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Joining Armidale City Council in 1983, Deputy Mayor Pat Dixon was the first Aboriginal woman elected to Local Government in Australia. She believes reconciliation is…

As most Councils are aware, much valuable work carried out in the community relies on volunteers. This can bring two way gains, with Council and…

With the twin aims of bringing the community together and restoring the amenity of a picnic area, in 1998 Armidale celebrated Local Government Week by…

With the aim of offering people with a disability the same access to recreation opportunities and to participate fully in community life, Armidale has introduced…

In response to the rural crisis facing most regional areas, in 1997 Mayors Richard Torbay and Peter Monley formed a Community Taskforce. Issues that needed…

Armidale Dumaresq Council is very much the gateway to the New England Tablelands. Visitors to the region can choose to drive from Coffs Harbour along…

Well before the two Councils decided to amalgamate, Armidale and Dumaresq had been cooperating in a number of areas including the highly prized natural environment…

One outcome of Armidale’s ‘Building the Future’ Forum, in 1997, was that community safety is a major concern for many people. As a result, an…

An initiative of the Armidale Aboriginal community to assist young people to get home safely at night has been picked up by Council. The program,…

In July last year, Armidale was selected by the State Government as the Third City of the Arts. It joins Katoomba and Broken Hill. With…

Armidale is justly proud of its built environment. The ‘capital of New England’ is a gracious leafy city with a wealth of heritage buildings, gardens,…

For the past 12 months, 2,000 quiltmakers and textile artists from across Australia have been busy fundraising, designing and creating the largest quilt collection to…