Bonalbo, a rural village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, John Donald McLean was the first European to settle in the area. He was a Scotsman who moved his sheep up from […]
White Swamp is a location in New South Wales, near the Queensland border. The village of White Swamp had a post office, timber mill, school, cemetery, and a couple of general stores. When logging finished […]
The New England Highway is an interesting drive in Northern NSW. It still has many of the small towns and farming communities that began appearing on the map from the early 1800’s. In these towns […]
Kerry Road was the first track to the Lamington National Park ranges, and it was along there that the O’Reilly family carried their farm equipment and belongings, beyond the farm selections along the Albert River […]
Silverton once had a population of just over 3000, (1885), however today less than 40 people live in what remains of this once prosperous town. It was the location for the Mad Max movies from […]
Cobar is a mining town in the Mid-West of New South Wales. The local economy relies on gold and base metals mining. As a consequence, fortunes can fluctuate for the locals (approx. 4000). At its […]
Surat is 80 Kms from Roma along the Carnarvon Highway, with St George 120 Kms further South. The town is in the center of the Waroo Shire, a picturesque area in the Western Darling Downs. […]
Cecil Plains is a farming town on the Darling Downs, Queensland, with a population of about 410 people. European settlement began in 1842, when Henry Stuart Russell claimed land around the Condamine River to establish […]
You can follow most of the “Great Norther Rail Line” by driving the New England Highway from Toowoomba to Wallangarra and further into NSW. […]
Nhill is a picturesque town in the Wimmera district in western Victoria. It is on the Western Highway, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the 2016 census, the population was 2,184. Locals are mainly employed […]
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