Montville Farmers for Fifty Years
Two much loved Montville citizens were Les and Dulcie Gomersall who lived along Western Avenue for 50 years.
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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...
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...
My memories of Palmwoods from the 1950s
By Jane Thompson nee Bellamy. Editor’s note. Jane Bellamy (Palmwoods) married Bill Thompson (Montville). This delightful story recaptures...
Montville Memories by the Moore Children
Life in Montville 1955-1965 Our parents, (Cecil and Dorothy), moved the family to Queensland from Victoria in October, 1955, ostensibly...
Living in Montville – 1951 to 1956
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...
Horse-Slide Transport now Historic Epic
From Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld.: 1922 – 1954), Friday 26 November 1954, page 5 By T.H.Brown. In the process of...
Elston – The First Guest House
Ernest and Emma Dalton, two of the earliest settlers in the Montville area (then known as Razorback) purchased about fifteen acres south...
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...
Cricket midst the Cowpads – by Terry Glover
Cricket at the Sports Ground Doug Patterson asked Terry Glover what he remembered about cricket at the sports ground. Here is what he...
Building a Community – Les and Margaret Farmer
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...
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