It was once said Australia rode on the sheep’s back — but no one ever said shearing was easy.
Campbell Williamson
Shearing has profoundly shaped Australia, but how much do you know about the shearers that make up today’s industry?
Wesfarmers’ decision to close the Target Country in Narrogin was a blow to the community. Now, questions linger as to who replaces it.
The Shire of Denmark will protect native bushland by supporting the WA Forest Alliance.
A “prolific” shoplifter who went on a tap-and-go spending spree in Wagin, Narrogin and Pingelly has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars and ordered to pay more than $2500.
Sarah Makse
Albany Swim Club member Emmanuel Sandino returned with three gold medals from the 2021 Masters Swimming WA Short Course State Championships in Mandurah last month
Taj Stubber
Albany Town Hall’s surprising history will be revealed in a short, comedic play set to be brought to the stage by Chinjannup, a newly formed group of young Noongar performers.
Pingelly’s Tom Blechynden says it will be a boyhood dream to run out on his home ground in a WAFL premiership season match with South Fremantle this Saturday
The Recovering the Past photography exhibition is on WA shores for the first time at the Albany Princess Royal Fortress.
Giving Albany youths living with autism a platform to share what makes them unique is the mission of a pair of budding filmmakers with their own stories to tell.
Albany’s RSL sub-branch is on a new mission to support younger veterans who are struggling to transition back to civilian life.
Twenty public homes are set to be built in Albany in the coming months as the city’s public housing waitlist surpassed 450 at the end of February, according to the Department of Communities.
The Track has been a space for women and young people since 2018, but after COVID-19 dried up their revenue, the Albany Roller Derby League has been forced to look for a new home.
More than 1000 people are expected to flock to Pingelly’s $9.1 million recreation and cultural centre for the marquee WAFL match this Saturday
Albany trainer Steve Wolfe believes So Schmick could run in a Kalgoorlie or Broome Cup after narrowly winning Saturday’s $70,000 Narrogin Cup
Buried in archives since the 1800s, more than 200 recently uncovered documents are shedding new light on WA’s first European settlement and written accounts of Albany’s Menang Noongar history.
Ongerup Association Sport returns to full capacity on Saturday in the 2021 winter season’s opening round
Cameron Newbold
The Narrogin and District Eight Ball Association held its grand finals at the Cornwall Hotel last Saturday as Riff Raff emerged A-grade champions
The members of Denmark Men’s Shed have finally received the keys to their new state-of-the-art home at an event held last Thursday.
Global sales of board games went up by almost $1 billion in 2020 in an astonishing global wave that has taken York Street’s Elandrial Games with it.
Denmark-Walpole will embark on their first finals campaign in the Great Southern Women’s Football League when they face Royals in tomorrow night’s preliminary final
Colts and 16s teams will come together as part of Saturday’s Great Southern Football League headspace Super Round, the competition a precursor to the season proper
Albany and District Cricket Association players were prominent in the WA Country Cricket Board Over-40s Masters Carnival played in Donnybrook, Busselton and Bunbury at the weekend
Star Albany two-year-old Ex Sport Man will be out to add more feature success to his name when he contests the Group 3 $200,000 WA Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday
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