Laurie Harbort
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A small page turns in Beaudesert History

Obituary – Laurie Theresa Harbort. By Gregory Harbort. IN 1922 Joseph Morris took over the Massey Harris farm equipment agency in Beaudesert.  Shortly after, he was followed by his sister Josie. She was a graduate from Stotts Business College and looked after the clerical side of the business, also doing […]

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Obituary

Billo’s swansong ends a musical era

William James ‘Billo’ Smith, son of the legendary band leader from the heyday of Brisbane’s famed Cloudland Ballroom, has died just a few weeks short of his 93rd birthday.  A resident of the Scenic Rim for the past 10 years, Billo Smith Jnr passed away suddenly but peacefully in the […]

Una Agnes Chaplin (nee Ferguson)
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Obituary: Una Agnes Chaplin

29/1/1932 – 13/2/2022 Una Agnes Chaplin (nee Ferguson) was born on 29 January I932 in the Nurse Hayes Maternity Home, Beaudesert.  She was the second youngest of Dan and Agnes Ferguson’s five children. She had three elder brothers Tom, Ray and Jim and one younger sister, Gladys. Una started school […]