Wingecarribee Shire Council has this week launched the 2013 Wingecarribee Aboriginal Community Grants program. Under the program, Council distributes up to $1000 per organisation to assist local Aboriginal not-for-profit groups across the Shire. Ross Evans, Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Aboriginal Liaison Officer, explained the significance of the grants program. “Funds can be sought to assist with...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is inviting residents to celebrate their ethnicity by flying a flag outside of its Moss Vale Civic Centre. Council’s Strategic and Assets Group Manager Mark Pepping explained the significance of the concept. “Results from the last census show that almost 7,000 residents from over 50 different nations call the Southern Highlands home,”...
Wingecarribee Shire Council and the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community will officially kick off NAIDOC Week celebrations with a flag raising ceremony at the Civic Centre in Moss Vale at 10am on Monday 8 July. Members of the public are invited to attend the ceremony, which will be held outside the Civic Centre,...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is inviting the public to attend the official unveiling of the latest Sesquicentenary project; a public art work entitled Winds of Change, at Eridge Park Road on Thursday 16 May. Commissioned by Wingecarribee Shire Council, the sculpture celebrates the 150th birthday anniversary of both Moss Vale and Bowral. Wingecarribee Shire Mayor and Chair...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is calling on artists to help celebrate Moss Vale and Bowral’s upcoming sesquicentenary celebrations by commissioning a major public art project. Council’s Cultural Development Officer, Jenny Kena explained the project. “A host of events are being planned for both towns to help celebrate their 150 birthday milestones next year. “One of the...
