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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.
Rock Pools and Waterfalls in the backyard – Growing up in 1970s Montville
by Julia Holloway (nee Pederson) I have treasured memories of growing up in Montville with my parents John and Jill Pederson and...
Quintessentially Montville – John and Beryl Davies
John and Beryl Davies at the opening December 1990 of ‘The Spirit of the Rainforest’ – a soft sculpture collection of Fairies and Gnomes...
Obi Obi Creek Map
When the Baroon Pocket Dam was being constructed.
Len and Val Gorsch – Montville Farmers
The Gorsch Family, of eleven, moved to Western Avenue, Montville from the Lockyer Valley in 1956. Len, the oldest son, came up several...
Baroon Pocket – Part 4: Before the Dam; 1975 to 1989
By the late 1970s the Pocket had changed. The dairy industry had collapsed and the community had moved on to mixed farming, hobby farming...
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...
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...
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