Murder in Barcaldine
The Currie Tragedy – a case of domestic violence Account of the deaths of Edith Alice Currie (nee Booth) and Hugh Currie Drawn from newspapers of the day 6 January, 1920 The Acting-Sergeant of Police …
Women
Hoare family travel to Paraguay on the ‘Royal Tar’
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 …
Margaret [Hoare] Riley’s Little Yarn About Paraguay
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’s Little Yarn About Paraguay 3
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 …
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 …
Women’s War Fund
A local Women’s War Fund committee was a combined Red Cross and Comfort’s Fund group that formed during the second world war to fund raise to support the war effort. It raised £11,405 in the …