Bernard O’Reilly
History

Search and Rescue 1937

Compiled by Bernard O’Reilly Excerpt from Bernard O’Reilly’s book “Green Mountains”.Used with permission from Rhelma Kenny (O’Reilly) Bernard O’Reilly looked up at the pale grey scum that had spread itself over the sky from the sea, heralding one of the most violent cyclones that had ever swept the mountain tops […]

Museum and Shepherd’s Walk picnic.
History

The Shepherd’s Walk

Original author Brian Ward.  From Museum records. Compiled by Barry Kenny Sheep were only cutting three or four pounds of wool once a year which was sold in England, seedy wool bringing twopence to twopence halfpenny a pound weight, better quality wool was around two shillings (2/-).  There was up […]

The graves of Chinese shepherds.
History

The Shepherd’s Walk

Compiled by Barry Kenny. “In 1986 the Beaudesert Historical Society erected three monuments to honour and remember the Chinese shepherds who lost their lives doing their work protecting the flocks of sheep belonging to their employers, and the Aboriginals, trying as best they could to drive out the invaders.  These […]