Hinterland Stories

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

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The Negus Family

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

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...

Pat Brown Interview 1985

Date of Interview: 12 March 1985 Place of Interview: Montville Interviewer: Gillian Pechey Transcriber: Colwyn Boulton Born: 1918...

History of Montville Precinct – School of Arts Hall and Village Green

Early settlement of Montville Timber getters knew of the rich source of cedar in the area before the Colony of Queensland was created in...

Glorious Montville

Brisbane Courier (Qld. 1864 – 1933), Thursday 8 June 1922, page 8 Montville sits on the escarpment SUPERB MOUNTAIN SCENERY PICTURESQUE...