Hinterland Stories

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Australia Day Address 2025

Australia Day Speech 2025 by Madonna Hampson on The meaning of Community

A Montville Gem Fire Warden, Montville Weather Man, Master-Montville Lodge, Sportsman, Musician, Army Officer, Chorister, Businessman. ...

Tony Cooper - Entrepreneur, Tailor, Interior Decorator, Businessman, Developer, Natural Health Exponent in Vibration Medicine and Colour

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

by Gordon Plowman (2021) The pillars either side of the Montville Memorial Gate pay tribute to the fallen and those who served during...

Many families in the mid-1800’s migrated to Australia from England for various reasons. It could have been the prospect of making a...

Long rows of grey-green spikes once crowned acres of Blackall Range slopes. It was postcard pretty but represented back breaking work for...

Leonie’s creativity, resilience and strength led her to become a leading member of a wide range of communities on the Sunshine Coast

The MVA Walking Track from below Baroon Dam to the Narrows: 1989 – 1998 The first MVA record of a proposed walking track to the Obi Obi...

By Gordon Plowman Leslie Garforth Swain, known by his friends and associates as Les, could look back on his lifetime of achievements with...

You can’t help but feel joyful in the presence of Jane Hutton. She’s wearing soft cotton overalls covered in hearts with string ties on...

Negus Road George Oswald Negus (Os) was born in Maryborough on 25 April 1873. His father had emigrated from Surrey, England to...

The Manley Family on their farm: Kev, Doreen, Nell, Ernie, Dell, and Bob the Second When Doreen Wyllie married Kevin Manley on 24 August...

The Montville Sports and Recreation Ground, formerly the Montville Recreation Ground, is situated at 230 – 238, Balmoral Road, some three...

George E. Brown on the steps of St Mary’s Church, 1914 George Edward Brown was 21 when he arrived in Montville in 1906 with his parents...

William Joseph Collins William Joseph Collins was born in 1889 at Redland Bay. He was the grandson of Daniel James Collins who pioneered...

George and Maria Butt were amongst the earliest settlers in Montville, Their story is told elsewhere on this website. They had ten...

Part 1 Cricket and Cowpats It would seem that the Montville Cricket Team disbanded in 1975/6. Unfortunately, we have been unable to trace...

Christmas 2019 sees the St. Mary’s Hall in the best condition it has been in for years. Current Chairman of the St. Mary’s Auxiliary,...

Montville Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Church Hall and Community Hall (Former RSL Hall) St. Mary’s Church Hall and Community Centre (c. 1978)...