Works by the late art lecturer at the Mitchell College of Advanced Education (MCAE, Bathurst), Ms Jo Ross will be auctioned on Friday 9 November to raise funds for environmental projects in the Bathurst area. Ms Ross lectured at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) predecessor institution, MCAE, in the 1970s and 80s. According to former Bathurst mayor Peta Gurdon-Meara, Ms Ross “enjoyed watching the University grow in stature, reputation and enrolments”. She later served as a councillor on Bathurst City Council for four years from 1992. Her sons, Ben and Steve Ross, have requested that their mother’s art legacy be used to benefit specific environmental projects carried out by the organisation Greening Bathurst.