Enliven Your Letterbox competition, April 14-29: A community-led competition to paint the best letterbox in Beaudesert. Share what inspires you about nature and your beautiful surrounds. Prizes for the three top letterboxes. The competition will take place from April 14-28 and winners will be announced April 29. For more information […]
THE town of Beaudesert began as a ‘private town’ with the auction of town allotments subdivided from Beaudesert Station. The honour of being the first person to commence a business in town has been given to either Jeremiah Dunn or Thomas Brayford, depending on the writer. Jeremiah Dunn was a […]
Mary McDougall has been part of the Scenic Rim community since 1950 and celebrated her 90th birthday on April 24. She is a lovely, energetic woman and a bright spark in the Beaudesert community with her involvement continuing today. Her story starts in England where Mary lived on Goose Hall […]
BEAUDESERT Bulletin is amongst a host of sponsors who are supporting Beaudesert’s 150 year celebrations this year. B150 Committee Chair, Tim Andrews, said the initial group of sponsors have been instrumental in creating unforgettable experiences for all involved. “The community’s unity in honouring Beaudesert’s history and culture is truly remarkable,” […]
By Beaudesert Historical Museum We have all seen the stressed hordes of people flocking to supermarkets when god forbid it will be shut for a day, and these humans cannot get what they want, when they want it . They load their trolleys to the brim like there will never […]
Some blokes were at the pub, some with their partners at the local dances, but for a few truck drivers it was ‘Saturday night at the trucking yards’. The clanging of the rail line points and the roar of the locomotive’s engines, signaled the arrival of the first train for […]
BEAUDESERT Branch of the National Servicemen’s Association of Australia (Nashos) have disbanded, with members saying it is time to call it a day. The group was established in 2003 to provide camaraderie to men who took part in National Service in the 1950s and through to the early 1970s. The […]
TOWNSVALE, a once thriving town that is now a distant memory, could well have become the hub of the Beaudesert district. The American Civil War (1861-1865) resulted in a world-wide shortage of cotton. Master Mariner, Captain Robert Towns was the first to respond to calls from the Queensland Government for […]
On Sandy Creek Road just outside Beaudesert, grows a lonely Bush Lemon Tree. The tree was planted by Mr Moloney as part of his orchard to feed his growing family in the very early 1900s. Along with other trees planted near to the cottage the family had built, this tree […]
The Beaudesert Run was first taken up by Edward Hawkins on behalf of Henry Souter of Bathurst. Hawkins arrived in the district in 1842 with a mob of 10,000 sheep, naming the selection Beau Desir, after a property he had worked on near Bathurst. By 1844 Beau Desire was carrying 1,200 Cattle […]
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