Local History with Betty Laver | Moura Coal train at Barney Point Wharf
By 1954, Thiess Bros (Q’ld) Pty Ltd were pursuing new coal markets by opening the Moura-Kianga area and their aim ...
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Local History with Betty Laver | A passenger train arriving on the Auckland Point Wharf, Gladstone
To convey the mail train wagons to the ship’s side, a turntable was constructed in 1899 and a rail link ...
Local History with Betty Laver – The life of Elvie Brown
Elvie, the eldest child of David and Annie Aldous, was born in Rockhampton in 1920. Both her parents were from ...
Local History with Betty Laver
Elvie Brown 100 Years Old What a wonderful milestone Elvie reached on 13th October 2020. On Thursday 15th October 2020, ...
Local History by Betty Laver
Opening of the Gladstone Airport In 1952 Thiess Bros had an airstrip bulldozed, on land that Janson owned, and this ...
