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Issue 8(3) - Spring 2012
Highlights:
• The Walk: Heroes Welcomed
• Flying Start to Capital Campaign
• Preparing for the Big Dig
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Issue 8(2) - Winter 2012
Highlights:
• AOC Acquires Treasured Historic Camp
• Trio of Giants Benefit Black Opal Shed
• Riveting Evening of International Gemstone Intrigue
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Issue 8(1) - Autumn 2012
Highlights:
• Give Now and Build the Australian Opal Centre
• Collection Spotlight
• Cliffs to Ridge 2012: Retracing an Incredible Historic Journey
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Issue 7(4) - Summer 2011
Highlights:
• Government House Reception
• First Capital Funds for Opal Centre Building
• Goodooga Year 5/6 Visit the Opal Centre
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Issue 7(3) - Spring 2011
Highlights:
• Heritage and Fossil Search Shed Opens
• Results of National Photography Competition
• Opal Fields Challenge and Inspire Great Architects of the Present and Future
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Issue 7(2) - Winter 2011
Highlights:
• Lightning Ridge Dinosaurs Star in New Book About Ancient Australia
• A Lightning Ridge Fossil Finder's Guide to What Is...and What Isn't
• Magnificent Relic from an Ancient Queensland Forest
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Issue 7(1) - Autumn 2011
Highlights:
• AOC Launches Nationwide Photographic Competition
• Opal Centre Activities to Expand Into Fossil Preparation and Heritage Shed
• Phenomenal Input by AOC Volunteers
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Issue 6(4) - Summer 2010
Highlights:
• Model start to New Year
• It's Life for Le Soueff
• Recent Additions to the Collection
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Issue 6(3) - Spring 2010
Highlights:
• Golden words by the Shovelful
• Paleobotanists in Lightning Ridge
• Famous Falsies and a Mystery (Maybe) Solved
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Issue 6(2) - Winter 2010
Highlights:
• Exciting Holiday Discovery
• New Investigations into an Enduring Mystery
• Paleontologists on the Prowl
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Issue 6(1) - Autumn 2010
Highlights:
• $100,000 for 2010 Projects
• Coming Soon: Fossil Preparation Facility
• Long-Serving AOC President Retires
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Issue 5(4) - Summer 2009
Highlights:
• $600,000 for Fossil Research & Tourism
• Opalised Turtles at World Forum
• Happy First Birthday!
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Issue 5(3) - Spring 2009
Highlights:
• Harold Hodges' Opal Teeth
• History in Lights and Bright Lights for the Future
• Buried Treasures
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Issue 5(2) - Winter 2009
Highlights:
• Historic Jewel Graces Collection
• Opal Of The World
• Shining A Light On Ridge's Fragile Black Heart
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Issue 5(1) - Autumn 2009
Highlights:
• "A First Class Exhibition"
• What's in the Shop (...and What's Not)
• Fossil Identification Service
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Issue 4(4) - Summer 2008
Highlights:
• Vice Regal Endorsement: Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of NSW, opens AOC Showroom
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Issue 4(3) - Spring 2008
Highlights:
• AOC Website Launched
• Bird, Plant and Geology Sites of Lightning Ridge
• Dinosaurs, Doohickies and Drop Stones: Recent Additions to the AOC Collection
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Issue 4(2) - Winter 2008
Highlights:
• Development Approved!
• Black Opal Becomes Official State Emblem
• Palaeontologists to Study Climate Change in Ridge Fossil Record
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Issue 4(1) - Autumn 2008
Highlights:
• The Next Big Question: How Much Will It Cost?
• Development Application Submitted for Opal Centre
• Ridge Dinos in the Spotlight
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Issue 3(3) - Spring 2007
Highlights:
• Forging Ahead: Meet the AOC Building Design Team
• Leafing Through the Book of Time at Grawin
• The Opal in the Paddock: A New Hitchcock Mystery
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Issue 3(2) - Winter 2007
Highlights:
• Lightning Ridge to Create First Unesco Opal Geopark?
• More Treasures Added to the Collection
• Wendy Lewin Honoured
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Issue 3(1) - Autumn 2007
Highlights:
• Coober Pedy Hosts Dynamic National Opal Symposium
• Celebrated Artists Enrich Collection
• The History Buffs' Procrastination Club
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Issue 2(4) - Summer 2006
Highlights:
• Milestone: Title Granted
• Name Change on the Agenda
• Turtles That Talk and Time Travel - Horns and Tails from the Opal Dirt
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Issue 2(3) - Spring 2006
Highlights:
• Precious Collection Grows
• On the Wallaby Track
• Heavenly Hypsies... Rhymes With Gypsies
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Issue 2(2) - Winter 2006
Highlights:
• Protecting Our Endangered Opal Mining Heritage
• Palaeo's Performance Packs Out Nightclub
• Generous Donation by University Scientist
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Issue 2(1) - Autumn 2006
Highlights:
• NSW Ministry for the Arts Backs Opal & Fossil Centre
• ...And So Does NSW Department of State and Regional Development
• How to Value Opalised Fossils
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Issue 1(4) - Summer 2005
Highlights:
• Australian Museum Steps Out Back
• Old Mush Grinders: The Lightning Ridge Lungfish
• Profile: LROFC Members
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Issue 1(3) - Spring 2005
Highlights:
• Mighty Relic From Gonda-Wanda-Land
• Opal Festival and 4th National Opal Symposium
• Tooth And Claw And Feathers Galore: The Lightning Ridge Therapods
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Issue 1(2) - Winter 2005
Highlights:
• Will Sanity Prevail Out On Lunatic Hill?
• Profile: Susan Freeman, Exhibition Designer
• Why Do Yabbies Need Buttons?
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Issue 1(1) - Autumn 2005
Highlights:
• Introduction to the Lightning Ridge Opal And Fossil Centre
• Opalised Fossils: Windows on a Lost Landscape
• Royal Tyrrell Museum: An Inspirational Visit
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