Hinterland Stories

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

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Baroon Pocket – Part 3: Before the Dam; 1960 to 1975

When the dam was built across the Obi Obi Creek in 1989 it flooded thousands of years of history. Baroon Pocket was one of only a handful...

The history of settlement in Montville lists the Weitemeyers as being the first official residents in 1887. But in fact, one family,...

Fruit Display Brisbane RNA Show 1927 Alf Smith’s Home, Montville Map of Montville Families C1920 From the school book Montville Ladies...

Notes taken from the speech by Fiona McGill, Montville’s Australia Day Guest Speaker 2022 by Cate Patterson Fiona studied Anthropology...

The Les Thompson Rhythm Band circa 1930 - John Aird 2nd from right and Norm Aird, right To dance to the music of a band in the 1920s and...

A talk given to the Montville Chamber of Commerce by Jenny Tatton in July 2018 (slightly adapted) So how did we get from the 1880’s to...

Aunty Frances Mathyssen, 2019 In her acceptance speech, one of our Australians of the Year, Yorta Yorta elder and teacher, Aunty Frances...