Shire of Gnowangerup in Gnowangerup, Western Australia | Government organisation

Shire of Gnowangerup

Locality: Gnowangerup, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9827 1007

Address: 28 Yougenup Road 6335 Gnowangerup, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.gnowangerup.wa.gov.au

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24.01.2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE - DOG ATTACKS AND DOGS WANDERING IN AND AROUND GNOWANGERUP TOWN Please contact the Shire should you have any information.

24.01.2022 Gnowangerup Community Swimming Pool - 2020/21 Season Passes NOW AVAILABLE! Family Season Pass $205.00 Adult Season Pass $108.00 Child Season Pass $77.00... Get prepared for the pool season opening in November. Available from the Shire Administration Office. For further information, please contact Kirsty Buchanan on 9827 1007 or email [email protected]

24.01.2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE - HARVEST AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT BAN Please be advised that there is a total harvest and vehicle movement ban for the whole Shire effective from 08.30 this morning (24/11/20) until further notice. **For harvest and vehicle movement ban updates, call the harvest ban hotline on 9827 1711.

23.01.2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE Food Recall - Halo Top plant based caramel chocolate pretzel ice cream 473ml

22.01.2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE - HARVEST AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT BAN The harvest and vehicle movement ban will be lifted in the south west and south east sections at 1600 hrs and in the north west and north east sections at 1630 hrs. please take care.

21.01.2022 New books @ the library #thebinding #bridgetcollins The Binding by Bridget Collins 'Books are dangerous things in Collins's alternate universe, a place vaguel...y reminiscent of 19th-century England. It's a world in which people visit book binders to rid themselves of painful or treacherous memories. Once their stories have been told and are bound between the pages of a book, the slate is wiped clean and their memories lose the power to hurt or haunt them.' See more

21.01.2022 Blue Tree - NAIDOC WEEK 2020 The Gnowangerup Yorgas group will be adding some NAIDOC touches to the Blue Tree this week. They will be joining the handprints with some aboriginal dot painting. If you would like to get involved to help paint or to add your handprint to the tree, pop along.... Where: Gnowangerup-Jerramungup Road When: Wednesday 11th November Time: between 9am and 11am

20.01.2022 BLUFF KNOLL LIKE NEVER BEFORE Do yourself a favour and watch this. This breathtaking video was shot by the skilled drone pilots at Extreme Limit Films.... What an incredible place. Enjoy the ride.

20.01.2022 IMPORTANAT NOTICE - FIRE AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT BAN Effective from 1300 hrs the movement ban is lifted for the whole shire .

19.01.2022 New service available from WA Police.

19.01.2022 Council Meeting dates for 2021.

19.01.2022 League of Local Legends - Extension that now includes residents from the Shire of Gnowangerup. Becoming a member of the Local Legends program enables you to gain FREE access to the National Anzac Centre for the first 6 months of 2021. Residents in the Great Southern can sign up to the free program on the National Anzac Centre website www.nationalanzaccentre.com.au/locallegends

19.01.2022 HIGHDENUP WATER TANKS Please be advised that due to a submersible pump failure the Highdenup Water Tanks are not available. Repairs are being undertaken with an expected repair of two weeks.... Formby South Tanks are still available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

19.01.2022 FIRE ADVISORY GENERAL COMMITTEE All Shire of Gnowangerup Bush Fire Brigades and Fire Control Officers please note that the Next General Meeting is to be held on Thursday 15th October 2020

19.01.2022 Its Thursday! We Care and Share posts are welcome. Please send your posts or adverts to - [email protected]

19.01.2022 Council Meeting Dates for 2021

17.01.2022 FREE Non-Accredited Basic First Aid Thursday 8th October at the Yongergnow Malleefowl Centre If you haven't already got your First Aid certificate, now's your chance to learn some lifesaving skills - and its FREE.

17.01.2022 Do you have spare time on your hands? Are you interested in Aboriginal Heritage? The Gnowangerup Aboriginal Corporation are seeking volunteer's to assist with opening the Aboriginal Museum and Keeping Place on a regular basis. If you are interested, contact Robbie Miniter on 0439 982 008 or email [email protected]

17.01.2022 How fireproof is your plan? Download the My Bushfire Plan app now!

16.01.2022 Ongerup Wildflower Display on NOW!! Approximately 400 specimens on display (all botanically named). Specimens are picked on private property or on roadside verges (with appropriate picker's license).... Wildflower books and DVD's on native orchids for sale. Also Open: *Ongerup & Needilup District Museum *Railway Barracks *Shearing Display *Aboriginal food and medicine display in Cumuldarnup House.

15.01.2022 16 Days in WA - Stopping violence against women!

14.01.2022 Heat Stroke in Dogs!

14.01.2022 Ongerup and Borden Visits Today our Deputy CEO, Ian Graham will be attending the Ongerup and Borden visits. Pop along and say hello or ask any questions you may have. Yongergnow Ongerup CRC - 10am to 11am Borden Pavilion - 11.30am to 12.30pm

13.01.2022 How amazing does this look!

13.01.2022 Taste the Great Southern! Great event coming up in March. Tickets will sell out fast so get yours now.

12.01.2022 Gnowangerup Library Newsletter - October

10.01.2022 An exciting morning at Yongergnow with @minister.papalia (Minister of Tourism) visiting our Centre! It was great to show him around and show off our beautiful M...alleefowl birds! #wanderoutyonger #wanderoutyonder #australiasouthwest #australiassouthwest #tourismwa #malleefowl #conservation #explorewa #southwestedge #ongerup #amazingalbany #greatsouthern See more

09.01.2022 *** Update*** The Phone issue has now been rectified. Gnowangerup Police Station Phones Please be advised that the Gnowangerup Police Station phone system is currently down.... If you need to contact them please call 13 14 44. This will go through to Albany who will then pass on your message.

08.01.2022 Job Opportunity

07.01.2022 BULK RUBBISH COLLECTION The Shire will provide a bulk rubbish collection for households on the following dates: Gnowangerup Tuesday 27th October 2020 Borden & Ongerup - Wednesday 28th October 2020

07.01.2022 Pre-Harvest Soiree - Friday 9th October 2020 A relaxed evening of food, wine & live music at the Borden Pavilion. Tickets are $50... - Gourmet platters, canapes & dinner boxes by Woodfired Catering Co (please advise of dietary requirements when booking) - Live music by Hayden McGlinn - Wine tasting - PAYG Bar (cash/eftpos) 13 & under FREE: sausage sizzle, bouncy castle, face painting & movie.

06.01.2022 ***Moores Dam Road is now open to all traffic. Power-line has been restored. PUBLIC NOTICE Please be advised that there is a power line down on Moores Dam Road, South of Jones Road through to Stutley Road. Road closed to all traffic until further notice. Western Power is on route.... For further information please call the Shire Administration office on 9827 1007.

06.01.2022 CEO visit to Ongerup This week, Anrie Van Zyl, our Corporate Risk Officer will be attending Ongerup instead of Bob. She will be available from 10am to 11am to talk to you all things Emergency Management. Coming into the bushfire season, now's your opportunity to ask any questions or get advice. She will be at the Yongergnow Centre.

05.01.2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE - HARVEST MOVEMENT AND FIRE BAN Due to weather conditions and people being absent, a total harvest, movement and fire ban will be in effect from 0900 Thursday 24th December until 2400 on Saturday 26th December.

05.01.2022 Borden and Ongerup both mentioned in this article as WA towns worth a visit!

05.01.2022 UPDATE - Maggie had been found. Thank you to those who shared. ***Missing Dog*** Maggie has been missing since late last night from Yougenup Road (roadhouse area). ... If you see her, please call 0427 052 224. Please share. Thank You.

04.01.2022 Have you ever heard of, been to or lived in Gnowangerup? Your State Library is featuring WA regional towns on its Facebook Page. It's an opportunity to share s...tories, old photos and connect with old friends. Recently featured Tom Price, Paraburdoo, Busselton, Mandurah, Wittenoom, Kalgoorlie and Rockingham... Gnowangerup is located 355 south east of Perth in the Great Southern. The name means "place where the mallee hen nests" in the language of the area's traditional owners the Goreng Noongar people, who have been in the region for thousands of years. The town was first gazetted in 1908 spelt Ngowangerupp. However it was unpopular among new European settlers and was changed to Gnowangerup a few years later. The Gnowangerup State School opened in November 1908 and the local Agricultural Hall shortly after. A branch railway from Tambellup opened for service to Gnowangerup in 1912 and was extended to Ongerup on 6 January 1913. People came to the Gnowangerup Agricultural Show from far and wide. In 1926 United Aborigines Missionary Brother HW Wright and Sister Hope Wright established an Aboriginal reserve on the outskirts of town. This included a hall, hospital tent and a small school in an area of land granted to them by the State Government. Men received assistance in finding work while women found domestic work in the town. In 1928 the population of the reserve grew dramatically from 100 in 1928 to over 300 people with the closure of the Carrolup Native Settlement. Subsequently the condition of the reserve deteriorated and it was condemned by the Gnowangerup Board of Health. In 1935 the Wrights arranged for the purchase of 61 hectares of land two miles east of the town along the Black Road. This would become the Gnowangerup Mission. A Bible Training Institute opened in Gnowangerup in 1960, the first of its kind for Aboriginal people in Western Australia. It was here that Ron Williams studied to be a pastor and missionary. Ron Williams went on to become one of the best-known and respected Aboriginal leaders in Australia. He was known among Aboriginal people as Kurta kurta everybody’s brother. The State Library has an extensive collection of digitised photographs from the Gnowangerup Bible Training Institute here - https://bit.ly/3m9xueJ. To connect with family and community go to - https://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/explore/indigenous-wa/storylines Today the area around Gnowangerup is used for grain farming and the town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling. It also has a small industrial area. The wheatbelt town is close to wildflower reserves, the beautiful Stirling Ranges National Park and small local museums. Gnowangerup Playgroup Gnowangerup CRC Gnowangerup Hotel Gnowangerup Football Club Gnowangerup Library St John WA - Gnowangerup Gnowangerup Sporting Complex ABC Great Southern ABC Perth Great Southern Herald Outback Family History Western Australia Great Southern Weekender Rick Wilson Shire Of Gnowangerup Great Southern Treasures Triple M Great Southern Gnowangerup District High School

03.01.2022 WATER OUTAGE IN GNOWANGERUP Water Corporation has advised that due to a cracked water pipe, Gnowangerup currently has no running water. The estimated restoration time is 5pm.... The Shire Admin Office has bottled drinking water should you need it and it will be available until 5pm.

02.01.2022 REQUEST FOR TENDER RFT2020-2 Pavement Construction (Gravel Overlay) Including Shoulder Widening, Vegetation Clearing, Culvert and Drain Widening on Kwobrup Road.

02.01.2022 So there’s been a bit of action in the Main Street this week! Jerome, our amazing artist arrived today to start the mural on the externals of the IGA building! ...Here is a little snippet of one hours worth of him painting! Be sure to do a drive by or call into IGA for a look! https://www.facebook.com/ketones6000/

02.01.2022 Christmas/New Year Closure

02.01.2022 Mandatory contact registers in WA To keep all Western Australians safe, particular businesses and venues must maintain a contact register of patrons, staff, visitors and contractors for COVID-19 contact tracing, if required. Particular businesses are: *food and licensed venues (restaurants, cafés, bars, pubs, taverns, nightclubs)... *gyms, indoor sporting centres and pools *places of worship, and funeral parlours *beauty and personal care services including hairdressers and barbers *galleries and museums *cinemas, theatres and other entertainment venues *auction houses and real estate inspections *community facilities, libraries and halls *zoos and amusement parks *function centres *accommodation facilities that already have check-in arrangements in place (for example, hostels, hotels, large camp grounds). Details required are location, date, name, telephone number and arrival time. Email addresses are optional. You must: *keep contact details for 28 days *store the information confidentially and securely. *You have the right to deny entry to anyone who refuses to provide their contact information. Keeping a contact register: To help businesses and venues, the WA Government has developed the SafeWA app. This is a free system that uses QR codes to register attendance. It's quick, convenient, easy to use and contactless. It's not mandatory to use SafeWA, but it is encouraged. SafeWA can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Alternative contact register formats are available, including recording details electronically or on paper. A template is available on our Toolkit page. Businesses must still maintain a written contact register for people who choose not to use the SafeWA app. How does SafeWA work? The SafeWA app sends accurate customer information directly to WA Health, meaning data does not have to be stored by your business and is readily available for WA Health to access if it becomes necessary. For more information visit the website below: https://www.wa.gov.au//covid-19-coronavirus-contact-regist

01.01.2022 Missing Dog There is a black and tan kelpie missing from Yougenup Road. It has a green collar with choker chain. If you see it, please call the Works Depot to report 9827 1338.... Thank You

01.01.2022 Pre-Harvest Pink Ribbon Breakfast! Thursday 8th October A fantastic fundraiser for two great causes.