Royal Hotel, Barcaldine 1897-
In 1891, E A Peel sold the original Royal Hotel in Barcaldine to Joe and Margaret Edg. The Edg’s had held the licence since 1889 when it had become known as the Union Hotel. Mr …
Exchange Hotel, Barcaldine
The Exchange was not one of the first hotels that arrived from other places further down the railway line. The first Exchange Hotel building, built and owned by Essau A Peel in October 1896, was …
William and Hannah Kemp
The Kemp family settled in Barcaldine about 1887. This is the story of William and Hannah contributed by their great-grand-daughter, Diane Passmore. Hannah (nee McCall) Kemp William Kemp William Kemp was born in July 1844 …
ANZACs born in Barcaldine
This is a list of all the ANZACs from WWI who were born in Barcaldine. They registered at various sites in Australia, including Longreach. Further information can be found on the Australian War Memorial site. …
Bororen – a bush horse
I have taken this story from the one posted by Warren Nunn. Warren wrote about how Winx had triggered memories of two bush horses – Picnic in the Park and Bororen. Bororen was my father’s horse …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …