A Western Holocaust
In 1988, on the 70th anniversary of the disastrous 1918 bush fires on Willoughby, Saltern Creek and Rodney Downs, the members of the Barcaldine Historical Society placed a plague in the vicinity of the fires …
Occupations
Disastrous bush fires of 1918
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 …
Denis Hoare’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 1
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 …
Return to Barcaldine from Paraguay
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 …
Some Stats drawn from the first State School Roll 1887
The information provided in this post has been compiled from work originally conducted by Barcaldine Historical Society. 1886 Opening of railway line to Barcaldine 1887 Opening of first state school July …
Victoria Hospital 1887-1928
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. …
Telephone & Internet
Telephone Communication by telephone meant gradual changes in life style in Barcaldine and surrounding districts. The Barcaldine Chamber of Commerce met on the 6th August 1907 to consider a proposal to establish a telephone exchange. It …