Hinterland Stories

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

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Leonie Gittins 1949 to 2024

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

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

Alfred Charles Short, nicknamed Shorty, was the iconic gentleman who serenaded the Blackall Range and the Sunshine Coast with his mouth...

Lots of Cousins! This is a brief history of the Skene family who settled at “Bon Accord” in Flaxton, just of the first 3 generations,...

The 1990 Montville School students’ competition for the best design and motto for Montville’s own flag had more than fifty entries and...

Frank Senescall was born in April 1864 at Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire. His parents were Jonathan and Hannah (nee Drinkall). Frank’s...

by Julia Holloway (nee Pederson) I have treasured memories of growing up in Montville with my parents John and Jill Pederson and...

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...

Life in Montville 1955-1965 Our parents, (Cecil and Dorothy), moved the family to Queensland from Victoria in October, 1955, ostensibly...

Rob Muirhead was born on 10/10/1910. My first memories of transport to Palmwoods was by wagon drawn by four horses. On the forward trip,...

The Montville History Group asked pupils from this 1977 School photo to share their memories of growing up in Montville and to tell a...

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

On Friday 18th August 2023, Montville lost a community champion. Margaret Farmer epitomised community service. As her daughter, Karen,...

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