Australian History
Kingaroy in Regional Queensland
Rural settlement commenced in 1843 with the arrival of squatter and explorer Henry Russell. The first sheep flocks arrived in the 1850’s. […]
Country Living
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. […]
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 […]
Architecture
The village of Carcoar in NSW remains almost completely intact, untouched by the twentieth century.
The village of Carcoar was founded circa 1836 and remains almost completely intact, untouched by the twentieth century. The more you wander around the byways and backroads of Regional Australia the more you appreciate the […]
Australian Photographs
Bingara is on Australia’s History Trail
Bingara is on Australia’s History Trail in North Western NSW and was a pastoral settlement that commenced in about 1830, it was not until the discovery of Gold in 1853 that the communities of Bingara and Upper Bingara began […]
Architecture
Glen Innes was gazetted as a town in 1852
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 […]