August Singleton Named After Benjamin Singleton, A Member Of The Party That Discovered The Area. Area: About 4900 Sq Km. Population: 21,939

Newcastle Herald

Thursday December 4, 2008

AUGUST

SINGLETON Named after Benjamin Singleton, a member of the party that discovered the area. Area: About 4900 sq km. Population: 21,939

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6TH

New moon

7TH

Born today: Abbie Cornish

14TH

? Veterans Tennis Weekend starts,

Muswellbrook Tennis Club

15TH

? Jack Newton Junior Masters

starts, Muswellbrook Golf Club

? Milbrodale Mountain Classic and

NSW Off Road Championship

starts, Milbrodale

21ST

Born today: Joel Griffiths

28TH

? Newcastle Jazz Festival

starts, Newcastle City Hall

29TH

? Murder mystery night,

Maitland Gaol

? Gathering of the Clans,

Harry Moore Oval, Toukley

Why I love Singleton

Singleton is the heart of the Hunter, the

jewel of the state and the spirit of a nation.

The Singleton Tidy Towns logo [Heart of the

Hunter] comes closest to my feelings for the

Singleton Shire.

Singleton Mayor

Cr Sue Moore

Even with its rapid growth over the years I

enjoy Singleton because it has maintained its

sense of community and tolerance. Singleton

is also ideally situated just far enough from

work and close enough to the major tourist

attractions of the valley.

Powerlifter Dave Vaughan

I love our sense of community, our generous

spirit, the country lifestyle and that

our township is wrapped in the beauty

of the Mount Royal and the Brokenback

ranges. The history is so intense the

buildings almost talk to one another.

Singleton Argus editor Di Sneddon

Singleton is a very exciting place to be at

the moment as business is generally riding

a crest because of the mining industry.

It is also a great place for a family with

wonderful sporting facilities and fairly good

infrastructure, but its still country enough to

be friendly.

Singleton Chamber of Commerce

president Gill Eason

Vanishing Hunter

- Tricia Hogbin

North Rothbury Persoonia

Scientific name: Persoonia pauciflora

Conservation status: Critically endangered

One of the most threatened plants in NSW, this is a small, spreading

scrub with bright green needle-like leaves. It has small yellow flowers

which produce fleshy green berries when conditions are suitable.

The species was discovered relatively recently, in 1997. Not even the

scientific community knew the species existed prior to then.

The only known population of the plant in the world occurs within a fourkilometre

area at North Rothbury near Cessnock. Much of the species

habitat has been cleared and there are less than 400 plants in existence

and, sadly, in 2006 about 250 plants were illegally picked, with such

human activity pushing the plant close to extinction.

The species occurs as scattered plants across road verges and private

properties. No plants occur within a formal conservation area.

The main threats to the species survival are continued habitat loss and

fragmentation due to clearing and illegal picking, and habitat degredation

resulting from grazing and slashing.

DECC is co-ordinating a recovery program to help save the plant, with

efforts focussing on minimising the continued loss and degredation of

habitat, and providing land managers with information to help the species.

For example, a recent collaborative project between DECC and the

Hunter - Central Rivers CMA installed measures to protect a small site

on public land from vehicles, and another project between Cessnock City

Council and the DECC erected signs along road verges within the region

to protect habitat from accidental damage. Members of the local community

have also been assisting with surveys across the region.

- DECC NSW Threatened Species

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