Barcaldine Cemetery – Map 1889-1996
THE CEMETERY PLAN My initial analysis of the 1889-1996 data from the (second) Barcaldine Cemetery has allowed me to construct a series of plan segments to show who’s buried in most of the graves. Sadly, …
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 …
Barcaldine Cemetery and Old Burial Ground
OLD BURIAL GROUND The first cemetery in Barcaldine was referred to as ‘The Old Burial Ground’. It appears to have been a plot of ground in the area that became the recreation ground, now the …
Commonwealth Bank of Australia-Barcaldine Branch 1957-1999
Temporary Barcaldine branch bank buildings 1957-1962 A branch of the Commonwealth Bank opened in a prefabricated building on the site of the old Foresters Lodge Hall in Beech Street in 1957 with E. J. Williams …
National Bank of Australia – Barcaldine Branch 1906-1973
A branch of the Queensland National Bank opened in Barcaldine in October 1906. It was the first of many new buildings during this period. Previously, the old ‘railway’ bank on the corner of Oak and …
Bank of New South Wales 1887-2000
A branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened in Barcaldine in 1887, in a simple iron structure in Beech Street, on the eventual site of the Radio Theatre. The building was owned by …
World War 2 stories
American plane crash at Barcaldine Bob Robinson’s memories of a plane crash event at Barcaldine: ‘I am not sure of how old I was but I must have been about 10 yrs old. Around 1944. …
George Hammond (aka Ah Ming) and Mary Hammond (nee Lock)
George and Mary Hammond were the proprietors of the Western Hotel in Barcaldine from 1886 to 1888 Mary migrated to Rockhampton from Devonshire, England on the sailing ship ‘Empress’ in 1863 (5?) when she was …
Artesian Hotel, Barcaldine
The Artesian Hotel was originally known as Emerson’s Hotel, and then the Royal Hotel. 1990 flood in Oak Street with Artesian in centre (S Broughton image) 2004 view of hotel (S Broughton image) 2008 view …
Commercial Hotel, Barcaldine 1885-
McBride’s Commercial Hotel 1886-1922 The first Commercial Hotel in Barcaldine was licensed in 1886 by Patrick McBride. His first liquor licence application in June 1886 shows that he was unmarried, had never held a licence …