Hinterland Stories

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

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Montville Farmers for Fifty Years

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

Written in Stone

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

St Mary’s Hall – Celebrating Memories and Community

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,...

St Mary’s Church and Community Hall

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

Sometimes Dreams do come True – The Inside Story of the Deck

It must have been ten years ago that I first heard the need for a deck on the eastern side of the hall being discussed. I was the new...

Rock Pools and Waterfalls in the backyard – Growing up in 1970s Montville

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

Pineapples and Pigeon Stew

The scent of pineapples instantly transports me back to Montville and my Grandparents’ farm where I spent many school holidays. The...

Our POW Story Continues in Palmwoods

Hinterland Times ran our follow-up story on the work of Italian POWs along the Blackall Range and across the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in...

Nicole Vertuel – A Montville Gem

Montville Gems is a new Montville History Group (MHG) collection of stories about Montvillians who have helped make living in Montville...

Montville Citizens Awards 2022

Montville's Australia Day Awards recipients 2022 Jim Cox - Montville Citizen of the Year 2022 Jim Cox being presented the Montville...

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 Citizenship Awards 2021

The Citizen of the Year Award for 2021 went to John Watson. John was born, bred and educated in New Zealand where he started his career...

Montville Citizen of the Year Records

The Montville Citizen of the Year Award was first instituted in 1990. The Montville Lifetime Citizenship Award was instituted in 2015....

Living in Montville – 1951 to 1956

by Bill Thompson Our family came from England in 1947 as ten-pound poms. My father was a dentist and said that his hobbies were sailing...

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...

Jocelyn Bannister – A Montville Lifetime Citizen

Jocelyn Bannister selling raffle tickets at St Mary’s Hall NO matter where Jocelyn Bannister goes in the future, she will always be a...

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...

Henry Wilfrid Walker - The Limit, Flaxton

By Gordon Plowman (MHG) Henry Wilfrid Walker, who liked to sign his name as H. Wilfrid Walker, FRGS (Eng.), always wore his badge as a...

Belbury – an Historic Home

The Western Road to Henry Smith’s ‘Eastnor’ 1900 ‘Belbury’ once known as ‘Eastnor’, is again on the market (2018). Part of Montville’s...

A Snapshot of School and Community in the 1970s

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