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The Blackall Range, once opened up for settlement quickly became a citrus and pineapple region.

Part 1 explains the role of the Timber cutters and Sawmillers in Queensland's early history

Vale: Frederick Leslie (Les) Farmer (1929–2026) Les Farmer was, above all, a storyteller. His life was woven with the stories of a pioneering family, the land they worked, and the community they built in Montville. Born in 1929, Les was the son of Frederick Leslie Farmer and Anetta Mabel, the youngest of the Vining family—early Montville settlers who made their home at Lands End, the far western end of Western Avenue. Les grew up with two younger sisters, Dorothy Annette and Lilian Maud, and...