Ali Brigginshaw
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It’s your state. It’s your day – Maroon It!

This Queensland Day, Queenslanders can win tickets and vouchers to tourism experiences by sharing what they love about the state and including #MaroonIt with their photo or video on Facebook and Instagram. Twelve community events, funded through the Queensland Government’s Queensland Day Sponsorship Program, will be held across Queensland between […]

Ray Edwards.
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Ray Edwards – Generational Honour

Ray Edwards is a man with stories to tell. Many would know him around town as he is a great believer of preserving Beaudesert’s regional heritage. He moved to Beaudesert after his uncle and aunt Ken and Beryl Hooper bought a dairy farm in Veresdale during the early 1970s. But […]

Peter, Mark and Laurie Ward and Mary Rohan.
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150 years of Wards in Kerry

When Irishman Patrick Ward camped under his dray on a selection of land in Kerry in 1874, he could never have known hundreds of his descendants would celebrate his legacy. But that is just what they will do at the ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Wards in Kerry Qld’ picnic at […]

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JobsNow expo comes to Scenic Rim

JobsNow is hosting a job exhibition on June 20 from 10am to 1pm at The Centre Beaudesert for Scenic Rim employers and job seekers to discover new career opportunities. JobsNow is an initiative run by local non-profit organisation INCIGHT where their mission is to unlock potential and promote inclusion in […]

McAuley College Principal Jason Pacey with Aunty Janis Page.
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“Now more than ever”

Now more than ever is the theme of Reconciliation Week 2024 and McAuley College has reinforced this to their students. Addressing a number of issues around reconciliation, the school recently adopted their Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)and  has had two immersion visits to the Indigenous community of Cherburg – one for […]

Mununjali Aunties with McAuley College staff and students.
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Powerful truth telling

You could have heard a pin drop as Blake Harris-Dean told his story at McAuley College’s Reconciliation Week assembly. Blake (pictured, right) and his family come from Yuwibara country, near Mackay. In the 1860s, there was a great deal of unrest between the early pioneers and the local Indigenous people. […]

New auxiliary firefighters Ben Whibley, Bailey Muller, Beau Watson, David Martin and David Barry.
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Our newest firefighters

An apprentice auto electrician and a public information officer, an ex-army Corporal, a high school teacher and a local entertainer are Beaudesert and Kooralbyn’s newest firefighters. Beaudesert’s Bailey Muller, David Martin, Beau Watson and Ben Whibley and Kooralbyn’s David Barry pledged to uphold the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFES) […]

Jim Logan, Janice Pellinkhof, Jaquie Harwood, Renae Duff, Kara Johnston, Janet Coombes.
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The state of volunteering in Beaudesert

Volunteering Queensland launched a State of Volunteering Report on May 7 to offer insights into the characteristics and challenges volunteers and volunteer managers face as well as provide advance evidence-based data on effective stakeholder decisions regarding community wellbeing. CEO of Volunteering Queensland, Mara Basanovic, has noticed a decline in volunteering […]

BAMS director Janine Francis and committee member Laurie Dunne.
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Join the theatre

Local theatre enthusiasts are throwing their arms open to welcome new members in a bid to breathe new life into Beaudesert’s community theatre group. BAMS Theatre Inc. will host an info night at 7pm June 11 and auditions at 2pm June 16 at The Centre, Beaudesert for their production of […]

Beaudesert State High School Principal Damien Burke.
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Double Celebration at Beaudesert State High & B150 Family Fun Day

The community is invited to join in a special double celebration on Saturday July 20, as Beaudesert State High School marks its 60th anniversary alongside Beaudesert’s Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) at a Family Fun Day. The event will run from 10am to 3pm at Beaudesert State High School, promising a day […]