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MOORELAND CHARLIE

FOCIS has committed to the purchase of Mooreland Charlie, an 11year old Clydesdale gelding. Charlie will provide buggy rides for visitors and demonstrate historic farm equipment.

We have three Clydesdales but Syd and Max are now in retirement, too old to work and Nellie has not been trained. Charlie has worked in Melbourne and Sovereign Hill and is an experienced horse.

Charlie is FOCIS Christmas and New Year present to Churchill Island Farm and will play a major role in maintaining the heritage of farms worked by horses. He will arrive after the summer season as staff need training and development for his management which is best done after the peak period. He also needs to pass a medical examination before joining us.

The Spring 2023 Newsletter is now available online.

You can access this edition as well as earlier editions of the Newsletter here: FOCIS Newsletters

The Winter 2023 Newsletter is now available online.

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The Autumn 2023 Newsletter is now available online.

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The Summer 2022 Newsletter is now available online.

A Large Print Edition of the Newsletter is also available.

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Last FOCIS event for 2022: Carol singing in the farmyard in period dress. Come along on Saturday or Sunday, 17 and 18 December at 1 pm. Listen for the sounds of music and find the choristers. They are conducted by Cecily Woodberry and include Lois Wenham, David Woodberry, Tony Morris, Julie Thomas, Mike Cleeland, Kate Cleeland and Noeline Evans.

If you arrive ealry, come to Amess House and talk to David Maunders about Churchill Island History.

If you’ve been following the newsletters, Facebook posts or attending our meetings, you’ll know about the exciting developments at Churchill Island!

The Friends of Churchill Island Society invites you to the “Churchill Island History and Her Story, Edition 3” book launch as well as the grand reveal of the restored historic Tipping Dray. 

Saturday 22nd January, 2022
at Churchill Island Function Room
2:30 – 4:00 pm

Please join us for afternoon tea to mingle with some of those who made it all happen and celebrate two wonderful achievements!
We hope you can come.

RSVP 15/1/22  secretary@focis.org.au