Australiana Pioneer Village has celebrated its 50th birthday, a testament to the volunteers, known as Friends of Pioneer Village—otherwise known as the Village People. The village was looking its finest for the celebrations, and Costa Georgiadis was there to give crowds tips and techniques on their gardening and their chooks. The land on which the village is situated was farmland, recognised as essential to the survival of colonial New South Wales, and it was one of the earliest grants made in Australia, registered in 1797. Bill McLaughlin,