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Music: Halls Creek festival a crowd pleaser

Mary G with backing musician Lyndon Jenkins - Photo courtesy PRK Radio

Mary G with backing musician Lyndon Jenkins - Photo courtesy PRK Radio

Halls Creek’s first music festival on Saturday was a crowd pleaser, says compere Mary G.

“It was a very important show for the town,” she said. › Continue reading

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Halls Creek No Comments

Halls Creek: More copper at Koongie Park

Anglo Australian Resources says there is more copper at its Koongie Park project than it had first thought.

The company’s shares rose in value since it announced it had re-examined Koongie drilling samples stored in its Halls Creek premises.

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Business and finance, Halls Creek No Comments

‘Target problem drinkers’ says Pierson-Jones

A man who owns liquor outlets in several Kimberley towns says the government should be targeting problem drinkers.

Martin Pierson-Jones said liquor restrictions in Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing have only moved the problem to Kununurra and Broome.

ABC [read this story]

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Kununurra No Comments

Tanami Gold says deposits bigger than thought

Tanami Gold says the size of its WA gold deposits are 31% larger than it had thought.

The company, which owns the Coyote mine near Balgo, also intends to start mining its Central Tanami Project on the NT side next year.

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Business and finance, Halls Creek No Comments

Music: Ernie Bridge at Halls Creek this weekend

Ernie Bridge

Ernie Bridge

Country singer/songwriter Ernie Bridge will be appearing at Halls Creek’s Nguyurru Waaringarrem festival this Saturday.

A former Halls Creek Shire President, Mr Bridge went on to become our state’s first Aboriginal member of parliament.

You can read more about him here:

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Aboriginal, Halls Creek No Comments

Halls Creek: New company buys into Northern Uranium

Rare earths development company Lynas Corporation has bought almost 10% of Northern Uranium.

Although mainly a uranium company, Northern Uranium owns promising rare earths leases at Browns Range, in Halls Creek shire near the NT boder.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Business and finance, Halls Creek No Comments

Music: Walkabout Boys at Halls Creek

Walkabout Boys

Walkabout Boys

The Walkabout Boys from Yiyili community will be playing this weekend at Halls Creek’s Nguyuru Waaringarrem festival.

You can hear a recording of their music if you go to this week’s music page.

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Aboriginal, Halls Creek No Comments

Balgo: Sorry Camp for young petrol sniffer

Balgo is in mourning for a young man found dead near Halls Creek rubbish tip.

The Kimberley Echo interviews local cultural health service Palyalatju Maparnpa.

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Friday, August 20th, 2010 Aboriginal, Government, Halls Creek No Comments

Music: Halls Creek’s new festival

Nguyuru

Halls Creek is holding a music festival for the first time later this month (Saturday 28 August).

Performers include Ernie Bridge, Mary G, Madjitil Moorna, The Street Warriors, Walkabout Boys, Geoffrey Fletcher, Wild Turkey, Indigenous Hip Hop, Kimberley Gold, Peter Brandy, Sonic Brand, Blackout, Family Shoveller Band and local school bands.

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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 Aboriginal, Halls Creek No Comments

Wyndham, Kununurra and Halls Creek: Shire club development officer

The east Kimberley’s two shires have a new officer to help develop sporting clubs.

Kimberley Echo [read this story]

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