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District. They raised four children and now have<br />
11 grandchildren. She has always played an<br />
active, energetic and tireless role both on the<br />
family farm and for any fundraising activity or<br />
organisation within the Weemalah and Mungindi<br />
Communities. Mhora was an inaugural member<br />
of the Weemelah Country Women’s Association<br />
joining 52 years ago and is still an active<br />
member today. She was a member of the local<br />
Far West Children’s Health Scheme Branch until<br />
it closed and a former member of the Weemelah<br />
Horse Sports. Mhora is an active member of the<br />
Mungindi and Weemelah Anglican Church. She<br />
was awarded life membership of the Pastoral &<br />
Agricultural Society for her long service and been<br />
President and Secretary of the Women’s Auxiliary.<br />
Mhora regularly did fundraising for the Cancer<br />
Council by hosting Biggest Morning Teas in her<br />
home, is an active participant of Meals on Wheels<br />
and a working member of Mungindi Hospital.<br />
She has held various positions on the Weemelah<br />
Hall Committee and provided costly equipment<br />
when needed. She is also involved with the<br />
Mungindi Music Festival preparing and donating<br />
food. Mhora is a member of the Mungindi Open<br />
Garden Scheme and a member of the Rural Fire<br />
Service – manning the radio in emergencies.<br />
She was awarded a lifetime membership to the<br />
Mungindi Show Society and has attended all but<br />
one of the Mungindi Picnic Races. In addition to<br />
this extensive list, Mhora is known as someone<br />
who welcomes new people to the community<br />
and keeps in contact with former residents. She<br />
has the ability to pull a crowd together for any<br />
fundraising event within cooee of Weemelah and<br />
epitomises the words ‘<strong>Hidden</strong> Treasure’ having<br />
given so much to her community.<br />
18 | NSW HIDDEN TREASURES HONOUR ROLL <strong>2012</strong><br />
lee-anne hughston [Wanaaring]<br />
Lee-Anne works tirelessly for the community<br />
of Wanaaring in many different ways. She is a<br />
volunteer Ambulance Officer, providing first<br />
response to anyone requiring ambulance services<br />
in Wanaaring and surrounding districts. Lee-Anne<br />
is also a volunteer State Emergency Service Officer<br />
and a volunteer Rural Fire Service Deputy Captain.<br />
She has been called upon to fight rural fires which<br />
often involve long periods of time in difficult<br />
conditions. During the Wanaaring floods in 2010<br />
Lee-Anne, along with other volunteers, was seen<br />
more than waist deep in water sandbagging along<br />
the access road to prevent total destruction of the<br />
road and surrounding environment. One of her<br />
roles is to ensure all the vehicles and equipment<br />
are well maintained and ready when needed.<br />
This is very time consuming and Lee-Anne attends<br />
to these duties without seeking acknowledgement<br />
or recognition. Along with her husband Bruce,<br />
she regularly ensures the local environment is<br />
litter free by taking full rubbish bins to the tip on<br />
weekend during their limited free time. Lee-Anne<br />
can often be seen riding a slasher to keep the<br />
grass around Wanaaring and its airstrip at safe<br />
and aesthetic levels for the benefit of those in<br />
the community and visitors travelling through.<br />
Lee-Anne has recently devoted many hours for a<br />
worthy cause locally and raised significant funds.<br />
She is highly deserving of being included in the<br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>Hidden</strong> <strong>Treasures</strong> <strong>Honour</strong> <strong>Roll</strong>.
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