A Small Town in Queensland, Australia
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Pastoral and Town Directory 1891 In 1891, the Western Champion listed the Pastoral and Town Directory for the greater Barcaldine area in its ‘1891 Almanac‘. It provides a valuable record of the towns and the …
In May 1991, the first stage of the Australian Workers’ Heritage Centre project was opened by Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The momentum to establish something significant to cement Barcaldine’s place in history started to build …
Source: Hoch, Isabel. 2008. Page 76, 77, 95, 105, 157 Most Barcaldine residents had their first sight of an aeroplane in 1919. The Commonwealth government offered £10,000 for the first Australians to fly from England and …
1924 postcard view of Convent (Image: Barcaldine museum) Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Convent opened on 3 February, 1896 when the Sisters of Mercy commenced Catholic schooling in Barcaldine in a combined convent and school …
The first railway station was shifted to Barcaldine from Pine Hill (built 1883) in 1886 with the arrival of the Central Railway line, and was erected on the northern side of the line. It had …
The First Victoria Hospital 1886-1896 Money had been collected to establish a hospital at each terminus of the railway line, but the line always moved on before it could be built. In May 1887, Mrs. …