Hinterland Stories

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

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Eland’s Mini Museum 1972-87

Eland's Mini-Museum Keeping History Alive On the 29th April, 1972, Sir Francis Nicklin, KCMG, MM, the Premier of Queensland, officially...

by Gordon Plowman 2025 Flaxton When I was very young, the place I called home was my Garden of Eden. I belonged to it and it belonged...

With a rain bomb overnight more than 200mls was recorded in three hours on the Range at Montville. Nevertheless at 5.30am the Montville...

Les was born in 1942 to Reg and Molly Gittins. He grew up on the family dairy farm on Harpers Creek which flows into the upper Mary River...

Young men answered the call to fight for their country. We remember their contribution that today Australia can enjoy peace.

Australia Day Speech 2025 by Madonna Hampson on The meaning of Community

A Montville Gem Fire Warden, Montville Weather Man, Master-Montville Lodge, Sportsman, Musician, Army Officer, Chorister, Businessman. ...

Tony Cooper - Entrepreneur, Tailor, Interior Decorator, Businessman, Developer, Natural Health Exponent in Vibration Medicine and Colour

An entertaining tale of how an early Montville Councillor organised his transport home from Nambour.

Jim Cox has been a local since 2002 and has been active in shaping the local art scene and creating awareness of environmental issues.

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

Vale for Sydney Kirkby - Antarctic Surveyor, Explorer, Map Maker

Robert Woof married Laura Skene on 26 April 1924 Robert and Laura Woof ran holiday flats at Queens Beach, Redcliffe in the 1960s Laura...

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

Agnes and William Skene C. 1915 Mr. William Skene, of Maroochydore, collapsed and died by the side of his car a short distance from the...

Many families in the mid-1800’s migrated to Australia from England for various reasons. It could have been the prospect of making a...

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

This Wyer Family Story has been compiled partly as a genealogy and as a chronology of the early pioneering days. Bob Wyer was interviewed...

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...