Centenarian, Josie George was honoured on her 100th birthday at a tree-planting and plaque ceremony at the Gladstone Botanical Gardens on Friday 21st February 2020. The celebration was held by the Gladstone Branch of National Seniors and the Gladstone Regional Council. Josie is happy to be a called a “Gladstonite” born and bred as she has spent almost all her life in our fair city.
JOSEPHINE MARY (Smith) GEORGE, daughter of John and Amelia (née Soppa) Smith was born in Gladstone on the 21st of February 1920. She was the youngest of four children – Myrtle, Teddo, Vince & Josie. John came to Australia from Scotland in 1885 at three years of age. Amelia’s father was a links-man for the railway and was stationed at the 325½ Mile Gatehouse just south of Gladstone and her grandmother was the gatekeeper for the rail crossing. These gates were extensively used for droving cattle to a holding paddock near the meatworks and was also where the main southern road crossed.
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