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From the Archives: Tully Falls Expedition

From the Archives: Tully Falls Expedition

by RHSQ Administration | Apr 4, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates

In September 1925 a group organised by Honourable E. G. Theodore took to the rugged land of North Queensland to explore the development potential of Tully/Kareeya Falls. A first-hand account of the arduous journey and subsequent observations was published...

Ross Smith, Charlesville

Ross Smith, Charlesville

by RHSQ Administration | Mar 26, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates

Series of photos, depicting Ross Smith’s aeroplane,when Captan Sir Ross M. Smith stopped in Charlesville. The Smith brothers had just completed their prize winning flight from the United Kingdom to Australiain 1919. They were required to fly from Darwin to to...

Armistice Day Essay Competition: Winners

Armistice Day Essay Competition: Winners

by RHSQ Administration | Mar 21, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates

Still had the debt from last your, to publish the winning entries. The RHSQ has received so many valuable thoughts, that it was hard to choose the most original works. On 10 December, on Separation Day, Hon. Jane Prentice MP congratulated the winners. Thanks to QBD...

From the Archives: Monument to the Pioneers of the sugar industry, Innisfail

From the Archives: Monument to the Pioneers of the sugar industry, Innisfail

by RHSQ Administration | Mar 14, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates

When the people of Innisfail prepared to take part in the centenary celebrations marking 100 years since Queensland was proclaimed a state:1859-1959, the Italian community in Innisfail raised £5,000.  They organised a statue to honour the pioneers of the sugar...

Bankfoot House and Grigor family, Glasshouse Mountains

Bankfoot House and Grigor family, Glasshouse Mountains

by RHSQ Administration | Mar 7, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates, Uncategorized

Bankfoot House was established in 1868 by William and Mary Grigor. The residence was a stopover for Cobb & Co coaches, which travelled to the Goldfields, between Brisbane to Gympie. Travellers would stop in for lunch or overnight. They would pay one shilling for a...

George Chester, the ‘Banana Case Baron’

George Chester, the ‘Banana Case Baron’

by RHSQ Administration | Feb 28, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates

Italian workers carrying bunches of bananas to conveyor on Mr G. Chester’s plantation,Upper Commera 1954. P54487 Upper Coomera is located in the Gold Coast region and was first explored in 1827 by Captain Patrick Logan. It was initial a prominent area for its farming...

From the Archives: Letters from France

From the Archives: Letters from France

by RHSQ Administration | Feb 21, 2019 | From the Archives, RHSQ Updates

https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/gallery/1964 William Thomson Waddell, son of Allan and Margaret Waddell was born and brought up in Irvinebank, a rich mining town in North Queensland, where he spent five years apprenticed to Irvinebank M CC(Contract Mining...

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