Hinterland Stories

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

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Vale Dr Michael Leo Simpson

1959 to 2023 Montville Citizen of the Year, 2007 and Montville Lifetime Citizen, 2022. When Michael graduated in medicine in 1991, he...

(1925 to 2021) Tony Barnett died in Brisbane on the 7th August, 2021, aged 96, after a short illness. It was a small Covid-restricted...

The Story Behind the Name The Rangers Although it’s pretty obvious why the first major community housing development on the Blackall...

The Story Behind the Name Mill Hill Road The Jinibara Track People of the Jinibara Nation had a track that gave them access to Baroon...

The Story Behind the Name Glover Court Glover Court is off Hillfoot Lane in Mill Hill, the southern end of Montville. It was named after...

The Story Behind the Name George Carpenter Place A recent resident to Montville, on learning about our Ecumenical Dawn Easter Service at...

Like many Montvillians, Judy retired to Montville. In 1995 she and husband, Gordon, bought a home at Negus Road, an open planned house...

Meet the Australia Day Award Winners! Adam Montgomery is the Principal of Montville State School and on National Principal Day the school...