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 […]
How the simple act of getting married has changed over the years. From the days when marriages were arranged by the families and the couple had little say, to the freedom to choose your own partner that prevails today. A quick look at family photographs highlights the different trends. Older […]
An innovation on agricultural shows grounds, which was to be found at the inaugural Beaudesert Show in 1889, was the inclusion of a bazaar for the sale of fancy items. A ‘rough tarpaulin and bough’ structure was erected for the purpose of selling articles in aid of the Church of […]
Edward (Ned) Hawkins, arrived on the Logan River in 1842. He was travelling with stock belonging to his employer Henry Suttor of Bathurst. He took up an area of 50,000 acres running along the eastern side of the Logan, from near Cedar Grove and Cedar Vale to the Jinbroken range […]
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