Hinterland Stories

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

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

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

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...

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

Max and Catherine, 2022 Max Standage and Catherine Norton were both born in the South Island of New Zealand. Max’s ancestors...

The Gorsch Family, of eleven, moved to Western Avenue, Montville from the Lockyer Valley in 1956. Len, the oldest son, came up several...

A Family who shaped early Montville Edward William (Bill) Vining selected Portion 143 V (Survey Plan M37.1168 – Selection No A. F. 2598)...

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

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...

Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. 1922 – 1954), Friday 29 March 1940, page 1 Buderim Pioneering Days Recalled. THE LATE...

Dawne Barnett, who recently passed away (2018), at the age of 94, was born on 7 September 1924. Her father George Brown was a...

Clive was born on 28 November 1921 in the central west of Queensland, at the Taroom Aboriginal Settlement, a government operated reserve...

The Original Committee of the Montville Historical Group consisted of four people. Left to right: Jean Capper, Alan Sly, Steph McLennan...

Frederick Leslie (Les) Farmer was born in 1929 out of wedlock. Back then that was tough! In 1944, at age 15 his Dad (Frederick Leslie...

Des arrived in Montville in 1953 as a 14-year-old with his parents who had bought a pineapple farm on the southern side of Western...

Annie Phillips previously Williams nee Clark On 7th November 1944 Annie Phillips drew her final earthly breath. She was 84 years, 7...

1939 – 2023 A MONTVILLE FARMER, BUILDER, FIREMAN AND COMMUNITY WORKER Farmer Des arrived in Montville 70 years ago, in 1953 as a...

On 30 April 2021, Montville lost one of its long serving members of the Montville Ladies Social and Benefit Club. Although Carolyn was...