We held our annual Volunteer Christmas Lunch at the Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct, on Thursday, 12 December and a wonderful time was had by all!
The event began with a watercolour workshop led by local artist Ping Carlyon, followed by a presentation where we shared the combined total of 1748 hours volunteered in 2024.
During the presentation we also recognised volunteers who
To celebrate our valued Volunteers and National Volunteer Week, the GRAGM Volunteer Team were treated to a harbour Cruise, Thursday 23 May 2024.
Visitor and Volunteer Experience Officers, Talia & Crystal, hopped on board to sail around the Gladstone harbour and let our volunteers know how appreciated they are.
During their thank you speech Talia said, "We want to take a moment to express
We were delighted to have Cr Glenn Churchill & Cr Chris Cameron attend to present the volunteer certificates at our recent GRAGM Volunteer Christmas Lunch at the Gladstone Bowls Club on Thursday, 7 December. The event was a heart-warming celebration of our dedicated volunteers and their invaluable contributions accompanied by barefoot bowls and a festive lunch.
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Gladstone Regional Council operating hours will change during the Christmas and New Year period.
Urgent phone enquiries will be taken 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on (07) 4970 0700.
The Gallery & Museum will close 4.30pm, Friday, 23 December 2022 and reopen at 10am, Tuesday, 3 January 2023.
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A local arts educator with more than 40 years' experience in Gladstone has taken out the top prize at The 47th Rio Tinto & QAL Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards held at Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum (GRAGM) on Saturday 22 October.
Geoffrey Head was named as overall winner of The Awards for his piece Wetland, taking out the top prize of $15,000.
“It's such a surprise”, Geoffrey
The Gallery & Museum will close for the install of The 47th Rio Tinto & QAL Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards from 2pm, Saturday, 8 October 2022 and will reopen 10am, Saturday, 22 October 2022.
You can still contact our staff on 4976 6766 & gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au, or visit gragm.qld.gov.au for information on our upcoming exhibitions and events.
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Gladstone Regional Council is committed to creating lasting and meaningful relationships that promote and enhance the Sister City relationship between the Gladstone Region and Saiki City, Japan.
Council is seeking expressions of interest from community members to provide Council with strategic advice and support on ways and means to enhance the sister city relationship and program.
The
The Art Gallery and Museum will be closed from Monday, 30 May for maintenance works, and will reopen 10am, Monday 6 June.
Maintenance works include painting, cable installation and general repairs.
It was decided that with the number of works being undertaken, it was in the best interests of public safety and visitor experience for the Gallery & Museum to close for the duration of the works.
Jeremy Hastings, Manager Community Relations Gladstone, Rio Tinto Alcan Yarwun and Queensland Alumina Ltd with Jo Duke, Curator, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum discuss the '2014 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards' with Channel 7 Local News reporters.