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The great Fassifern marsupial hunt: A dire and dreadful slaughter
IN the 18 months to July 1878, more than 30,000 kangaroos were killed by hunting parties on the Fassifern station run. The countryside was in…
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Two ‘of interest’ in theft and arson at Boonah and Peak Crossing
Boonah Police are seeking community assistance to identify two young people who are believed to be able to assist with police investigations into the attempted…
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‘Toxic’: Claims levelled against fire ant program in Parliament
Claims of a toxic and putrid workplace, and allegations of falsified records and nepotism have been levelled against the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication…
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$100k win to Council to restore the Scenic Rim agri-tourism and food industry
The Scenic Rim Regional Council will initiate the first stage of an agri-food and agri-tourism industry development program using a $100,000 grant from the Queensland…
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Council boosts weed killing, tree planting budget
It goes by the impressive name of ‘Pest Plant Species Project’ but it boils down to the killing of weeds on roadsides throughout the region.…
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Kalbar man injured in h’way crash
The Cunningham Highway at Mt Edwards has reopened following its closure due to a motorcycle accident. The single vehicle crash resulted in the rider, a…
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Vale: Ethel Brent 2.02.1922 — 22.06.2020
‘Angels with wings’ There was a completeness to the circle of life on the day Ethel Mahalah Brent died. The esteemed former Matron of the…
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Climber falls at Mt French, walks out
A rock climber has been injured in a fall from the Frog Buttress cliffs at Mt French, this afternoon. The Queensland Ambulance Service reported that…
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The importance of writing obituaries: Country Parson
Two years ago Merrilyn and I returned to our first congregation in South Australia for a special anniversary. At the luncheon after the morning church…
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Award win for walking in the boots of Italian PoWs
The prestigious John Oxley Library Award for 2020 has been presented to an author of a book and website chronicling the time when Italian prisoners of…
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$4m for Kerry Road bridges
The total Council budget for new bridges in the Scenic Rim will be used to build two new structures on one of the feeder roads…
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The sad story of Truganini
Some years back now, Merrilyn and I ferried the caravan across the D’Entrecasteaux Channel from the mainland to Bruny Island, below Hobart, south east Tasmania,…
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