Inverell motorists would have noticed a high visibility police presence in Inverell over the weekend with Operation ROAM in full force.

More than 400 people travelled to the site of the Myall Creek Massacre near Delungra to remember the 30 Wirrayaraay people who were killed by settlers at the Myall Creek Station 170 years ago.

The site of the Myall Creek Aboriginal massacre 170 years ago has been made a national heritage site.

Delungra and Ross Hill Public Schools won New England Region Excellence in Education Awards at a ceremony in Glen Innes last week.

THIS Saturday’s commemoration of the Myall Creek masscare will reflect a new stage in reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, being the first since since the Federal Government’s apology to the Stolen Generations, according to a