City schools reach out to help drought-affected communities

By Dani Cooper
Updated November 5 2018 - 2:46pm, first published November 3 2018 - 6:00am
Tullamore Central School students enjoying Sydney as guests of Epping Boys High, who are among many city schools that are connecting with drought-affected schools. Photos supplied by the Department of Education.
Tullamore Central School students enjoying Sydney as guests of Epping Boys High, who are among many city schools that are connecting with drought-affected schools. Photos supplied by the Department of Education.

When Epping Boys High School principal Tim O’Brien was asked to become involved in helping NSW schools affected by the drought, he drew on his childhood for inspiration. As a child Mr O’Brien would travel with his father to Tullamore, in central NSW, to help with the shearing on his uncle’s property – land he was awarded as a returned World War II soldier.

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