Hinterland Stories

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

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Montville Farmers for Fifty Years

Two much loved Montville citizens were Les and Dulcie Gomersall who lived along Western Avenue for 50 years.

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...

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

By Jane Thompson nee Bellamy. Editor’s note. Jane Bellamy (Palmwoods) married Bill Thompson (Montville). This delightful story recaptures...

Life in Montville 1955-1965 Our parents, (Cecil and Dorothy), moved the family to Queensland from Victoria in October, 1955, ostensibly...

by Bill Thompson Our family came from England in 1947 as ten-pound poms. My father was a dentist and said that his hobbies were sailing...

From Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld.: 1922 – 1954), Friday 26 November 1954, page 5 By T.H.Brown. In the process of...

Ernest and Emma Dalton, two of the earliest settlers in the Montville area (then known as Razorback) purchased about fifteen acres south...

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

Cricket at the Sports Ground Doug Patterson asked Terry Glover what he remembered about cricket at the sports ground. Here is what he...

Frederick Leslie (Les) Farmer was born in 1929 out of wedlock. Back then that was tough! In 1944, at age 15 his Dad (Frederick Leslie...