Student Hostel, Barcaldine

The Hostel 1961-1975 After 1961 accommodation for country children, primary or secondary, was available at ‘The Hostel’ established by Mrs. A. M. Pumpa of Lara.  The hostel, a converted private dwelling in Yew Street, began …

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Salvation Army

The Salvation Army played a prominent role in Barcaldine affairs, using Forester’s Hall in Oak Street until they purchased it in 1896. The Salvation Army Barracks were in Oak Street. They owned the Foresters’ Hall, …

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Ah Foo

Ah Foo Family A well-known Chinese publican, Jimmy Ah Foo (or Affoo), started out in Springsure where his family hosted a boarding house before he moved onto the northern goldfields of Queensland during the 1870s …

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Barcaldine Cemetery – Burials

In 1996 a summary Barcaldine Cemetery Register was compiled by/for Barcaldine Shire Council. I have been able to do an analysis from the data contained in it – although there does appear to be some …

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