History
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‘Gateway’ to Maroon re-opens
Past and present Maroon residents, some with district pioneering ancestry, gathered at the Sport and Recreation Grounds recently to witness the completion of the refurbishment of…
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A tale of tea leaves: Templin Topic
by Karen Douglas Are you a loose tea leaf connoisseur or are tea bags your preferred method of making a cup of tea? This month’s…
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Water in inexhaustible quantities lies under Boonah?
Water in inexhaustible quantities lies under Boonah? Seems improbable. Yet it was a statement made by Samuel Cossart the Chairman of the Boonah Shire Council…
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On the stroke of midnight …
Have you ever dialled 1194? On the stroke of midnight on Monday, September 30, 2019, we lost George the Talking Clock. On the stroke of…
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‘It must have been hell on earth’: Ghosts of a battlefield tour
Steve Noble stood alongside the white memorial cross marking the location in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, where 53 years ago, 18 Australian soldiers died…
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Parliamentary future for local men of war
A hand coloured photograph of the Boonah district Dungarees will soon feature on the walls of the Queensland Parliamentary Gallery. The photo shows the intending…
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Merryvale and its travelling school
SEARCH the internet for a place called Merryvale and several options pop up. Narrow your search ignore the question asking if you meant ‘Maryvale’ and…
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Country Parson: The remarkable George Rosendale
The Reverend Doctor George Rosendale died in his home town of Hope Vale in North Queensland on the 11th September 2019, aged 89. His death…








