Hinterland Stories

Sharing the memories of Montville, Flaxton, Balmoral and Hunchy.

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Vale Robert James (Jim) Hooper

A MAN OF GOD AND COMMUNITY Jim Hooper was born in 1928 in Somerset, England the son of Frank and Mary Hooper. He was one of ten children...

Remembering Montville’s Fallen

Plaques on the six fig trees on the Montville Village Green, along with one fig tree in the school grounds commemorate Montville’s Fallen...

Quintessentially Montville – John and Beryl Davies

John and Beryl Davies at the opening December 1990 of ‘The Spirit of the Rainforest’ – a soft sculpture collection of Fairies and Gnomes...

Potts and Mac – Flaxton Farmers

Potts and Mac – as affectionately remembered by the Plowman Brothers Between the two Dixon properties on Mill Road, Frank Waldo Potts and...

Pioneers, Landowners and Builders Extraordinary

George Land Bury from Nambour Street mural George Land and Jane Ann Bury – Pioneers, Landowners and Builders Extraordinary of the Near...

Nicole Vertuel – A Montville Gem

Montville Gems is a new Montville History Group (MHG) collection of stories about Montvillians who have helped make living in Montville...

Montville’s Rejects

Montville has had a unique Australian attraction for the past century. Secluded in the village is a war memorial which publicly reveals...

Montville's First Settler - Thorvald Weitemeyer

THORVALD PETER LUDWIG (TPL) WEITEMEYER AKA CHARLIE (nickname during his travels in Queensland) or Tom (English version of Thorvald) A...

Montville Citizens Awards 2022

Montville's Australia Day Awards recipients 2022 Jim Cox - Montville Citizen of the Year 2022 Jim Cox being presented the Montville...

Montville Citizenship Awards 2021

The Citizen of the Year Award for 2021 went to John Watson. John was born, bred and educated in New Zealand where he started his career...

Montville Citizen of the Year Records

The Montville Citizen of the Year Award was first instituted in 1990. The Montville Lifetime Citizenship Award was instituted in 2015....

Max and Catherine Standage

Max and Catherine, 2022 Max Standage and Catherine Norton were both born in the South Island of New Zealand. Max’s ancestors...

Len and Val Gorsch – Montville Farmers

The Gorsch Family, of eleven, moved to Western Avenue, Montville from the Lockyer Valley in 1956. Len, the oldest son, came up several...

Land’s End – The Vining Family

A Family who shaped early Montville Edward William (Bill) Vining selected Portion 143 V (Survey Plan M37.1168 – Selection No A. F. 2598)...

Jocelyn Bannister – A Montville Lifetime Citizen

Jocelyn Bannister selling raffle tickets at St Mary’s Hall NO matter where Jocelyn Bannister goes in the future, she will always be a...

Henry Wilfrid Walker - The Limit, Flaxton

By Gordon Plowman (MHG) Henry Wilfrid Walker, who liked to sign his name as H. Wilfrid Walker, FRGS (Eng.), always wore his badge as a...

Ernest Jones Burnett – an early selector

Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. 1922 – 1954), Friday 29 March 1940, page 1 Buderim Pioneering Days Recalled. THE LATE...

Dawne Barnett – A Life Well-Lived

Dawne Barnett, who recently passed away (2018), at the age of 94, was born on 7 September 1924. Her father George Brown was a...

Clive Blair of the Blackall Range

Clive was born on 28 November 1921 in the central west of Queensland, at the Taroom Aboriginal Settlement, a government operated reserve...

The Committee Celebrating 100 Years of Settlement in Montville

The Original Committee of the Montville Historical Group consisted of four people. Left to right: Jean Capper, Alan Sly, Steph McLennan...