Community
Magellan in the Community
Wiluna community event
Magellan is committed to keeping the community informed about activities at the Wiluna site. As part of this, members of the Wiluna community were brought together for a Magellan mine site tour and a BBQ lunch in 2010.
Ngangganawilli Aboriginal Health Service
Magellan has maintained its commitment to the Ngangganawilli Aboriginal Health Service with an annual donation since its lead carbonate mining operations began in 2005. The $45,000 contribution goes towards costs of running the hospital, servicing over 1000 residents in the Shire of Wiluna.
Constable Care Child Safety Foundation
In September 2009, Wiluna kids went head-to-head with the local police in a friendly game of football. The game was organised by the Constable Care Child Safety Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that specialises in early intervention strategies for children.
Magellan sponsored the event by providing mini-footballs for the kids, which helped create an exciting day on and off the field for both the kids and their rivals. The friendly battle saw reinforcements from Forrestfield Police Station brought in to boost the small and outnumbered police contingent in Wiluna. Everyone had a great time, with the kids especially delighted to defeat the police team by two goals. The game was followed by a BBQ and the kids got to keep their mini footballs.
In 2008, Magellan contributed to a similar project through Constable Care by providing footballs to children in Esperance.
Other Magellan support included assisting the Constable Care Child Safety Foundation in making its first visit in 10 years to the Wiluna Remote Community School in 2005. Magellan also contributed to the construction of the community swimming pool which provides regular organised exercise for women and children.
Wiluna Martu Eagles host Dalkeith Nedlands Junior Football Club
Over the Foundation Day long weekend in June 2010, the Wiluna Martu Junior Football Club hosted the Dalkeith Nedlands Junior Football Club and shared a range of activities with their visitors, including a friendly Sunday game. As well as football, the boys, through the local indigenous community, the local police force and the industry partner members of the Wiluna Partnership Agreement, experienced bush tucker preparation some other great outdoor activities, mentoring by the former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Bugner (who accompanied then on the trip) and a tour of mining projects. The Wiluna community joined the two football clubs for a lunch following the game.
This was the second time the two teams had met. In August 2009, the Martu Eagles travelled to Perth to take up the invitation of the Dalkeith Nedlands Junior Football Club. Through these football weekends, two very different communities with a shared passion for football are brought together and given an opportunity to develop friendships and learn about each other’s ways of life. Who won? – everybody did!
