The ABC Bank & Wentworth Private Hotel
The ABC Bank in Goondoon Street. The Australian Stock Bank was trading in Gladstone as early as 1864 and was ...
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In this together | National Reconciliation Week 2020
I would like to pay my respect and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this work takes ...
LOCAL HISTORY WITH BETTY LAVER – Teaching English in China – Bill Jobling’s Story
One could say that Englishman Bill Jobling’s life was full of adventure. He came to Australia with his new bride ...
LOCAL HISTORY WITH BETTY LAVER – The History of James Boles (Snr)
James Boles (Snr) was born in 1816 in Curragh in Kildare, Ireland. He joined the 15th Hussars in the British ...
LOCAL HISTORY WITH BETTY LAVER
Walter and Robert Cowan came to the Gladstone area around 1859 and Walter went into the hotel trade while Robert, ...
