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Halls Creek: New drone flight video
Halls Creek identity Ronnie Sianipar has posted a twilight aerial video of Halls Creek, accompanied by one of his original songs.
Addis is new Regional Development boss
Ralph Addis is now Director General of the department in charge of Royalties for Regions funding.
Mr Addis has been CEO of Wunan Foundation and Chair of the Kimberley Development Corporation.
PSnews [read this story]
Broome: Shire councillor resigns
Cr Jenny Bloom has resigned from her position on Broome Shire Council.
Jenny Bloom
She has been a councillor for five years, and had one year left of her term of office.
You can read a shire media release here:
New Halls Creek electoral office
Josey Farrer MLA is opening her new Halls Creek electoral office this Friday at 12:30 pm.
Josey Farrer
The address is lot 79, office 2, Great Northern Highway.
Haase gets top Christmas Island job
Former local member Barry Haase has been appointed Christmas Island’s administrator.
Barry Haase
He takes up his post next month.
Sydney Morning Herald [read this story]
Melbourne: Strain wildlife documentary in film festival
A Kimberley documentary has featured at the Environmental Film Festival in Melbourne.
Coloured mangrove crab by Peter Strain
“Secrets of the Kimberley” features the photographic art of marine creatures by Broome Photographer Peter Strain.
He describes it as “a different way of seeing nature: anthropomorphic and art values featuring small marine creatures from the remote Kimberley shoreline”. [go to website]
The thirty minute documentary follows a journey to remote Kimberley reefs as Broome Photographer combines expressionistic pohotography of marine creatures with the work of a science team examining the extraordinary coral reefs of remote onshore reefs.
Art meets science. The photos featured in this documentary went on to become a major museum exhibition – “Line of Sight – Art meets Science on Australia’s Kimberley coast”.
Turia portrait in art prize finals
A portrait of bushfire survivor Turia Pitt is a finalist in the prestigious Black Swan portraiture prize.
A bushfire trapped her and other competitors in the 2011 Racing the Planet marathon at El Questro.
Ms Pitt, who was then an engineer at Argyle, had burns to much of her face and body.
She has continued to compete in various events as part of her rehabilitation.
The West Australian [read this story]
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