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Regional Education and Career Help Australia

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Regional Education and Career Help Australia

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Britt Brennan - Empowerment-Focused First Aid Trainer & Employment Coach
I’m Britt Brennan, founder of REACHAU (Regional Education and Career Help Australia). I deliver nationally recognised First Aid training and trauma-informed career development that empowers people to act with confidence - especially in high-risk, regional, or under-served communities.
With a background in education and mental health, I focus on the why behind every skill I teach. Whether it's HLTAID011 for workplace compliance or confidence-building workshops for jobseekers, people leave my sessions not just certified - but genuinely prepared to help others.
I deliver tailored First Aid training and connect with local organisations ready to build practical skills into their teams and communities.
If you’re looking for onsite First Aid courses, workplace compliance support, or engaging training with real-world impact - let’s connect.
REACHAU delivers First Aid training and employment-focused education with a strong emphasis on empowerment, confidence, and real-world application.

We offer nationally accredited First Aid courses (HLTAID009, HLTAID011, HLTAID012, HLTAID013, HLTAID014) tailored to the needs of regional communities, high-risk workplaces, and industries where practical skills can save lives. Our training is trauma-informed, engaging, and designed to build genuine confidence – not just tick a compliance box.

Based in WA, REACHAU is currently offering training opportunities for local businesses, schools, jobseekers, and community groups. We come to you – delivering onsite training that fits your schedule and workplace context.

Whether you need First Aid certification for your team, support with compliance, or workshops that help people step into their next chapter with confidence, we’re here to help.

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Distinguished and Famous people from Murray Region South

⚙️ John Furphy

John Furphy established his forge at Shepparton in 1873 and developed a manufacturing business supplying agricultural equipment. His water carts became especially familiar through their use by the Australian army during the First World War. Gossip exchanged around the carts helped turn the family name into an Australian word for an unreliable story. The manufacturer himself was a serious-minded Methodist and community figure; even his cart ends carried moral advice. It is a curious linguistic afterlife for practical engineering: a business built to carry water ended up lending its name to talk that would not necessarily hold any.

📚 Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy worked at his brother John’s Shepparton foundry from 1884 while developing the writing that became Such is Life. Published in 1903 under the name Tom Collins, the novel drew on his knowledge of rural work and people, turning apparently rambling recollections into an intricate literary undertaking. State Library Victoria records the Shepparton house where he wrote. The town therefore holds two quite different Furphy stories: one brother made useful equipment, while the other made a demanding and enduring book. Both involved work done close to the Goulburn River within Victoria’s wider Murray region.

⛴️ Henry Hopwood

Henry Hopwood helped build the commercial beginnings of Echuca after an earlier life that included transportation to Tasmania. In 1853 he obtained a licence to occupy land between the Murray and Campaspe rivers, then developed a hotel and river crossing. Livestock moving between New South Wales and Victorian markets made the location valuable. A punt and later a pontoon bridge turned that geography into a business. The settlement became known as Hopwood’s Ferry before growing into Echuca. His story shows how accommodation, transport and a well-chosen crossing could reinforce one another in a developing river town.

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