History
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History – Our Greatest Flood – Part 1
I came across this photograph in the Picture Ipswich collection. It was labelled according to the inscription on the donated image: “Members of Stumer family…
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Kalbar’s honour roll book to honour war service
KALBAR RSL Sub-branch is among 57 ex-service and community organisations sharing in more than $3.5 million in grant funding to provide wellbeing projects and commemorative…
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Heritage battle cost ratepayers almost $250,000
THE Scenic Rim Regional Council has disclosed it spent almost $250,000 on legal and expert fees to successfully appeal the heritage listing of the Beaudesert…
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Plaque honours man who loved Kalbar
THE late Arnold Munchow was the street cleaner, gardener and amenities cleaner for the town centres of Kalbar and Aratula. He retired in 1991. He…
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Queen of Fashion to lead campaign for House of Fashion
AUSTRALIAN fashion icon, Liz Davenport, will lead a fundraising campaign for the Fassifern Historical Society’s House of Fashion. The announcement this week follows a surprise…
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Volunteers sought for clean up of pioneer cemetery
IN AN early project ahead of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Baptist Church in Kalbar, members have begun a clean up of…
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100 hearts marks a centenary of Guild service
THE pulpit in the Dugandan Lutheran Church is now adorned with a quilted banner depicting the church and bordered by 100 intertwined hearts. It is…
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The Beauty of Life – Mary Bryant
WRITERS and film makers have adopted the convict Mary Bryant as the centrepiece of their gift to the world, but very little is actually known…
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The Beauty of Life – Suet Pudding and Stewed Cockatoo
“It is remarkable how soon a man becomes indifferent to the niceties of food. Iguanas, opossums, and birds of all kinds, had for some time…
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A school, a church, Tarome, Coochin – all entwine in a Diamond celebration
A BRISBANE couple spent their 60th wedding anniversary in the building where he taught Tarome school children almost 60 years ago. The school building was…
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Nightmare war began as a happy adventure
“LONG columns of laughing and smiling newly-uniformed Australian soldiers boarded ships for what they perceived to be a great adventure.” Kalbar RSL Branch president, Dr…
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Scrub school demolition plan upsets past pupils
HISTORY will be destroyed if Education Queensland goes ahead with plans to demolish two structures that have been part of Veresdale Scrub State School since…












