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Northern NSW Helicopter Rescue Service Limited
Community LeaderWestpac Rescue Helicopter
Drovers Run 2024
This WRHS provides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to anyone in need, and very importantly, anyone receiving help, not having to pay.
The WRHS operational area extends from the Hawkesbury River in the south, to the Queensland border in the north, and as far west as Brewarrina and Nyngan or even further if tasked. The WRHS operates from three bases across northern NSW, Newcastle, Tamworth and Lismore, using AW139 helicopters.
In March of 2015 a Doctor and Paramedic were included on the helicopter crew 24 hours per day, and the WRHS now responds to over 1,500 life-saving missions each year.
The AW139 Helicopter cost $1,000 per hour in fuel, $1,000 per hour to run the engine, $1,500 for the airframe and for $500 avionics, that’s a total of $4,000 per hour, not including crew.
The Drover’s Run 4WD Outback Adventure is a major fund-raising activity for the WRHS and is being held from the 5th to 22nd August, 2024. Scott and Warren are participating in the Drover Run, to assist with this fund raising.
We invite individuals, or your business to be a Supporting Donor of the 2024 Drover’s Run Outback Adventure, and in turn, we will not only promote your business to the broader community during the event but you will also be assisting to save lives through your tax-deductible donation.
We are looking forward to the 2024 Drover’s Run raising a substantial amount of money for the WRHS and we look forward to and, thank you for you supporting this event.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Moira Shire
🤝 Dianne Sampson
Dianne Sampson was named Moira’s Star Achiever of the Year in 2026 after sustained service in Tungamah. More than twenty-five years with the cemetery trust included helping bereaved families, coordinating administration and securing improvements to facilities. Her volunteering also extended to the hall committee, bowling club and football and netball club. These responsibilities combine care with the quieter work of documents, meetings and grant applications. The award recognises someone whose contribution is woven through several local institutions, helping make them function reliably for the people who need them.
🥤 George Albert Pethard and family
George Albert Pethard junior entered his father’s soft-drink business in 1898, during its Numurkah chapter. His father had established the factory after earlier commercial ventures elsewhere in Victoria, producing the Taraxale brand that preceded the later Tarax enterprise. The younger Pethard moved with the firm to Bendigo in 1909 and developed a much wider business and civic career. Numurkah therefore belongs to the formative family-business story, before national brand recognition. An everyday bottle of soft drink had roots in a country factory and a succession of practical commercial decisions.
📚 Sir Harold White
Sir Harold White was born at Numurkah in 1905 and attended the one-teacher school at Invergordon before winning a scholarship to Wesley College. A cadet cataloguing job began a long library career. He helped install books in Canberra’s provisional Parliament House and later led the development of the National Library of Australia, broadening its collections to include films, personal papers and oral history. The opening of its lakeside building in 1968 finally brought scattered collections together. Numurkah and Invergordon supply the birthplace and first school behind a librarian whose ambitions grew from handling individual books to building a national resource.
