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 – […]
Looking back through old photos of shops and trading names in our town, many things have changed. Yet, it is thought, one Beaudesert building doesn’t seem to have varied the type of business operating from it over the years. It is true that there have been changes to the internal […]
If you want an example of how quickly the world can change, consider the Yellow Pages. Up until the early 2000s, the Yellow Pages was the place to look when searching for a business. Businesses were listed alphabetically by category, and the Brisbane Yellow Pages consisted of 2 books, with up […]
A straggly old Date Palm growing at the intersection of Kerry and Stockyard Creek roads at Darlington, marks the site of a cream stand where local dairy farmers would leave their cream cans to be transported by horse drawn wagon to Beaudesert. It also served as a depot for ordered […]
The Beaudesert Centenary was celebrated with a festival that commenced on September 27, with the Bells and Beaux of St Mary’s dance and ended with a Combined Church Service of Thanksgiving at the Civic Centre on October 20. The majority of events took place between October 12 and 20. To […]
An amazing, and little known, incident took place at Ziza towards the end of World War I. The war in the desert was growing to a close, and the Turkish troops had been contacted by two squadrons of the 5th Light Horse. The Turkish Commander believed that if they lay […]
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