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COWRA IN THE NEWS

Last survivor of bloody Cowra breakout
 

WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

August 5, 2019

Former Japanese prisoner of war Teruo Murakami has returned to Cowra to honour comrades who died in the bloody 1944 Cowra breakout.

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Mixed farming on Mulyan: Agile, resilient and profitable
 

GROWING COUNTRY

February 14, 2023

Find out how this mixed farming operation has remained agile, resilient and profitable across all three of its divisions for over eight decades.

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From the Archives, 1944: True story behind the Cowra breakout

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

August 5, 2019

On August 5, 1944, 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape from Camp 12 near Cowra, in the Central West. The breakout resulted in the death of 231 prisoners and 4 Australian soldiers.

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Lieutenant Nell Gould was thrust – unarmed – into the centre of one of the most chaotic and violent episodes of World War II. 

WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

August 3, 2024

Lieutenant Nell Gould was thrust – unarmed – into the centre of one of the most chaotic and violent episodes of World War II. For the first time in 80 years her story can finally be told.

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Cowra farmer wins NSW Farmer of the Year with diversified enterprise

ABC NEWS 

December 10, 2015

Ed Fagan from Mulyan Farm has been awarded the New South Wales Department of Primary Industry's Farmer of the Year at an awards lunch in Sydney.

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Blue-E, Australia Feature Profile
 

VYTELLE NEWS

May 25, 2020

The Blue-E line of cattle are a composite line founded in 1997 based initially on 50% Angus x 50% Shorthorn by the Wright family of “Coota Park”, Woodstock, NSW.

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Gaining a wealth of knowledge around healthy soils
 

AUSVEG NEWS

March 2, 2022

Strategically managing cover crops, crop residues and reducing tillage with strip till is a current focus for Ed Fagan and his growing operation, Mulyan Farms in Cowra, NSW.

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Jon Wright, Coota Park Blue-E, Woodstock NSW
 

MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA

March 4, 2022

NSW Central Tableland’s beef cattle breeder and commercial producer, Jon Wright believes the beef cattle industry has a vital role to play in reducing its GHG emissions. 

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Gordon Refshauge – fertility and fecundity in the Australian sheep flock 2006 + 2019

AGRISTA PODCAST

March 12, 2025

Gordon's research focuses on sheep and goat reproduction but studies he has worked on include nutrition,  management, disease case studies, meat science and genetics.

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