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Hinterland Stories
Sharing the memories of Montville, Flaxton, Balmoral and Hunchy.
If you would like to share your own stories, please get in touch with us.


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...


Montville Place Names – The Other Road
The Story Behind the Name - Western Avenue Cutting the Main Road and Western Avenue Intersection Butts Road First Nation people of the...


Montville Place Names - Manley Drive
The Story Behind the Name Manley Drive We lived at 30 Manley Drive for 10 years. When I went to renew my driver’s licence in 2009 just...


Vale Margaret Farmer (1933 - 2023)
On Friday 18th August 2023, Montville lost a community champion. Margaret Farmer epitomised community service. As her daughter, Karen,...


Australia Day Awards - 2023
Meet the Australia Day Award Winners! Adam Montgomery is the Principal of Montville State School and on National Principal Day the school...
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