wednesday a group of women are meeting to sew, chat and pull together the threads of their family histories.
Region To Develop Tourism Plan
A tourism forum will be held in Kingaroy on November 28 to develop a regional tourism plan
Happy Classroom = A Happy Home
Nina Hero has had great outcomes for her family since she became a Cherbourg State School mentor.
Cherbourg Getting Ready Again …
The South Burnett’s peak summer storm season isn’t far away now, and Cherbourg will begin planning for it with special “Get Ready Cherbourg Day” on Monday, November 25.
Cafe Ready To Grow
Cherbourg’s Yurri Muntha Café is expanding to accommodate a growing clientele.
Button Leads Ballot
At the close of counting this evening it looks like former long-standing Cherbourg councillor Bert Button – who missed out on a position at the last election – will top the poll in today’s by-election ballot.
Healthy Ears For A Healthy Start
It starts with a runny nose but can end with learning difficulties, behavioural problems and a lifetime of hardship if parents don’t ensure their children’s ears are healthy.
Poster Captures Spirit Of Bunya Mural
Jennifer Juderjahn’s novel approach has had her shortlisted to win a world cultural heritage prize.
Golden Oldies Bring Back Memories
There was lots of yarning, memories, photos, line-dancing and “Murri-oke” when about 350 “Golden Oldies” returned to Cherbourg on Saturday for the Yhurri Gurri (welcome) weekend
By-Election to Fill Council Vacancy
A by-election to fill a vacant position on Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council will be held on Saturday, November 9.
Mum Is A Shining Example
Chantal Harth dropped out of high school and had three children before the age of 21. but has gone on to become a shining example through further education.
Cherbourg Adopts Planning Scheme
Cherbourg has become the second Indigenous community in Queensland to adopt a Land Use Planning Scheme.
School Gets Kids Ready For The Future
Ricko Coleman wants his children to go to school every day so they can have a better life than he and his partner Lesley Bell have had.
Jeanette Is Our Outback Heroine
Cherbourg’s Jeanette Brown is an Outback Heroine … but she only found out about it when a new book arrived in the mail from Penguin recently for her to review.
Mission Memories Come Flooding Back
Murgon resident Coral “Peg” Perkins had a surprise when she visited Cherbourg’s The Ration Shed recently … up on the wall in the museum was a reminder of her own younger years at the former mission.
Crackdown Targets ATSI Corporations
Two charges alleging an Aboriginal corporation at Cherbourg failed to lodge its annual returns on time were adjourned in Murgon Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Walking In the Footsteps Of History
Forty-eight young Indigenous students have learned the hard way exactly how tough life was for their great-grandparents … but they were still smiling when they walked into Cherbourg on Thursday morning.
