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Local Aboriginal history rarely makes it into an accessible, public format, let alone into a packed hall in a town of a few hundred people. The Friends of Stanley Athenaeum's biennial Geoff Craig Memorial Lecture set out to change that. The 7th lecture, delivered on 28 September 2025 at Stanley Memorial Hall, brought Waywurru researcher, historian and storyteller Megan Carter to speak on "Spaces of Survival: Aboriginal Reserves and Ration Depots in North East Victoria." Carte

Our final 2026 ACCIONA Community finalist is Spring Ditch Festival! For over 140 years, the Stanley New Year's Day Sports drew this tiny township together in the same natural amphitheatre. Spring Ditch picks up that thread. Now in its fifth year, the family festival run by Rikki Raadsveld and Lex Fletcher fills the Stanley Recreation Reserve with an all-Australian music lineup, the Golden Boot Toss, sack races, arts and makers' stalls, and food from local vendors, alongside a