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El Arish Hall and Museum

Locality: El Arish, Queensland

Phone: +61 438 288 412

Address: Chauvel Street 4855 El Arish, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.elarishnq.com/

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23.01.2022 Music Trivia Night SEE YOU THERE!

23.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who has booked a table for our Trivia Night - we are now fully booked!!! There will be no tickets available at the door but you could be in luck if you know someone who is going and may have a spare seat at their table. See you tomorrow night!

22.01.2022 Here are one of our early pioneering families of El Arish. Selby (Ike) Stewart is seen here with his family, from left - Gladys, John, Ethel nursing baby Reg and Gertrude. This photo was taken in 1917 before Ike went off to Belgium and France for World War 1. Photo courtesy of the Stewart Family Collection.

21.01.2022 See you all there today!

20.01.2022 Don’t forget to book your tables for a great night out!

20.01.2022 HOORAY! Our new books have arrived! ‘The Early Years of El Arish’ - a photographic journey through the very early years of our beautiful little town. These are A5 in size and are available for $15 each pick up or $19 each posted. If you would like a copy, please send us a private message.

20.01.2022 It was a lovely morning at the El Arish Diggers' Museum today, at the meeting of the CCRC District History Groups. We meet every 3 months around the shire to catch up and share ideas on all things history related.

18.01.2022 El Arish Hall Committee AGM and General Meeting tonight 5pm at the El Arish Tavern. New members always welcome!

17.01.2022 Only two sleeps ‘til our Music Trivia Night - we are getting super excited! Don’t forget... Bring some coins for our huge raffle Bring some nibbles for your table Wear your party pants! ... Thanks to all of our amazing sponsors for your support and also our volunteers who have made this night possible, you guys rock! See more

16.01.2022 Our Trivia Night is this Saturday and we’ve almost got a full house - tickets are selling fast! Don’t forget to bring some coins for our fantastic raffle and a pen! A huge thanks to all of our generous sponsors... El Arish Butchers, Petals and Beanz, Rescue Swag, Igguldens, Gumboot Theatre Company, Good Vibrations and more to come.

16.01.2022 DATE CLAIMER A group of cleaning women are about to be replaced by contract cleaning. Their future seems very gloomy, until Lotte comes up with a brilliant idea..... Come and Join us for Gumboot Theatre's Debut Production of The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women by Alan Hopgood. Tickets go on sale soon so save the date and watch this space! ... TICKETING INFO TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE

14.01.2022 Thank you, thank you, thank you! The El Arish Hall Committee would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended our Centenary. The rain held off for us and it turned out to be a great day. Thank you to our special guests - His Excellency The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC and his wife Mrs Kaye de Jersey, Mr Paul Martin, the Hon Bob Katter MP, Shane Knuth MP, CCRC Mayor Mr Mark Nolan and CCRC Division 2. Cr Teresa Millwood. ... A huge thank you also to the El Arish State School principal, staff and students for their excellent rendition of Waltzing Matilda. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible. To Brent Cook for his spectacular craftsmanship, Arlen Cook, Steve Harle, David Benn, Fab Mestroni, Aron Walton and Colin Bufi - thank you for all your time and effort. A big thanks to Jane Henley and Sally Chilcott for running the bar for us on the day. Also thank you to the Tully CWA Ladies for the awesome lunch they provided. Last but not least, thank you to the El Arish Hall Committee, none of this would have been possible without these members and the valuable work they do for our town! If anybody has photo's from the day that they are happy to share with us we would really appreciate that, please send them in!

14.01.2022 The unveiling of our Rising Sun sculpture, handcrafted by the very talented Brent Cook Blacksmith. A true masterpiece!!!

08.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE: Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th OCTOBER. The Gumboot Theatres debut production - The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women. Tickets are available for purchase through the link below. Alternatively, this Friday (9th) and next Friday (16th) from 9am - 10am you can purchase tickets from the El Arish Diggers’ Museum (Railway Station) $25 / ADULT $12 / CHILD... See you all there! See more

08.01.2022 WOW! What a night!!! Thank you to everyone who came along to our first Trivia Night, it was a huge success - we hope you all had as much fun as we did! Thanks to our generous community for your support, all funds raised will be used to help us pay our rates and upkeep our beautiful heritage listed RSL Memorial Hall. We couldn’t possibly do this without all of the volunteers who so generously give up their time to deliver the community a fun night out. A massive thank yo...u to our Musicpreneurs Deb Watson and Lyle Peterson from Good Vibrations Music Store Tully, from all of your organising to the beautiful Guitar and Cello tunes on the night, you both did a stellar job - I think we all wanted the good vibes to be never ending! Shane Greenwood - our MC extraordinaire and entertainer - THANK YOU!!! To our support volunteers who ensured the night was smooth sailing - Colin Bufi on the sound equipment, Ian Williams and Helen Pedley our adjudicator’s and our bar and kitchen volunteers - thank you all!!! To all of our very generous sponsors who provided raffle prizes for us, THANK YOU! Last but not least, to our wonderful Hall Committee who go above and beyond year after year to support and preserve our beautiful and unique El Arish history, thank you! If you have any photo’s from last night that you would like to share we would love to see them! Feel free to post them in the comments. See more

04.01.2022 FROM THE DRAWERS AND CUPBOARDS 'THE BEST TINNED COPPER WIRE' HANGING CARD This card was found in a box of old tools from the El Arish home of Don Watt, the cane farming son of our original settlers, George and Amelia Watt. The new house on the cane farm was built in March 1956 when the house building was interrupted by Cyclone Agnes, and quite quickly resumed.... It is interesting that the card was especially made to conveniently hang on the fuse box. A quick search for information only revealed a similar and older looking card for sale in England for 4.95 with a 32.51 estimate for postage! Does anyone have any information or fuse wire stories for us? We think ours probably dates to the early 1970’s. See more

03.01.2022 Tickets on sale now!!!

03.01.2022 EL ARISH CELEBRATES 100! Hundreds of locals and visitors turned out for a commemorative service at the town's war memorial, to mark refurbishment of the cenot...aph and 100 years since El Arish's foundation. Servicemen returning from the horrors of war drew ballots for farms in the settlement and were faced with leeches, mosquitoes and impenetrable rainforest, which had to be cleared by hand in hot, humid conditions. A century on, many proud descendants of those early pioneers still live and farm sugarcane and cattle locally.

03.01.2022 ** THIS WEEKEND ** If you haven’t already bought your tickets - now is the time! Get in quick though, not many left

01.01.2022 Welcome to our new Bookings Officer and Assistant Secretary, Lorna Williams. For all Hall booking enquiries please phone Lorna on 0427 642 436 or email [email protected]