Hinterland Stories

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

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Flaxton Enlistments

WW1 FLAXTON ENLISTMENTS Slouch Hat with Emu feathers (Courtesy Australian War Memorial) Wilfred Bratton, Wilf enlisted in the First...

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...

The Children of George and Maria Butt

George and Maria Butt were amongst the earliest settlers in Montville, Their story is told elsewhere on this website. They had ten...

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,...

Remembering Montville’s Fallen

Plaques on the six fig trees on the Montville Village Green, along with one fig tree in the school grounds commemorate Montville’s Fallen...

Montville’s Rejects

Montville has had a unique Australian attraction for the past century. Secluded in the village is a war memorial which publicly reveals...

Montville's First Settler - Thorvald Weitemeyer

THORVALD PETER LUDWIG (TPL) WEITEMEYER AKA CHARLIE (nickname during his travels in Queensland) or Tom (English version of Thorvald) A...

Gordon Plowman - Knowing Things Military

Born in Palmwoods in 1940, by the time Victory in the Pacific was proclaimed in 1945, I was old enough to remember some aspects of WW2....

Recollections by Hazel Tully (nee Muirhead)

Hazel was born in Montville in 1914 – the third child of Mr and Mrs Charles Hillicotte Muirhead Hazel Tully nee Muirhead in 1987 at the...