Hinterland Stories

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Australia Day Address 2024 - From Kindness

Address delivered by Wayne Parcell PSM, President of the Montville Village Association Inc on Australia Day, 26 January 2024, at...

The Montville History Group asked pupils from this 1977 School photo to share their memories of growing up in Montville and to tell a...

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...

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...

1959 to 2023 Montville Citizen of the Year, 2007 and Montville Lifetime Citizen, 2022. When Michael graduated in medicine in 1991, he...

(1925 to 2021) Tony Barnett died in Brisbane on the 7th August, 2021, aged 96, after a short illness. It was a small Covid-restricted...

The Story Behind the Name The Rangers Although it’s pretty obvious why the first major community housing development on the Blackall...

The Story Behind the Name Mill Hill Road The Jinibara Track People of the Jinibara Nation had a track that gave them access to Baroon...

The Story Behind the Name Glover Court Glover Court is off Hillfoot Lane in Mill Hill, the southern end of Montville. It was named after...

The Story Behind the Name George Carpenter Place A recent resident to Montville, on learning about our Ecumenical Dawn Easter Service at...

Like many Montvillians, Judy retired to Montville. In 1995 she and husband, Gordon, bought a home at Negus Road, an open planned house...

Meet the Australia Day Award Winners! Adam Montgomery is the Principal of Montville State School and on National Principal Day the school...