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7 days ago May 2, 2021May 2, 2021History Out There

This is Australia’s greatest lover

2 weeks ago April 25, 2021April 25, 2021History Out There

Weird convict connection to Dovercourt

April 18, 2021April 18, 2021History Out There

Misfortune the clairvoyants missed

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021History Out There

Family with bushrangers, hand grenades and Netflix

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021History Out There

Light horseman recognised after 100 years

April 4, 2021April 6, 2021History Out There

Godfrey’s Tiger Moth myth

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021History Out There

How bull ants helped win the Ashes

March 21, 2021March 27, 2021History Out There

Another hero to be commemorated

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021History Out There

Royal pandemonium

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021History Out There

Literature, adventure, disaster 164 years ago

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This is Australia’s greatest lover. Follow the link on my profile to read his amazing story, “This is Australia’s greatest lover.”
The sun was shining on little-known history at Leslie Park in Warwick today. The two war trophy guns from the First World War were captured by Australian soldiers not once, but twice… the bigger relic is a one-ton German 77mm field gun captured by the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion, which was the predominantly Queensland battalion that also captured the biggest trophy of them all, the German tank ‘Mephisto’. The smaller is a German trench mortar captured by the 20th Battalion in the Battle of Amiens on the 8th of August 1918. Both guns were ‘recaptured’ in Warwick on the 14th of June 1924 by a group of returned Diggers in full uniform. They took it on themselves to haul the guns with a Fordson tractor from out the back of the Town Hall where they were partly buried in a sand heap and a quantity of wire netting heaped on top. The Diggers towed them to the Soldiers’ Club and proudly put them on display on the main street. Later they were placed in their current prominent positions where they have been ever since.
Lest we forget this Anzac Day… the idea of a large memorial park in the centre of Brisbane city commemorating all Queenslanders who had served in the Great War was first raised in 1916. The shrine there was dedicated on Armistice Day in 1930. There’s a memorial in the park by Australia’s greatest sculptor Queenslander Daphne Mayo. But hidden underneath the shrine is the real magic. There’s a large crypt containing the Shrine of Memories. In the crypt are many memorials to brave Queenslanders dedicated by the friends with whom they served, including one by Brisbane sculptor William Bowles who was the founding head sculptor at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The crypt is a beautiful but secret spiritual space that everyone should visit.
A convict's teeth were allegedly sold in this strange but true story. To discover the connection to this beautiful historic home, follow the link on my profile for the story, “Weird convict connection to Dovercourt.”
Madame Langdon was a clairvoyant over a century ago. Follow the link on my profile for
Brisbane remembers His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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