Architecture
Australian Landscapes
Australian Cattle Stations
St George, A Queensland River Town With An Interesting History.
St George, a Queensland River Town is the capital of the Balonne Shire. Beardmore Dam, on the Balonne River, which runs through town, provides access to freshwater fishing for Yellowbelly and Murray Cod. The town […]
Australian Cattle Stations
The Darling Downs – Queensland
The more you search the Southern Downs, the more surprises you find. While the history of the full Darling Downs is a testament to the resilience, perseverance and vision of those early European settlers who […]
Architecture
Railways in Australia date from the 1831…the Great Northern Line
You can follow most of the “Great Norther Rail Line” by driving the New England Highway from Toowoomba to Wallangarra and further into NSW.
Australian Cattle Stations
Pikedale Station – QLD
Once a prosperous sheep station, Pikedale Station was established in 1843 by a Captain Pike. It had many owners until 1919 when it was purchased by James Rogerson in whose family it remained until 1957. […]
Australian History
Paddle steamers and paddle boats
Paddle steamers and paddle boats have been on the Murray River and in the Murray-Darling Basin since 1853 when William Randell launched the first steamer the P.S. Mary Ann near Mannum, South Australia. The first […]
Australian History
The settlement of Kerry in Queensland
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 […]
Australian History
The Stuart Highway is one of Australia’s major highways
The highway is named after Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart, who was the first European to cross Australia from south to north.
Australian Cattle Stations
Architecture
Tooraweenah, a tiny rural village of about 130 people, NSW
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 […]