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The settlement of Kerry in Queensland

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Kerry is a farming locality between Beaudesert and the Lamington National Park. Kerry Road was the track to the Lamington National Park and a primary school opened in 1884 (it closed in 1943), the Kerry […]

The Stuart Highway is one of Australia’s major highways

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The highway is named after Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart, who was the first European to cross Australia from south to north.

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McKinlay is in the remote north west of Queensland

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McKinlay is in the remote north west of Queensland on the Landsborough Highway

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Tooraweenah, a tiny rural village of about 130 people, NSW

06/12/2018 suggpixc 0

I have been trying to do some research on the History of Tooraweenah, a tiny rural village of about 130 people on the lower western slopes of the Warrumbungles in NSW. The first store was […]

Birds – Queensland Scenic Rim and Border Ranges

06/07/2018 suggpixc 0

The Scenic Rim and Border ranges are surrounded by National Parks and are home to many species of native birds… it is biologically diverse and close to Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Areas. The […]

Regional and Outback Australia is the home of iconic landscapes and settlements.

20/12/2016 suggpixc 0

Regional and Outback Australia is the home of iconic landscapes, people, towns and settlements. The spirit of endeavour, acceptance of hardship and close community bonds can be found everywhere and they provide an endless pallet […]

The Settlement of Bell on the Bunya Highway, Queensland

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Originally the area around Bell on the Bunya Highway in Queensland was part of a large land holding called Jimbour Station. In the 1870s the area was opened up for closer settlement and Angus & […]

Glen Innes was gazetted as a town in 1852

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I have been to Glen Innes many times in the past 20 years and always thought it a shabby and run down place with many historical buildings. However in the past few years it has […]

Sofala NSW – well preserved historic gold mining town

13/11/2014 suggpixc 0

Of all the old gold mining towns in New South Wales Sofala is one of the most interesting and unusual. While hardly comparable with Hill End, which is 35 km further on and much more […]

Hill End, New South Wales

15/10/2014 suggpixc 0

Hill End owes its existence to the New South Wales gold rush of the 1850s, and at its peak in the early 1870s it had a population estimated at 8,000 served by two newspapers, five […]