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23 hours ago August 9, 2026August 9, 2026History Out There

Barcaldine Bull Thornton

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Footsteps of a Rugby League Nomad

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The Outback Bore that Sweated a Nation

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The Earl’s Cousin Who Lost Leichhardt

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150 Years of Ipswich to Top End Adventure

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Queensland’s First Drive to Darwin

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Australia’s First Wimbledon Champion

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The Marvell Beneath Lang Park

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The Convict King of Ipswich

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When a Milkman Made Tax History

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He would have played much more if not for the 1936 raw deal. Please follow and share the link on my profile for the story, "Barcaldine Bull Thornton." I've come to Outback Queensland on a quest to find the lost grave of Maggie McNeill, to quote the Blues Brothers, I'm on a mission from God. In 1890 Maggie drank herself to death, was buried by the publican, and then the pub got moved. I owe a debt to Maggie so feel I need to find her, my great-great grandaunt. Injune in Queensland’s Maranoa region hides this killer steam locomotive. In 1947 it derailed at Camp Mountain 20km north-west of Brisbane and killed 16 people. It therefore became responsible for what remains to this day Queensland’s worst rail disaster. He supported country life and put food on the table for his family during the most difficult of times, the Great Depression. Please follow and share the link on my profile for the story, "Footsteps of a Rugby League Nomad." I’m visiting Muckadilla on the recommendation of an old Ipswich resident of over 100 years ago. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Outback Bore that Sweated a Nation." Both Lucan and Leichhardt disappeared never to be seen again. Please Like, Follow and Share this story of the Darling Downs mystery connection via the link on my profile, "The Earl’s Cousin Who Lost Leichhardt." City people have been going to Darwin in the Northern Territory for 150 years for all sorts of reasons. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "150 Years of Ipswich to Top End Adventure." Prior to heading out into the Timor Sea to my Tiwi Islands Hike for Health, I visited the Northern Territory’s Mary River which boasts the highest concentration of saltwater crocodiles in the world. It certainly delivered with crocodiles, water buffalo, and jabiru in abundance. Darwin in the Northern Territory is one of only 10 places in the world that you can see a Cold War era B52 bomber, and at almost 50 metres long, it’s absolutely enormous. You can even still see where the Cruise Missiles were attached.

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