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Tuesday, 26 August 2025

OFF TO THE SEASIDE EVERYBODY! DANCE FROLIC AND SPORTS

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London’s underground and crossrail developments unearthed significant archeological finds dating back to prehistoric times. As they dug, lay...
Saturday, 9 August 2025

What? No Caterina Cordelia? Folklore debunked

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  As I research and write history, I always feel that I should add a disclaimer: this is the story, until further research proves otherwise!...
Monday, 17 March 2025

History of Ripple Creek Mill and Plantation

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When Robert Mitchell Boyd and John and Joseph Wood from NSW acquired Arnot’s 600 acre selection on Ripple Creek in 1882, their venture becam...
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Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Founding of the RSSILA sub branch Ingham 1933 and saga of the Memorial Hall 1938

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  FORMATION OF RETURNED SOLDIERS LEAGUES Already by 1915 invalid returning soldiers from World War 1 were forming associations and gather...
Monday, 18 November 2024

“We remember you, the fallen ones who gave your lives for our freedom” - WILLIAM MARKEY – An Irish born soldier of the AIF

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  Who would have thought that in researching the origins of the naming of MARKEY STREET Ingham I would discover a regretful oversight in loc...
Friday, 19 April 2024

ABERGOWRIE AND THE SOLDIER SETTLEMENT SCHEME

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With ANZAC Day nearly here and my work on identifying the origins of Hinchinbrook Shire road and street names of the district I have been th...
Sunday, 21 January 2024

Ellis Rowan, flower hunter

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  Many interesting women and their stories are woven into the history of the Herbert River district. One such woman is Ellis Rowan. Her expl...