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January 2020 Edition
The Shire of Sandstone Hack St, Sandstone WA 6639
Ph: 08 9963 5802 Fax 08 9963 5852
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PG 2 Contents
PG 3 Environmental Health Officer details
PG 4 Australia Day Celebrations
PG 5 Bowling dates for January
PG 6 Fire Brigade Meeting
PG 7 Community Bus travelling to Mt Magnet PG 8 Dogs MUST be kept on lead PG 9-11 Fire Break Notice PG 12 History Corner PG 13 Rural Financial Counselling Service of WA
PG 14 Fish Man dates for 2020 PG 15 Recipe
PG 16-21 Business Directory & Community Notice Board PG 22-30 Health Notices
PG 31 Events Calendar
Note. The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Shire of Sandstone
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
The Environmental Health Officer for the Shire of Sandstone is Dave Hadden. Dave’s contact details are:- Principal EHO/Building Surveyor Shires of Leonora, Laverton, Menzies & Sandstone. Phone- 9037 6044 Mobile- 0428 376 044 Email- [email protected]
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SUNDAY 26TH JANUARY 2020
Please come and celebrate Australia Day at the Sandstone Rec Centre, everyone is welcome to
come along and join in.
The day commences with breakfast at 7.30am, and this year we are changing the usual outside games for a combination of inside and outside
games and some good Aussie fun!!
We hope you will all be there.
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Regular Fire Brigade meetings/training will be held at the fire station commencing at 5pm.
The next meeting will be on Thursday
16th January 2020
For further info contact either
Sandstone Bush Fire Brigade Captain
Paul Roach on 0418 183 321 or
Fire Chief Vic Taylor 0407 845 379
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COMMUNITY BUS TAKING PASSENGERS TO MT MAGNET
The Sandstone Community Bus will be travelling to Mt Magnet every four weeks for Shire business. If anyone needs to travel to Mt Magnet, we usually have available seats. The bus will leave from the Sandstone Shire Administration office at 10am and will leave Mt. Magnet at 1.30pm for the return trip home. Please book your seat by contacting either Rhonda or Margaret at the Shire office ph. 9963 5802
The next bus trip will be Wednesday
29th January 2020
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DOGS
DOGS MUST BE KEPT ON LEASHES AT ALL TIMES WHEN OUT IN PUBLIC AND ALL DOG DROPPINGS MUST BE PICKED UP.
DOGS ARE ALLOWED TO RUN WITHOUT A LEASH ON THE SCHOOL OVAL, BUT DROPPINGS MUST BE PICKED UP.
THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS THAT THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.
IF THIS CONTINUES APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
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FIRE BREAK NOTICE
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HISTORY CORNER— An excerpt from the book
“Sandstone—from Gold to Wool and Back Again” by Sally L Senior
The Gold Escorts — page 203 Bushrangers, and particularly bushrangers stealing gold from travellers and coaches, were a major problem in the Eastern States of Australia, but in Western Australia they were just a potential one. Because of this, an armed board or ‘gold escort’ was supplied by the police, to ensure that the gold bullion being transferred from outlying goldfields to the more secure banks in the larger cities reached its destination safely. This trip could entail a journey either to the nearest large town, or right through to the parent banks in Perth. When it is seen how large some of the shipments of gold were, this practice is not at all surprising. Conditions for keeping gold secure on the goldfields varied enormously. Even when banks were established, and they were among the first businesses to open at a new find, only preceded by those who sold provisions and alcohol, they were frequently very flimsy in construction. Often they consisted only of a safe housed in a tent and kept under armed guard. From this humble beginning, the bank usually graduated to a wood and iron structure, and if the field looked to be a ‘goer’, a concrete strongroom/vault would be built within the wood and iron building. It was not until the town looked as though it was going to be permanent that a brick building, with incorporated strongroom, would be built. The remnants of these strongrooms can be seen in many of the deserted gold mining towns that reached moderate size during their life. Until quite recent times, the remains of the strongroom of the WA Bank could be found between Hack Street and Griffith Street, to the south of the Post Office in Sandstone. It must have been quite an exciting experience to encounter a gold escort on one’s travels. The experience made a lasting impression on Albert F. Calvert FRGS, who described the gold escort he met on the road near Yalgoo in 1895, in his book My Fourth Tour in Western Australia: As we neared Yalgoo we met the gold escort convoying the mail coach. A trooper with a revolver in his holster, and a repeating rifle in the ‘bucket’ of his saddle, rode a few yards in advance of the vehicle. On the coach beside the driver sat a senior constable, in the blue uniform of the foot police, and also fully armed. The mounted constabulary wear a short blue jacket, white pants, and knee boots. Large amounts of gold left the Black Range district over the first sixteen years, with the first recorded escort following the opening of the State Battery, and the first crushing, which was completed in late March 1904. This consignment consisted of 2,000 ounces of gold. Other gold escorts of note in those early days were those in December 1904, of 2,800 ounces; in October 1905, of 3,450 ounces; in November 1905, of 2,350 ounces; and in June 1906, of 3,733 ounces. During 1907 alone the two banks in Nungarra, the WA and the Union, forwarded 8,800 ounces of gold to their headquarters from the Black Range district. As more and more mines opened up in the district, the gold produced increased and by January 1908, there was an almost monthly gold escort leaving Sandstone with two police officers. In January 1908, it carried 6,617 ounces of gold, while in early March the gold transport took 7,238 ounces of gold out of Sandstone by coach to Mt. Magnet, to be sent on to Perth. By April, this amount had risen to 8,935 ounces of gold for the month, exceeding the previous record by 500 ounces. …../ to be continued
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Sandstone dates marked
in red
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Pumpkin & Goats
Cheese Tart
Ingredients 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, just thawed 650g butternut pumpkin, peeled, deseeded 120g goat's cheese, crumbled 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves 4 eggs 160ml (2/3 cup) thickened cream 185ml (3/4 cup) milk
Method
Step 1 Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan forced. Lightly grease a 23cm (base measurement) fluted tart tin and line with the pastry, pressing well into the side. Place on a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until light golden. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Use your hands to press down on the base to flatten. If desired, use a sharp knife to trim the excess pastry. Step 2 Meanwhile, use a very sharp knife or mandolin to thinly slice the pumpkin. Starting on the outside and working your way in, arrange the pumpkin in the pastry shell in a rosette pattern. Scatter the goat’s cheese over the pumpkin. Sprinkle with the thyme. Step 3 Reduce oven to 170°C/150°C fan forced. Whisk together the eggs, cream and milk in a bowl. Season. Carefully pour over the pumpkin. Bake for 30 minutes or until firm. Season.
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Pastoralists and D.E.C. in the Sandstone and
surrounding Shire’s have an ongoing wild dog bait programme. Please be advised
BAITS WILL BE ON THE GROUND ALL YEAR ROUND
Also just a friendly reminder to keep your dogs locked
up, or on a leash if out walking.
To avoid being
penalised all dogs and cats must be kept in your yards or on leads at all times. Please clean up after
your dog!!!!!
All dogs must be registered. If your dog is not registered, or if you
are unsure when the registration expires,
please contact the Shire office.
The RANGER is making more and more frequent
visits to Sandstone.
When was the last time you visited your local library? We don’t just have books, there are DVDs and Audio books as well, so next time you are passing the office, pop in and have a look.
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JPB Contracting
Paul (Scruffy) Bennett
Ph: 0427 841 888
Please note this is NOT a service provided at the Shire of Sandstone so please call for an appointment .
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Mount Magnet Post & Lotteries
Gifts, cards, stationery, art supplies.
Passport photos and much more Drop in and browse
Check out the website www.mtmagnetpost.com
SANDSTONE LIBRARY Open Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
Casual memberships welcome
• Interlibrary Loans • Audio Books • Internet access • DVDs • Fiction and non Fiction books
Dog registrations are due by the end of October
each year. Please check your dog’s registration or contact the Shire office to check if your dog’s registration needs
renewal
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YOU MUST CONTACT THE SHIRE OF SANDSTONE PRIOR TO
DISPOSAL OF ANY ASBESTOS MATERIALS
Phone 9963 5802 Mondays - Fridays
8:30 - 4:00pm
LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR
NON-COMPLIANCE
We are always after articles for the Bush Telegraph so if you have a story, a photo
or maybe a birthday, or perhaps there is something
you would like to see in your newsletter please
contact Rhonda at the Shire office on email -
ROTARY CLUB We are the very first Rotary Club
that is based purely online in WA. This enables people living in remote/regional areas the op-tion to still provide a service to their local community by joining Rotary E club of E.WA. It’s a
new and vital Rotary Experience.
We meet via online webinars
and the use of Facebook, both open to the public and private
sessions.
Name: E-WA Rotary Address: www.ewarotary.org.au www.facebook.com/ewarotary Ph 0408 802 490 Community Group Name : E-WA Rotary—Kerry O’Shea [email protected] We’d love to hear from you :)
Westcoast Seafood
Email: [email protected] Contact Stan to see when he will be in
Sandstone next
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Looking for Gold? Want to Prospect near Sandstone?
Please contact the Mt Magnet Office of the Department of
Mines and Petroleum, Cnr Hepburn and Richardson
St
Telephone (08) 9963 4509
Heritage Museum &
Visitor Centre
Closed until Easter 2020
Ordinary Meeting
of Council
The next meeting of Council will be held on THURSDAY 27th February 2020 at 12.30 pm
The Agenda is viewable at the Sandstone Public Library and on-line at
www.sandstone.wa.gov.au, once prepared.
Alice Atkinson Caravan Park 08 9963 5859 Main Roads - Road Conditions 13 81 38
(24 Hr Customer Contact Centre )
Mt Magnet Police 08 9963 3222
National Hotel 08 9963 5801
Outback Accommodation 08 9963 5869
Sandstone Museum &
Visitor Information Centre 08 9963 5061
Sandstone Nursing Post 08 9963 5808
Shire of Sandstone Office
and Post Office 08 9963 5802
Ambulance 000 RFDS 1800 625 800
Useful Sandstone Phone Numbers
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
Sandstone Physiotherapy clinics 2020
This year our physiotherapy visits will be bi-monthly instead of monthly, commencing in February as
attendance at the clinics has dropped.
Further information will be provided when we receive it.
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN
WILUNA
The following medical services are available from visiting specialists through the Wiluna Medical Centre. These services are free of charge and are available to Sandstone residents and the travelling public.
To make an appointment for visiting specialists, contact Wiluna Medical Centre 9981 8600
Dental (Monthly) Gynaecologist
Audiologist Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
Cardiologist Respiratory
Health and Well being services
Child Health Services, Paediatrician
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
TELEPHONE HELP LINES
Mental Health Emergency Response Line
(formerly Psychiatric Emergency Team)
Perth WA 6000 Tel: 08 9224 8888
RuralLink
Tel: 1800 552 002
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat
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New Years Day
2 No Clinic
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8 9 DOCTORS CLINIC
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16 NURSES CLINIC
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19 20 21 22 23 DOCTORS CLINIC
24 Shire RDO
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28 29 30 NURSES CLINIC
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If you would like your event to appear on the Community Planner please contact the Shire of Sandstone Phone: 9963 5802 Fax: 9963 5852 Email: [email protected]
JANUARY 2020
Internet is available at Sandstone Library in the Shire building
Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
We don’t have public WIFI but you can use our computers to access the internet