Northern Courier

Margaret Elliott with her family and friends

Legend of the Land Army turns 100

21/06/2026

Margaret Elliott of Kempton, the last living member of the Australian Women’s Land Army in Tasmania, has celebrated her 100th Birthday.

Ross Wool Centre project features on national television

09/06/2026

The Ross Wool Centre has featured as part of Tasmania’s Off Season tourism promotion on national television. See the full story and video here:

Merinos and more at Campbell Town Show

05/06/2026

The 188th Campbell Town Show saw two days of fun and variety, but like every other year, the sheep and their wool stole the show.

Day's standout success in meat sheep

01/06/2026

Penguin-based Sunnybanks and Faraday Park studs took out major prizes in Campbell Town Show's British meat sheep section.

Judge Marshall Douglas with Shannon and Paul Day and their Poll Dorset Supreme Exhibit

Shearers excited about new Campbell Town Show facilities

28/05/2026

Sports Shear competition will decide team to contest nationals.

Campbell Town convict bricks going back in place

14/05/2026

Campbell Town residents have stood firm on keeping their convict brick trail in its original format.

Foundation members Billy Webster, Joy Bowerman, Neil Laurie, Joey and Rodney Hazelwood, Gaylia Laurie, Paul Worldon and Bill Lodge.

GALLERY - Tunbridge Community Club celebrates 50 years

10/05/2026

The Tunbridge Community Club 50th anniversary day on Saturday was such a success the local watering hole nearly ran out of beer!

Flannies as abundant as fish at Lake Leake

06/05/2026

Flannie Day was a huge success, but there's more exciting changes to come at Lake Leake Inn.

Evandale dogs targeted with poison

12/05/2026

Bait is being thrown into dog owners' yards sparking concern.

City kids get a taste of hi-tech agricultural tools

22/09/2025

Students at Kings Meadows High School had a taste of life on the land through an innovative project that connected them with the latest farming technology in a learning environment.

Kings Meadows High School students Baxter Manshanden, Bryce Austin, Gypsy Fitzallan and Olive Keating watch on as Kings Meadows High assistant principal Brendan Poke, Hagley Agriculture Learning Centre co-ordinator Liam Fox and Ag Logic field officer Chelsea McDonald demonstrate the weather station

Councillor decrease not addressing farmer rates issue

16/09/2025

Proposale fails to address red tape and rates, according to TasFarmers

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - I have had a truly wonderful life

14/09/2025

Read the final instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Longford's Penny Hooper receives Nuffield Scholarship for 2026

10/09/2025

Penny Hooper, Tasmania’s sole Nuffield Scholarship recipient for 2026, plans to use her funds to study how to make livestock and dairy farming compatible with a sustainable work-life balance.

Nuffield Scholarship 2026 recipient Penny Hooper

Longford ambulance station tenders called

01/09/2025

A greenfield site has beenchosen for a new ambulance station at Longford.

Artist impression of the new Longford ambulance station.

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Who's who of new settlers

31/08/2025

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Carol-Anne has a yarn to tell

21/08/2025

Carol-Anne Morrison has put a new spin on the wool from some of the oldest breeds of sheep in the world at her hobby farm in Loira, West Tamar.

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Soldier settlers get to work

17/08/2025

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Climate resilience plan formalised

04/08/2025

The Northern Midlands Council has formally adopted its Climate Resilience Strategy 2025-2028.

The Jim Osborne memoirs - Postpone the lambing, there’s a road to build

03/08/2025

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne memoirs.

Legend of the Land Army turns 100

Ross Wool Centre project features on national television

Merinos and more at Campbell Town Show

Day's standout success in meat sheep

Shearers excited about new Campbell Town Show facilities

Campbell Town convict bricks going back in place

GALLERY - Tunbridge Community Club celebrates 50 years

Flannies as abundant as fish at Lake Leake

Evandale dogs targeted with poison

City kids get a taste of hi-tech agricultural tools

Councillor decrease not addressing farmer rates issue

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - I have had a truly wonderful life

Longford's Penny Hooper receives Nuffield Scholarship for 2026

Longford ambulance station tenders called

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Who's who of new settlers

Carol-Anne has a yarn to tell

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Soldier settlers get to work

Climate resilience plan formalised

The Jim Osborne memoirs - Postpone the lambing, there’s a road to build

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