Hinterland Stories

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

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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 State School - Pupil and Teacher

by Laurie Grimwade nee Smith The Pupil I was born in the Palmwoods Private Hospital on 23 November 1940, the third daughter of Peter and...

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...

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...

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...

Baroon Pocket – Part 3: Before the Dam; 1960 to 1975

When 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...