IN THE mid-1850s Patrick and Margaret Milbanks joined many other Irish people and decided to journey to Australia and try their luck in a new country. They arrived in Queensland with son William, born during the voyage, and took a job on Pikedale Station at Stanthorpe. Their daughters Bridget and […]
1865, The Queensland Land Alienation Act. The name struck dread into the hearts of some, but sparked opportunity and dreams for many more. Squatters, who had selected vast Station Runs in the 1840s, were now compelled to give up half their land to make way for the settlers, and thereby […]
While constructing the Rabbit Board fence at Mt Lindesay the construction party came across a major problem. A huge rock weighing about 50 tons resting on a smaller rock of about five tons weight was blocking their way. After much thought and discussions, the working party returned during October 1906. […]
War historian CEW Bean described the men of the 2nd Convoy of men embarking for World War I as some of the finest men ever to leave Australia. This group included many Queensland men who had joined the 5thLight Horse, and other Queensland regiments. Many of these men had been unable […]
THE fertile flats of the Logan and Albert Valleys were ideal for dairying, but milk and cream are perishable and need rapid transport. Two small butter factories had operated in the district – the South Brisbane Creamery Company and the Lowood Creamery Company. However, the opening of the railway at […]
At the end of World War II, Enrights Department Store faced a major crisis. It was no longer able to purchase shoes from it’s major supplier NARM, (North Australian Rubber Mills). NARM had reached capacity at their local factory. To solve the problem, Tom Enright asked if they would come […]
With the Beaudesert town drain rectification works coming towards completion, flooding of the centre of town may finally be a thing of the past. As with many towns, original settlers made decisions which, while of little consequence at the time, would later prove to be detrimental to the future of […]
The Beaudesert Times of Friday April 18, 1913, describes the first Gaslight Sports sprint event ever held in Beaudesert. The track was situated in a paddock at the rear of the Railway Hotel and was brilliantly lighted with an acetylene gas installation. The event decided was a 75 yard Sheffield […]
The 2025 school year has just begun – with a new raft of kids facing thirteen years of education, even more if they intend to go on to further study. Looking back, we see the major changes in education over the last 150 years. From the early years when there […]
WITHIN the Museum is an assortment of around 30 glass Christmas ornaments, used by a local family. They were thought to be made in c1860s. These delicate objects are a reminder of times past when we couldn’t just go and buy what was wanted – there was little available – […]
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