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Bakandji man: Eddy Harris

Last week, Friday 6th February, local elder Eddy Harris celebrated the opening of his latest exhibition at the Broken Hill Art Gallery ... "Eddy said he was very pleased with the response, with a number of works being snapped up by discerning buyers."

Community co-operation

In the last couple of weeks, there have been two incidents where people required assistance. The community immediately stepped up because outside resources are just too far away ... It is proof that when you are concerned with the way things are, the best action is to take action. If we continue to up-skill ourselves and to share the knowledge, we can take care of our own. The fact that we are at least two hours from other resources highlights the importance that we know our town and we know each other.

Wilcannia News, 17 February 2026

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Wilcannia HSC graduate art

This edition we offer you a look at the stunning art work submitted by graduate Tahlarah Lawson for her HSC Art folio. Tahlarah’s art appeared in the Broken Hill Art Gallery’s 2025 HSC Art Show held at the Albert Kersten Mining and Mineral Museum (Geo Centre) in Broken Hill.

Wilcannia News, 23 December 2025

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NBN fixed wireless is coming to Wilcannia – where speed is the new data

Chris Elliot. Wilcannia residents in the space of less than 300 years have moved from the traditional wooden message stick that, while designed to carry a lot of data, had low transfer speed, as it depended on how fast the carrier walked. In 1866 it took 70 days for a letter to come from London to Wilcannia. Now, at current average speed of 80Mbps you can send a 2-million-word document per second from Wilcannia to London.

Wilcannia News, 9 December 2025

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Yellowbelly Band live in Wilcannia

Yellowbelly band is playing live at the Golfie this Friday night. Wilcannia News had a chat to Kobie from the band. The story of the band begins 10 or so years ago when Stephen and Kobie were growing up together in Bourke.

Wilcannia News, 25 November 2025

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Wilcannia remembered

The small gathering at the War Memorial were showered in jacaranda flowers from one of the last remaining trees planted in memory of the 21 Wilcannia and District men who did not return from WWI during this morning Remembrance Day service. The subject of this year's address was Christie Walter Allison Jones. Christie left his home and family in Hood Street in April 1916 ... Central School students Myla and Zhayle laid the school's wreath...