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Emily Irene Jurss
Local ResidentEmily Jurss (pictured left) with her partner Shane Lofts
Australian journalist Emily Jurss (previously Emily Black) returned home to the Gympie region 2019 after she was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumour and extreme domestic violence. After five years living in Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay, she has now returned to the heart of Gympie and has rejoined to her journalism career as a freelance journalist for Big Rigs Newspaper.
Prior to the diagnosis, Emily was a senior real estate reporter for News Corp Australia.
With more than a decade of experience in journalism, her accomplishments to date include being part of a tight-knit team who founded Noosa Today and its associated real estate magazines and in her role of The Hervey Bay Independent and Fraser Coast Life & Style she was the journalist, researcher and photographer for the sold out one off publication: Past & Present: Fraser Coast Memories 2018.
Prior to the diagnosis, Emily was a senior real estate reporter for News Corp Australia.
With more than a decade of experience in journalism, her accomplishments to date include being part of a tight-knit team who founded Noosa Today and its associated real estate magazines and in her role of The Hervey Bay Independent and Fraser Coast Life & Style she was the journalist, researcher and photographer for the sold out one off publication: Past & Present: Fraser Coast Memories 2018.
Australian Reporter Emily Jurss
Creative Media Consultant. Due to a contract with Prime Media, I am unable to write as a journalist for other publications, but can consult and provide marketing and advertising services to small businesses.
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🌟 Yarri and Jackey
Wiradjuri men Yarri and Jackey repeatedly entered the floodwaters at Gundagai in June 1852 to rescue people trapped in trees. Yarri used a bark canoe and Jackey a rowboat, drawing on knowledge and skills that became vital as buildings were swept away. The National Museum records that four Aboriginal men assisted, although only these two are known by name. Their courage was acknowledged belatedly, and a bronze memorial was unveiled in 2017. Their story belongs at the centre of Gundagai’s history of the disaster.
