Baroon Pocket – Part 3: Before the Dam; 1960 to 1975When the dam was built across the Obi Obi Creek in 1989 it flooded thousands of years of history. Baroon Pocket was one of only a handful...
Baroon Pocket Part 2 - The first settlersThe history of settlement in Montville lists the Weitemeyers as being the first official residents in 1887. But in fact, one family,...
1920s MemoriesFruit Display Brisbane RNA Show 1927 Alf Smith’s Home, Montville Map of Montville Families C1920 From the school book Montville Ladies...
A Point in TimeNotes taken from the speech by Fiona McGill, Montville’s Australia Day Guest Speaker 2022 by Cate Patterson Fiona studied Anthropology...
A Love Affair With MusicThe Les Thompson Rhythm Band circa 1930 - John Aird 2nd from right and Norm Aird, right To dance to the music of a band in the 1920s and...
A History of Montville TourismA talk given to the Montville Chamber of Commerce by Jenny Tatton in July 2018 (slightly adapted) So how did we get from the 1880’s to...
A Gesture of ReconciliationAunty Frances Mathyssen, 2019 In her acceptance speech, one of our Australians of the Year, Yorta Yorta elder and teacher, Aunty Frances...
