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![Professor Virginia Hooker AM has been a champion of Australian-Indonesian relations. Picture: supplied Professor Virginia Hooker AM has been a champion of Australian-Indonesian relations. Picture: supplied](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/vQaZ3anPUuND9nFzbQxA35/e88d8384-a163-4342-acb8-342e9bc7f2c8.jpg/r0_116_791_678_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Karabar's Edward Helm awarded OAM, Braidwood's Virginia Hooker awarded AM
Australia Day was on Wednesday, meaning awards were handed out. Edward Helm was awarded for his service to veterans and their families during his time with the City of Queanbeyan RSL Sub-Branch while Virginia Hooker was awarded for her significant service to tertiary education and to Asia-Pacific relations. They were both extremely grateful with the recognition.
![Honoured: Edward Helm from Karabar has been awarded with a Medal of the Order of Australia . Photo: supplied. Honoured: Edward Helm from Karabar has been awarded with a Medal of the Order of Australia . Photo: supplied.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/vQaZ3anPUuND9nFzbQxA35/a9a9cfc0-f476-4604-9aa8-17f12f7f8882.jpg/r0_0_388_678_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![Mulwaree High School students having an afternoon tea to celebrate their HSC success. Photo: supplied. Mulwaree High School students having an afternoon tea to celebrate their HSC success. Photo: supplied.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/vQaZ3anPUuND9nFzbQxA35/1e84d799-dae9-4c07-b98e-f18c0543c9d7.jpg/r0_0_1200_604_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Goulburn's Mulwaree High students happy with HSC results
Due to their hard work and perseverance, many Mulwaree High School students secured pathways into tertiary education including medicine, education, criminology, music, industrial design and computer engineering. Princpal Sally Curry could not have been any prouder of the year 12 students.
![Harriet Body's "We grew up amongst trees 2021" done in collaboration with Yours participants. It uses installations of earthenware ceramics with glaze, dropped eucalyptus branches, eucalyptus dye paintings printed on synthetic stone. Harriet Body's "We grew up amongst trees 2021" done in collaboration with Yours participants. It uses installations of earthenware ceramics with glaze, dropped eucalyptus branches, eucalyptus dye paintings printed on synthetic stone.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/vQaZ3anPUuND9nFzbQxA35/610cacd3-3be1-48fe-8c99-771b59a2411e.jpg/r0_10_1169_667_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery has three new exhibitions
There are three terrific exhibitions on show at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery moment. Until March 5, the exhibitions Yours in the main gallery and Forced Abstractions in Gallery 2 will blow your mind as well as The Window. Goulburn based artist Karen Edin curated The Window, Robbie Howard's artworks are in Gallery 2 and Harriet Body, along with a group of seniors and children from the Goulburn community helped out with the main gallery.
![Circles is Isy Cappo's eighth ever single, with her first coming in 2014. Photo: supplied. Circles is Isy Cappo's eighth ever single, with her first coming in 2014. Photo: supplied.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/vQaZ3anPUuND9nFzbQxA35/e95b6681-6ed0-4cb2-a37d-660a4ed545e6.jpg/r0_0_914_595_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Goulburn artist Isy Cappo releases eighth single Circles
There was great news for Goulburn artist Isy Cappo this week. Her latest single "Circles", a jazzy blues fusion song, came out at midnight on Friday and she was extremely excited to show it to the world. Powerful, emotional and addictive, her lyrics display a connection to her own truths and sassiness that speaks of her true talents as an artist.
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