Students stop to donate to the Bogan Shire Drought Appeal | photos
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SUPPORT: Zali Bourke and Oliver Cameron present a cheque to Mayor Ray Donald on behalf of the Bogan Shire Drought Appeal. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN
Students from Maclean High School have donated $300 and a number of non-perishable items to the Bogan Shire Drought Appeal, in an effort to assist our drought-stricken farmers.
The high school students passed through the shire last week, making a stop at the iconic Big Bogan during their 19-day Central Australian excursion, to make the donation to the community.
Deputy Principal and infrastructure leader at Maclean High School Liza Hamilton said both the high school and primary school communities rallied together to host a number of drives for two communities along their journey.
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“I know how tough everyones doing it so I just thought Im doing this trip with the kids we need to get them to see the devastation of drought,” Ms Hamilton said.
“As a school community we put something together and then we decided we may as well do two drops one at Coonabarabran and this was our second choice which is Nyngan.”
Bogan Shire Mayor Ray Donald, on behalf of the Bogan Shire Drought Apeal collected the $300 and non-perishable items donated to the community.
Mayor Donald thanked the school community, and gave a brief history of natural disaster in the Bogan Shire and the way the town has continued to rally together to recover from desperate times.
Ms Hamilton said the trip and visit to Nyngan gives the students a greater empathy of what nature can do to communities, and teaches students the importance of rallying together.
“A lot of [the kids] have not been over the great dividing range, and for them this is a really great experience to look at different environments, different communities and how we all work as a big country,” Ms Hamilton said.
“You just relate, and I want the kids to understand what its like to live in rural and regional and remote Australia.
“Its really important that kids understand exactly how things work, whether its climate change or political, how people and communities rally together.
“And if they ever leave our community, which we encourage them to do, they will go into other communities and help out,” she said.
The students will travel over to Broken Hill and into South Australia. They will then tour around central Australia seeing the sights including Uluru, Kings Canyon and Alice Springs. Students will move into Western Queensland, stopping in Toowoomba before making their way back home.
The excursion gives students the opportunity to see iconic geographic landforms as well as unique communities in three states and one territory.
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