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08:14

Paul Mete Part 4 - Timor - loved the people and the...

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2025/07/26

In this podcast Paul, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, recalls his time in Timor, and how much he enjoyed his time there. He especially liked the people there and recounts some stories about his time in Timor. He also describes his relationship with his Mum and how he held her close through some of the tough times.

09:48

Paul Mete Part 3a - More info on New Guinea and how...

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2025/07/25

In this podcast Paul, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, adds a few further thoughts about his time in New Guinea. He goes into more details about his very serious incident where he was nearly killed and how dangerous this job was.

07:35

Paul Mete Part 3 - Memories of New Guinea, Working on...

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2025/07/25

In this podcast Paul, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, remembers his time in New Guinea, especially working on a Mine in the mountains. He also recalls how dangerous it was.

04:09

Geoff Stewart Part 3 - Touching the Rock - What it...

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2025/07/16

In this podcast Superintendent Geoff Stewart, in conversation with David Lee from 6NEW describes how important that event was to him, and all the Senior Sergeants who followed him at Newman, and how bonds were formed with the families of those police officers who were lost.He also describes the emotion associated with "Touching the Rock" as the police and then the Newman community file past to remember those who were lost.

02:41

Geoff Stewart Part 2 - The Ceremony to remember the...

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2025/07/16

In this podcast Superintendent Geoff Stewart, in conversation with David lee, from 6NEW recalls what the Bloody Slow Games means to the games. He remembers the solemnity and emotion of the ceremony that was held at the site of the accident, and how that carried over into the games that followed. One of the main purposes of the Bloody Slow Games and Ceremony was to re-connect the families with the Police Force and Newman.

02:19

Geoff Stewart Part 1 - Origins of the Bloody Slow Cup

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2025/07/16

In this podcast Superintendent Geoff Stewart, in conversation with David Lee, from 6NEW recalls the origins of the Bloody Slow Games in Newman . The first rugby match was played between the Aussies and the Kiwis in 2005. It was held to commemorate the death of four police officers in a plane crash just outside Newman on January 26th 2001.

03:53

Tyson Walters Part 6 - Favourite places, people and...

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2025/07/15

In this podcast Tyson Walters, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, shares some his favourite memories, places and people in Newman.

09:32

Karen Walters Part 5 - Jobs, Tyson, Friends, Marriage...

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2025/07/14

In this podcast Karen Walters, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, describes her jobs in Newman. She tells about the arrival of Tyson in 2016 and how it changed their lives. She outlines why they changed jobs and how it was worked around Tyson's day care at the YMCA. She mentions some of her special friends and "characters", especially Gibbo. She and Reuben were married on the top of Radio Hill and celebrated afterwards at the Speedway! She describes how she assisted Reuben to compete in Speedway,

08:00

Karen Walters Part 4 - Intro to Newman, the job and...

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2025/07/11

In this podcast Karen Walters, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, recalls her introduction to Newman, where Reuben showed her around. She describes what her job entailed and some of the challenges she encountered. She also describes how her team had to clear the air crash site which was overgrown and remove all the weeds and bring it to pristine condition. She remembers the fire that hit the shire offices, and how many of the maps and local knowledge was lost.

09:15

Reuben Walters Part 3 - Memories, Jobs, meeting...

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2025/07/08

In this podcast Reuben Walters, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, shares some memories of Newman. He also outlines various jobs he had around Newman, until he and Karen moved into their own business. He describes meeting Karen and also tells of some of the sports he was involved in.

07:14

Reuben Walters Part 2 - Jobs, YMCA, Hilditch Trail,...

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2025/07/06

In this podcast Reuben Walters, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, recalls his jobs after he left school. These included working at the YMCA, preparing the Hilditch Trail on Radio Hill, maintaining the gardens around the flats, working for the Shire of East Pilbara on parks and gardens around town, and maintaining the five ovals in Newman.

07:00

Reuben Walters Part 1 - Arrival, Housing, School,...

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2025/07/05

In this podcast Reuben Walters, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, describes his arrival in Newman in 1988 and his memories of the town. He attended Newman Senior High School and recalls what life was like there.

10:03

Paul Mete Part 2 - Groote Island, Darwin, Cyclone...

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2025/06/20

In this podcast Paul, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, recalls his time in Groote Island and Darwin, including the scary experience of surviving Cyclone Tracey. He also reflects on how living up North can change you forever.

10:30

Paul Mete Part 1 - Migrating from Italy, Learning to...

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2025/06/19

In this podcast Paul, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, remembers how his family emigrated to Australia from Italy in 1953, after his father had been a Prisoner of War in Australia during WWII. He recalls how he learned his trade as an earth moving machine operator first of all by working in a quarry. He then moved up to Port Hedland, where he honed his skill on the 988 front end loader. He then moved on to Goldsworthy where he describes the very basic life in the camp, before the town was even

07:36

Wolfgang Kalisch Part 5 - Presentation Night, 100...

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2025/05/17

In this podcast Wolf, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, recalls his favourite memory - Presentation Night -where length of service was recognised. He also remembers winning the ton of gold prize from the Walkabout! Wolf describes attending the annual Newman Reunion at Whiteman Park and Paul recalls attending day care centre and having to eat his green vegetables - he thought he was being poisoned.!

08:14

Wolfgang Kalisch Part 4 - Paul, Speedway, Rubbish Tip...

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2025/05/17

In this podcast Wolf's son Paul joins the conversation with Lisa Rickert. Paul grew up in Newman and shares some of his memories. Wolf recalls his involvement with Speedway and Sir Gotcha's team. He remembers when the rubbish tip became full and digging a new one took priority over all other tasks. Wolf was also part of the A shift Social Club which specialised in sending flowers and fruit to the wives of his colleagues, if they ended up in hospital. He was a relieving foreman, so worked across all

07:36

Wolfgang Kalisch Part 3 - Con Camp, Sufferers...

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2025/05/16

In this podcast Wolf, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, recalls living in the Bechtel Con Camp - Sufferers' Paradise - and then the early days of the SMQ and the town Mess. He also remembers the early days of the Walkabout Hotel, especially the Animal Bar! He describes the town swimming pool and his involvement in the swimming club, including inter-town swimming carnivals.

09:49

Wolfgang Kalisch Part 1 - Time spent travelling,...

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2025/05/14

In this podcast Wolf, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, describes his journey of how he came to Newman in 1969. He had previously spent time at Koolan Island and he described his time there. He then travelled the world, starting in 1966. He recalls his childhood days in East Berlin, just after WWII, and how his family escaped and migrated to Australia in 1953.

06:44

Wolfgang Kalisch Part 2 - Early Days working on the ...

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2025/05/14

In this podcast Wolf, describes how he came to Newman after much travels. He started in the workshop, which had not been fully completed at that stage. He describes the various machines he worked on, and how the new workshop didn't allow for the larger machines. He was moved to the Hill and worked on the shovels and trucks, but also across many different areas.

05:22

Harley Jones Part 6 - Trip by Motorbike, Nearest...

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2025/05/02

In this podcast Harley, in conversation with Lisa Rickert, describes the present trip he is making on his Kawasaki Ninja 1000 motorbike, after a few different incidents that prevented him from completing the trip earlier. He also recalls that the nearest medical facilities were only found in Meekathara.

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