March 2021

Fairbridge – another chapter written

Another chapter of the Fairbridge Farm School was written last Saturday with the opening and dedication of the Fairbridge Military Memorial on the Fairbridge Children’s Park site near Molong. Ninety-five children, almost ten percent of those who were at Fairbridge, later served in the Australian armed forces in both war and peace operations.  Fifty-nine of them served overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Malayan ‘Emergency’ and the Vietnam War. Three were killed while in service-Charlie Brown, Mickey…


Commonwealth Bank to close

The Commonwealth Bank has announced that the Molong and Blayney branches of the bank will close on Friday 4 June. This will also be the last day that the Commonwealth…