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Barcaldine

A Small Town in Queensland, Australia

Barcaldine

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  • THE TOWN
    • Before Barcaldine – the 1880s
    • Barcaldine Township
    • Barcaldine Timeline – 1845-2015
    • Town History
      • 1844-1884 White Settlement
      • 1885-1890 Town Settlement
      • 1891 Great Shearers’ Strike
      • 1892-1899
      • 1900-1907
      • 1908-1915
      • 1916-1931
      • 1932-1953
      • 1957-1975
      • 1976-2001
      • 2002-2014
    • Land Sales, Ballots, Surveys and Developments
    • Surrounding Properties
      • Barcaldine Downs
  • THE PEOPLE
    • Original Inhabitants – Iningai
    • Chinese
    • Settler Families
      • Arthur Family
      • Duffy Family
      • Hoare family
        • Denis Hoare and the Paraguay connection
        • Hoare family travel to Paraguay on the ‘Royal Tar’
        • Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 1
        • Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 2
        • Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 3
        • Return to Barcaldine from Paraguay
        • Margaret [Hoare] Riley’s Little Yarn About Paraguay
    • Women in Barcaldine
  • THE PLACES
    • Barcaldine Churches
    • Barcaldine Club
    • Barcaldine Hospitals
    • Halls
      • Oddfellows and Oddfellows Hall
      • RSL Hall
      • Town Hall
    • Lands Office 1900-
    • Local Businesses
      • Agents
      • Banks
      • Draperies, Bootmakers and Shoe Shops
      • Dressmakers/Tailors
      • Food and Beverage
        • Butchers
        • Bakeries, Cafes and Restaurants
        • Corner Shops & Supermarkets
      • General Storekeepers
      • Hotels, Motels & Billiard Saloons
        • Existing Hotels
        • Past Hotels
      • Light Industry
        • Brewery
        • Dry Cleaners
        • Engineering
        • Flour Mill
        • Wool Scours, Boiling Down Works
      • Meacham and Leyland
      • Professionals
      • Rural Industries
        • Alice River Co-operative Settlement
      • Trades
    • Picture Theatres
      • Glideograph
      • Radio Theatre
    • Public Spaces
      • Showgrounds
      • Swimming Pool
    • School of Arts
    • Schools
  • THE THINGS
    • Communications
      • Newspapers
        • The Western Champion
        • The Capricornian
        • The Longreach Leader
        • The Western Champion
        • Community newspapers
    • Employment
      • Women’s Paid Work
    • Entertainment
      • Balls & Dances
      • Barcaldine Amateur Theatrical Society (BATS)
      • Processions
      • Fetes
      • Festivals
        • Barcaldine Centenary 1986
        • Back to Barcaldine Celebrations
      • Music
        • Town Brass Bands
      • PAHS Show
      • Radio and Television
    • Hard Times
      • Droughts
      • Fires
      • Floods
      • Wars
    • Local Government
      • Barcaldine Shire Council
      • Barcaldine Regional Council
    • Organisations, Clubs & Guilds
      • Barcaldine Cultural Association
      • Barcaldine Historical Society
      • Red Cross
      • Rotary
      • RSSAILA / RSL
    • Political Organisations and Activities
      • Australian Labor Party
      • Graziers’ associations
      • Shearers’ Strikes
        • 1891 Shearers’ Strike
        • 1931 Shearers’ Strike
        • 1956 Shearers’ Strike
        • 1983 Shearers’ Strike
      • Trade Unions
    • Power & Energy
    • Sport & Recreation
      • Boxing
      • Car racing – ‘Speedway’
      • Horse Racing
      • Football
        • Black & White Football
        • Women’s Football
      • Netball
      • Lawn Bowls
      • Motor Cycle and Cycle Club
      • Pony Club
      • Rifle Club
      • Squash
      • Swimming Club
      • Tennis
    • Transport
      • Railway
      • Road
        • Main Roads Department
        • Motor Vehicles and Coaches
    • Tourism Industry Development
    • Water
  • Blog
  • THE TOWN
    • Before Barcaldine – the 1880s
    • Barcaldine Township
    • Barcaldine Timeline – 1845-2015
    • Town History
      • 1844-1884 White Settlement
      • 1885-1890 Town Settlement
      • 1891 Great Shearers’ Strike
      • 1892-1899
      • 1900-1907
      • 1908-1915
      • 1916-1931
      • 1932-1953
      • 1957-1975
      • 1976-2001
      • 2002-2014
    • Land Sales, Ballots, Surveys and Developments
    • Surrounding Properties
      • Barcaldine Downs
  • THE PEOPLE
    • Original Inhabitants – Iningai
    • Chinese
    • Settler Families
      • Arthur Family
      • Duffy Family
      • Hoare family
        • Denis Hoare and the Paraguay connection
        • Hoare family travel to Paraguay on the ‘Royal Tar’
        • Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 1
        • Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 2
        • Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 3
        • Return to Barcaldine from Paraguay
        • Margaret [Hoare] Riley’s Little Yarn About Paraguay
    • Women in Barcaldine
  • THE PLACES
    • Barcaldine Churches
    • Barcaldine Club
    • Barcaldine Hospitals
    • Halls
      • Oddfellows and Oddfellows Hall
      • RSL Hall
      • Town Hall
    • Lands Office 1900-
    • Local Businesses
      • Agents
      • Banks
      • Draperies, Bootmakers and Shoe Shops
      • Dressmakers/Tailors
      • Food and Beverage
        • Butchers
        • Bakeries, Cafes and Restaurants
        • Corner Shops & Supermarkets
      • General Storekeepers
      • Hotels, Motels & Billiard Saloons
        • Existing Hotels
        • Past Hotels
      • Light Industry
        • Brewery
        • Dry Cleaners
        • Engineering
        • Flour Mill
        • Wool Scours, Boiling Down Works
      • Meacham and Leyland
      • Professionals
      • Rural Industries
        • Alice River Co-operative Settlement
      • Trades
    • Picture Theatres
      • Glideograph
      • Radio Theatre
    • Public Spaces
      • Showgrounds
      • Swimming Pool
    • School of Arts
    • Schools
  • THE THINGS
    • Communications
      • Newspapers
        • The Western Champion
        • The Capricornian
        • The Longreach Leader
        • The Western Champion
        • Community newspapers
    • Employment
      • Women’s Paid Work
    • Entertainment
      • Balls & Dances
      • Barcaldine Amateur Theatrical Society (BATS)
      • Processions
      • Fetes
      • Festivals
        • Barcaldine Centenary 1986
        • Back to Barcaldine Celebrations
      • Music
        • Town Brass Bands
      • PAHS Show
      • Radio and Television
    • Hard Times
      • Droughts
      • Fires
      • Floods
      • Wars
    • Local Government
      • Barcaldine Shire Council
      • Barcaldine Regional Council
    • Organisations, Clubs & Guilds
      • Barcaldine Cultural Association
      • Barcaldine Historical Society
      • Red Cross
      • Rotary
      • RSSAILA / RSL
    • Political Organisations and Activities
      • Australian Labor Party
      • Graziers’ associations
      • Shearers’ Strikes
        • 1891 Shearers’ Strike
        • 1931 Shearers’ Strike
        • 1956 Shearers’ Strike
        • 1983 Shearers’ Strike
      • Trade Unions
    • Power & Energy
    • Sport & Recreation
      • Boxing
      • Car racing – ‘Speedway’
      • Horse Racing
      • Football
        • Black & White Football
        • Women’s Football
      • Netball
      • Lawn Bowls
      • Motor Cycle and Cycle Club
      • Pony Club
      • Rifle Club
      • Squash
      • Swimming Club
      • Tennis
    • Transport
      • Railway
      • Road
        • Main Roads Department
        • Motor Vehicles and Coaches
    • Tourism Industry Development
    • Water

Month: February 2018

Disastrous bush fires of 1918

31 May 202023 February 2018

On 29 and 30 October 1918, bushfires claimed the lives of seven stockmen on Saltern Creek, Willoughby and Rodney Downs stations. Their deaths were recorded as:  ‘an unfortunate accident, owing to the very hot dry …

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Categories Barcaldine, Occupations, Pastoral, People

Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 1

17 January 202218 February 2018

REFRESHER   In the early 1890s, Australia’s colonial government violently put down a shearer’s strike in Queensland. The conflict compelled the radical socialist William Lane to start a utopia where all men would be equal. “New Australia” would be founded in …

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Categories Barcaldine, New Australia in Paraguay, Occupations, People

Hoare family travel to Paraguay on the ‘Royal Tar’

12 June 202018 February 2018

REFRESHER   In the early 1890s, Australia’s colonial government violently put down a shearer’s strike in Queensland. The conflict compelled the radical socialist William Lane to start a utopia where all men would be equal. “New Australia” would be founded in …

Read More

Categories Barcaldine, New Australia in Paraguay, People, Women

Margaret [Hoare] Riley’s Little Yarn About Paraguay

6 December 202018 February 2018

Source: Whitehead, A. (1997) Source: Whitehead, Anne. (1997) Margaret Hoare was nearly 11 years old when her father decided to take the whole family to Paraguay as part of William Lane’s ‘New Australia’ party. Born …

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Categories Barcaldine, New Australia in Paraguay, People, Women

Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 3

23 May 202018 February 2018

Denis continues with his story. To recap: After arriving in the colony, Denis was concerned that there was dissent among the people already there. It only got worse over time, and the leaders had to …

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Categories New Australia in Paraguay, People, Women

Return to Barcaldine from Paraguay

23 May 202018 February 2018

Denis Hoare on New Australia. MR. DENIS HOARE and family have arrived in Barcaldine from Paraguay, after an absence of 3 years, during which time the family passed through considerable hardships. Denny and some of …

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Categories Barcaldine, New Australia in Paraguay, Occupations, People, Women

Denis Hoare and the Paraguay connection

12 June 202018 February 2018

  Who was Denis Hoare? Denis was born in 1851 at Dun-drum, County Tipperary, Ireland, and came out to Victoria when he was two years of age. He spent most of his early life on …

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Categories Barcaldine, New Australia in Paraguay, People

Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 2

23 May 202018 February 2018

  Denis Hoare continues his tale … I now continue on the progress of the colony. We worked on very hard but cheerfully for about 12 months, and for my part I would never wish …

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Categories Barcaldine, New Australia in Paraguay, People

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