New citizens embrace life in Temora

Temora welcomed six new Australian citizens to the community in a ceremony in the Temora Shire Council chambers last Thursday 5 November. Hannah Doll, Helen Narayan, and the Orbita family Elias, Michelle, Eliana and Mikyle who hail from across the globe all pledged their commitment to their new nation. Germany, the Cook Islands and the Philippines were represented at the ceremony that was attended my family, friends and colleagues filling the council chamber to capacity. Helen Narayan came to Australia from the Cook Islands 20 years ago and has been in Temora for almost 10 years. Ms Narayan says one of the things that is special about living in Temora is the sense of community and the opportunities for her two children to participate in sport. Hannah Doll came to Australia from Germany straight from school and the city to work on farms at the end of 2013. Starting in shearing sheds she met her partner Nathan, a Temora local, and they travelled around with the shearing teams seeing many parts of Australia before moving back to Temora to settle and start a family. Ms Doll said she enjoyed the good physical work and the animals in her farm work. “I enjoy Temora as I have all my family here, not my family from Germany but my partner's family and now my little family and all my friends,” Ms Doll said. “It’s just a nice little community, perfectly placed up here, nice and quiet but not too far from Canberra, not too far from Sydney to fly back home for a visit. It's a great spot. The Orbita family arrived in Australia in 2014 from the Philippines, first calling Dubbo home before moving to Temora 10 years ago. Ms Orbita echoed the sentiments of a Ms Narayan and Ms Doll saying that she and her family enjoy the community. “They are all friendly and they are all very welcoming to the new migrants and other races,” Ms Orbita said. “They are like very welcoming to us.” Temora Shire Council mayor, Rick Firman, said that one of the greatest privileges of being mayor is conducting the citizenship ceremonies. “Welcoming people that want to call Australia home and choose to become Australians is truly a humbling experience,” Cr Firman said.

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