Accommodation Goulburn News

MERCURY business editor GREG ELLIS met Miltonbrook managing director Neville Fredericks. Neville, the man behind the new Tullimbar community, has a 20-year vision to link Newcastle, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra and Canberra by a very fast train. He proposes six-to-eight storey accommodation near major transport nodes and walkable self-sufficient communities further out.

Reshuffle Dumps Police College Boss Despite Five-year Contract

Sunday March 16, 2008

Tony Aldred Mick Corboy A SENIOR police reshuffle left the controversial head of the Goulburn training academy out of a job two years into a five-year contract.

When It's Raining It's Soaring

Sunday November 6, 2005

THE real-estate market in Goulburn is up and running again because prices are more realistic across the board, particularly for first home buyers.

Go With The Goulburn Flow

Wednesday July 27, 2005

The Goulbourn River hosts the spice of life, Cameron McGavin finds.

In The Goulburn Valley, Preston And Noble Park, Iraqis Take Part In A Historic Act Of Democracy

Saturday January 29, 2005

Australian Iraqis are showing a passion to have their say in the move to representative government.

Hey, Ms Dj

Saturday February 9, 2002

As the year of the horse bolts off, Sydney's Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras gets wet and Goulburn gets the blues.

Diploma Of Policing Practice

Wednesday September 12, 2001

Charles Sturt University (Goulburn campus) Phone 69 33 2121 http://www.csu.edu.au/student/police

Home Of The Golden Fleece

Friday August 3, 2001

WITH a proud history as Australia's oldest inland city, Goulburn is also well-established as a popular holiday centre for the travellers of today.

Planners Think About Drink

Saturday July 14, 2001

THE entrepreneurial burghers of old Sydney Town had their priorities right when the government decided in 1833 to put a township on the site of what is now the city of Goulburn.

Milat Boasted Of Body Pits In Hunter, Inquest Told

Thursday June 14, 2001

Despite being housed in maximum security at Goulburn Jail, convicted killer Ivan Milat cast a chilling shadow over the missing girls' inquest at Toronto Court yesterday.

High-security Prison To House The Very Worst

Saturday June 2, 2001

When Ivan Milat enters Goulburn's ``supermax" in August, he will eat cornflakes for breakfast and sleep on a foam mattress on top of a cement base straight out of a Fred Flintstone cartoon.

Sleeping Giant Of The Cbd Stirs

Saturday May 27, 2000

The CBD's southern precinct is seen by CB Richard Ellis as a sleeping giant. There is an increasing demand for commercial space which is in short supply in the area. Some of the factors influencing the precinct include the sale of the remainder of the World Square site, bordering on George, Goulburn

Students May Use Trades Hall

Saturday September 4, 1999

Sydney's historic Trades Hall, once the home of unions, may be transformed into low-cost student accommodation under a multi-million-dollar plan by the Labor Council secretary, Mr Michael Costa. Mr Costa has entered lease negotiations for the Goulburn Street building with the registrar of the U

Goulburn Jail Job $21m Coup For Warilla Firm

Saturday July 24, 1999

A Warilla company has won a $21 million contract for a major redevelopment project at the Goulburn Correctional Centre. Camarda and Cantrell construction manager Greg Simpson said winning the tender meant up to 300 Illawarra jobs would be created during construction. The contract would provid

Tourism And Building Boost For State's North

Monday July 5, 1999

The Goulburn Valley economy is enjoying strong growth, with demand for labor, building approvals and tourism takings above the state average, new figures show. Residential building figures have been spectacular; in the three months to January 1999, the value of residential approvals in Greater Sh

Government Considers Relocation

Tuesday May 18, 1999

The NSW Government is considering reducing its core CBD accommodation by relocating various departments to the southern end of the CBD as well as looking at space at Parramatta. According to property analysts, should the Government decide to move, it would offer some respite for the southern end

The Dunny That Dun It!

Tuesday April 27, 1999

`FIX up your toilets or we'll close your school!' The school in question, Our Lady of Mercy College, and seven other catholic schools in Goulburn, did just that. On a `bitterly bloody cold' morning in July 1962, 2200 displaced catholic school children queued outside the town's already crowded

Extra 100 Police, And Fast Track To New Jail

Wednesday June 3, 1998

An extra 100 police, a new $17.5 million ultra-secure jail at Goulburn and $3 million to cut waiting times in criminal court cases are the law-and-order highlights of the Budget. With law and order becoming the main political battleground, the Treasurer, Mr Egan, in his Budget speech, launched a

Giveway Winners

Saturday February 14, 1998

THE following people were winners in reader giveaway competitions in last week's Weekend. Valentine's Day giveaway: Derelle Warby of Wallsend wins a weekend for two at the Furama Hotel Central in Sydney. The package includes luxury accommodation for two at the Furama in Surry Hills, a three-cour

Blues Heaven

Saturday February 7, 1998

WHEN the first Australian Blues Music festival was held at Goulburn last year more than 4000 music lovers from around Australia turned up to hear the cream of Australian blues music. Such a turnout at an inaugural event was impressive, given the amount of blues music festivals already on the Aust