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Eumundi Voice is a free, fortnightly 32-36 page colour magazine with up to 4,500 copies published and delivered to letterboxes and community distribution points across Eumundi and surrounds.
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100% of surplus funds, after production and overhead costs are deducted, are given back as donations to charities within our community to support worthwhile projects and activities.
The second stage of renovations at the Eumundi Museum is set to begin, with the museum closing its doors to the public from 25 May. The works are expected to take several months, with the museum anticipated to reopen in December 2026.
Before the closure, visitors are encouraged to take the opportunity to see the museum’s current temporary exhibition, which showcases local advertising from the 1910s to the 1950s. The display offers a fascinating and often amusing insight into how products and services were promoted in earlier decades.
Eumundi Museum reopened 4 years ago following the first half of its significant renovations, which transformed the front gallery housed in the former Methodist church. Since then, more than 20,000 visitors have passed through its doors. The museum features permanent exhibitions exploring the history of Eumundi and the surrounding districts, alongside a rotating program of temporary exhibitions covering a wide range of topics.
The upcoming renovation will connect the rear of the old church with the gallery behind it, creating a single, unified building. This expansion will allow the museum to host larger and more diverse temporary exhibitions. New display spaces will also showcase a wagon built by the town’s blacksmith in the 1920s, artefacts from the former hospital and ambulance service, and a dedicated area commemorating military service.
The museum will remain open to visitors up to and including 23 May, before closing for approximately 5 months. Eumundi Museum is owned and operated by the Eumundi & District Historical Association (EHA). ... See MoreSee Less
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The origins of May Day
In the 1800s, many Australians worked up to 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. There was no sick leave or paid holidays, and employers could dismiss workers without giving a reason. When British tradespeople arrived in Australia in the 1850s, they brought experience from the workers’ movement in England and a determination to win fairer conditions. Their goal was simple: 8 hours’ work, 8 hours’ recreation and 8 hours’ rest.
Victorian stonemasons led the push for the 8-hour day. After negotiations between their union and building companies broke down, stonemasons stopped work on 21 April 1856 at the construction site of the law faculty buildings at the University of Melbourne and walked off the job. Workers on other sites soon joined them. The Victorian government agreed that employees on public works would work an 8-hour day with no loss of pay, and on 12 May 1856 the stonemasons marked the victory with a march. Qld followed in 1858.
Initially only a minority of workers, mainly in the building trades, won the 8-hour day. Most workers, including women and children, generally worked longer hours for less pay. It was not until 1916 that the Eight Hours Act was passed in Victoria and NSW, and it spread to other states in the 1920s. Even so, it was not until January 1948 that the Commonwealth Arbitration Court approved a 40-hour, 5-day working week for all Australians. ... See MoreSee Less
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An idea sparked within the Noosa Botanic Gardens - Friends has blossomed into a brand-new orchid – one created to be uniquely Noosa’s.
The 120-strong Friends group has worked closely with the Noosa District Orchid & Foliage Society since the early days of the gardens’ Shade Garden. In 2015, Eumundi resident Mike Brownlee and the Society’s then-President John Green, began shaping a flower that could become a living symbol of the region’s beauty.
“I dreamed up this orchid idea,” said Mike. “We kept looking at the gardens and saying, ‘What do we want up here?’ Locals saw the gardens as sub-tropical and thought they should have orchids – but they didn’t. So the idea was, let’s invent one – and that’s what started it.”
From the outset, Mike said the project would take a decade. “We’ve got to do it properly. I knew we had talented people around: growers, specialists, who could get the orchid we want.”
The team settled on a colour palette that reflected the Sunshine Coast – sunshine yellow, contrasted with red. The final question was whether anything like it already existed.
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