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Mosman Council has endorsed a high-profile fundraising gala dinner to help secure the financial future of Mosman Art Gallery. The Gallery is faced with reduced government funding as council failed to secure four-year multi-year funding from Create NSW and hopes the...
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Josie McSkimming’s memoir Gutsy Girls is a unique perspective on her sister, poet Dorothy Porter Australia lost a literary icon when poet Dorothy Porter died. Josie McSkimming lost a beloved sister. Dorothy had fought breast cancer since 2004 before she died...
Avalon’s Boomerang Bags branch celebrates 10 years of sewing BY ALEX DRISCOLL Like many volunteer organisations, Avalon’s branch of Boomerang Bags is held together by the sense of community created by the participants. “I would say that for some of the participants, ‘Tuesday...
Sydney-based artist Janet Laurence has been announced as the Professional Artist Prize winner of the 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, for her chromogenic print artwork, Moss Water Ice Temperature Rising, winning $35,000 in Australia’s highest-value professional artist prize for...
A former local refused to let health battles define him at Balmoral’s annual ocean swim BY CATHERINE LEWIS When the Balmoral Swim for Cancer was held earlier this year, one swimmer took to the ocean to prove that Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy (MD)...
The Green Schools Collective uniting students with a common goal The Green Schools Collective, (GSC) now in its fifth year, involves students from nine Mosman schools, coming together to collaborate on environmental issues and sustainability. Local public, Catholic, and private schools meet...
Queenscliff’s Declan Cleary returns to the reality cooking show with his eyes on the prize! Declan Cleary nabbed third prize on MasterChef Australia season 15 in 2023, and says it was a ‘no-brainer’ when he was invited to join other former...
The recent Educating Girls Symposium attended by educators from private girls schools across Australia was a day of leadership and learning. But why is there a need for discussion about girls’ education? Bustling around a mechanic workshop in overalls, tinkering on...