This week FoNR committee members Sandal Hayes and Liz Gallie met at Ninney Rise with Kate Morschel and Rowena from the National Museum Australia. 

They had a tour of the house and we provided oral history. Both Kate and Rowena were familiar with the FoNR website and Iain McClaman's 'The Reef a Passionate History' and expressed how valuable the website and material is as a resource.

​They were impressed with Ninney Rise and very interested in the part the Ninney Rise story might play in a new dedicated exhibition at the museum on the Great Barrier Reef. 
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DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMORIES OF THIS TIME?
DO YOU RECOGNISE ANY OF THE PEOPLE?
A collection of photos was kindly donated to Friends of Ninney Rise (FoNR) by Virginia Edlington a close friend of the late Alison Busst.

As part of a CCRC RADF grant these have been uploaded onto the FoNR website.

You are invited to share your memories or any other information about this important period of time of our local history.

The collection gives an insight into the Busst's lives when they lived at Bedarra and later at Ninney Rise, Bingil Bay. The photos have been sorted into categories, each with a form so you can easily send us a message.

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Exactly 50 years ago, diver Eddie Hegerl and friends gathered the scientific evidence that compelled the Queensland Government to refuse an application to mine Ellison Reef. This set the legal precedent for protecting the whole Great Barrier Reef and creating the world’s largest marine park.
 
Celebrate the past and influence the reef’s next 50 years at
ELLISON REEF SAVED - 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

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Media Release
May 2017

The Friends of Ninney Rise (FoNR) held a lovely ceremony on Sunday afternoon 14th May to officially open the Margaret Thorsborne Library at Ninney Rise, Bingil Bay.

Margaret Thorsborne AO has been a lifetime supporter of social justice and environmental protection. FoNR are thrilled that Margaret has generously donated her life’s reading and that the books now have a new, secure and fitting home into the future. Rescued after Cyclone Yasi, when some were lost, there are some old, rare and valuable books.

Virginia Edlington recently kindly gifted to FoNR more than 500 original photos and slides of John and Alison Busst and friends at their original home on Bedarra Island then later at Ninney Rise.

FoNR successfully applied to Cassowary Coast Regional Council for a RADF grant to digitise, preserve and share the images and consult with people from that era to gain knowledge of the people and places in the images.

On Saturday 8 May, FoNR held a workshop at Ninney Rise that was attended by Brenda Harvey, Alf McDonald, Innis Campbell, Elsie Salleras, Olive Linnett,  Alison Salleras,  Bob and Julie West, Mike Katahanas and Dave Nissen.