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MYSTERIOUS: Wilcannia - You Need To See This

Mateship, bravery and tragedy unearthed in the outback

Drovers, soldiers, Indigenous trackers, scientists, artists and pioneering women are buried in outback cemeteries, their stories feared lost to time until now.

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Hottest Melbourne day since January 2023 forecast as heat spikes across central and eastern Australia

Temperatures in areas such as Wilcannia and Ivanhoe in NSW unlikely to drop below 30C overnight, BoM warns

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Transgrid under pressure as NSW inquiry examines how failed backup generators left Broken Hill in the dark

NSW premier Chris Minns says state’s far west let down by privatisation after region’s only working large-scale emergency generator failed

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An emu footprint giving hope to a town doing it tough

At a riverside north western NSW town, Indigenous elders hope a cultural centre will keep the community alive.

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Outback Rugby League returns to remote NSW communities

After a near-death last year and months of hard work behind the scenes, the Wilcannia Boomerangs and Menindee Yabbies have rejoined a four-team competition.

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Elders' new homes to help address systemic overcrowding in Wilcannia

For decades, the problem of overcrowding has plagued the outback NSW town, but some relief is in sight with five elder housing units completed and more to come.

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How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling – after three years of rain?

Millions of dead fish float on the surface of the river. Native bony herring and introduced young carp, as well as a few mature Murray cod and golden perch. History is repeating on the Darling River at Menindee. This new fish kill is even worse than the enormous 2018–2019 fish…

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Remote NSW council clarifies that King Charles does not own Wilcannia block with $15k in unpaid rates

A legal technicality has left people across far west NSW scratching their heads and wondering if His Majesty owns a small block of land in Wilcannia.

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Wilcannia Mob marks 20 years since Down River paved way for Indigenous hip-hop artists

It has been 20 years since The Wilcannia Mob released their groundbreaking single about jumping off the bridge and playing some didge. Now, their community wants to see more support for its young people, like the program that helped make the band famous.

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Water gauges to be installed upstream from Menindee Lakes after Darling River flooding

Installation begins at five sites in the northern Murray-Darling Basin, with authorities believing unmeasured water is in part responsible for a failure to predict the large flows into Menindee Lakes this summer.

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Tilpa, Wilcannia brace for more flooding as water moves down Darling River

As flooding continues to ravage large parts of New South Wales, communities in the far west of the state are bracing for the impact of downstream flows from the Darling River.

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