Students Reward Success
It’s deadly cool to stay in school, even if you’re visiting from the other side of the planet …
Good News For Us Mob
A phone call this week has brought some good news for Cherbourg radio station 4UM – Us Mob … after broadcasting for 14 years (or even longer if earlier trials are counted), the station has been granted a permanent broadcasting licence.
Eddie Lends A Hand
Tabah Albert’s education was given a boost when her dad Eddie entered the classroom as a mentor.
Year 7s Farewell Cherbourg School
“Each one must teach one” was the message Leaf Bennet handed to Year 7 students
Triple P For Stronger Families
Providing consistency, support and time to your children is the best way to make them confident, happy and strong. Eighteen Murgon and Cherbourg people reinforced this recently as they workshopped ways to build deadlier families with Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) facilitator Michell Forster.
Students Realise Their Potential
Education is all about potential … the potential to be successful, to achieve outcomes, to gain qualifications, to improve life skills, to be happy and live life with a purpose.
Students Celebrate Year 12 Success
Family and friends of indigenous Year 12 graduates from across the South Burnett gathered at Murgon Town Hall on Thursday night to congratulate school-leavers and hand out awards.
Positive Parenting Pays Off
Six Murgon and Cherbourg residents have successfully graduated from a Triple P parenting program organised by Barambah PaCE.
Ration Shed Wins Award
The Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group has won a Gallery and Museum Achievement Award
Indigenous Home Ownership
Moves Another Step Closer
The dream of Cherbourg residents owning their own home built on traditional land could be a step closer following the release this week of a Discussion Paper by the State Government.
Education Reaps Rewards
Lavina and Jeffrey Dynevor surround themselves with the joy and love of children all day, every day. At work they read to them, play games, paint, sing, dance, tell stories, listen to what the children have to say…
$26m Funding Round Opens
More than $26 million is up for grabs for community groups to showcase the best of Australia’s Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts.
New Café Does Cherbourg Proud
Birds sing and a magpie calls as I taste the best coffee I’ve had in years on the verandah of the Yurri Muntha Café at Cherbourg.
Cherbourg Gets Ready
Cherbourg schoolchildren and their parents took the opportunity today to remember last year’s floods
Why Missing School Matters
Going to school every day really does count … and NAPLAN results prove it.
Fun Day To Prepare For Disaster
A “Get Ready Cherbourg” day will be held on Friday (November 9) at Jack O’Chin Oval to allow residents to swap stories about last year’s floods and suggest ways that disasters can be handled in future.
$9m For PCYC Sporting Program
Sport and Recreation Minister Steve Dickson has announced a $9 million funding boost to sport and recreation in Indigenous communities.
Youth Pelted Police With Bottle
An 18-year-old youth was placed on a 12 months intensive correction order – basically prison in the community – after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during a disturbance at Cherbourg on August 30.
Titans TAP Future Dreams With Education
Titans rugby league club has helped Kalchiri Jacobs become an office manager just five months after she left the dole queue.
‘Positive Impact’ From Pilot Project
The Queensland Early Intervention Pilot Project – an alcohol awareness and early intervention program which operates in Cherbourg – will be marking its second anniversary this week.
