Coolamon Shire Who's Who
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Aquila Hills Australian Natives
Designed to help people Grow • Learn • Connect, each Discovery Kit offers the chance to discover a different Australian native species — from seed through to flower — while learning about the ecology, science and stories behind it.
Aquila Hills is about making Australian native gardening accessible, curious and genuinely rewarding, one species at a time.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Coolamon Shire
🤝 Guy Purcell
Ganmain volunteer Guy Purcell was named Coolamon Shire’s Citizen of the Year in 2026. His work extended across swimming-pool activities, opportunities for young people and initiatives concerned with men’s health and wellbeing. The council highlighted involvement with MHERV health checks and Blokes in the Kitchen.
✈️ Allan McSweyn
Allan McSweyn spent his childhood on Mona Leigh, his family’s Ardlethan property, before moving to Sydney and training in accountancy. Flying lessons led to wartime RAAF service. Shot down over Germany in 1941, he made repeated escape attempts, eventually reaching England through France and Spain in 1943. He received the Military Cross for his resourcefulness and determination, then returned to flying instruction and later airline and business management. Ardlethan is his documented childhood home, not his Ashfield birthplace. The family property supplies an early rural chapter in a life later shaped by aviation, war and commercial travel.
