Coolalinga Central Magazine Issue 1

It’s a small bushy plant which usually grows to 1.5m. It has
dark green, round to oval shaped leaves. The petals of the
flowers are mauve with a deep red marking at the base.
The flowers look similar to the hibiscus, which belongs to the
same family.
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THIRD LAYER_ SASSAFRAS BLACK HEART VENEER
We were looking for veneers from trees indigenous to
the Northern Territory but unfortunately, the veneers from
these trees were too plain. The veneer that had the most
character from Australia was the Sassafras Black Heart,
which is mainly from Tasmania and we felt, that would be
the best option to go with.
Sassafras is famous for its spectacular black-heart stain
caused by naturally occurring wood fungi which produces
a range of contrasting brown to black colours in the
heartwood.
THE ASSEMBLY!!
It took us tens of thousands of man hours over two weeks
with help from colleagues, former colleagues, friends,
partners, family (and some of our kids!) to assemble 2,300
numbers of roses made from about 11,500 big petals and
9,200 small petals cut out from the Sassafras veneer!
These roses were then packed and shipped to Darwin for
assembly. Three of our colleagues were flown to Darwin
and they worked tirelessly for a week to hang up these
roses with fishing lines, paperclips and weighed down with
buttons! to form three massive wedge tailed eagles (with a
wingspan of 13.2 metres each!) hanging over the mall.
NAMING
COOLALINGA
F
or a long time there has been uncertainty
about where the name Coolalinga came
from. The place names committee website
states: Litchfield Shire locality derives its name
from the name used by Lent Cant in the 1970’s
for his Store and Caravan Park on the Stuart
Highway at the 19 Mile. Coolalinga is possibly of
Aboriginal origin, but some say it came about
due to ‘it being a cool place to linger’ - being
close to 29km from Darwin city.
But I believe Len Cant had an interest in horses
and named his caravan park after a horse
called Coolalinga. According to the information
in the Coolalinga newspaper excerp, Coolalinga means
For a long time there has been uncertainty about where the
name Coolalinga came from. The place names committee
website states: This central Litchfield Shire locality derives its
name from the name used by Len Cant in the 1970s for his
Store and Caravan park on the Stuart Highway at the 19
Mile. Coolalinga is possibly of Aboriginal origin, but some say it
came about due to "it being a cool place to linger" - being close
to 29km from Darwin city.
But I believe Len Cant had an interest in horses and named his
caravan park after a horse called Coolalinga. According to the
information below Coolalinga means ‘running water’. Attached
is a picture of the racehorse, a record of the number of races it
raced in, and a newspaper report on the biggest win of its
career, the Newmarket Handicap of 1974 run at Flemington.
With the opening of the new Coolalinga Shopping centre
imminent it seemed a good time to set the record straight.
‘running water’. Attached is a picture of the
racehorse, a record of the number of races it
raced in, and a newspaper report on the biggest
win of its carreer, the Newmarket Handicap of
1974 run at Flemington. With the opening of the
new Coolalinga Central imminent it seemed a
Coolalinga 1974 Newmarket Handicap winner
good time to set the record straight.
Racehorse Coolalinga was foaled in 1969 and was by My Own
out of the mare Swiss (by Neptune).
67 starts – 12 wins – 10 places – $72,695 in stakes
Coolalinga 1974 N
Racehorse Coolal
out of the mare Sw
67 starts – 12 wins
STORY BY GERRY WOOD
July_September 2017
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