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Discovering history out there everywhere you go | Harold Peacock | Author | Historian | Detectorist

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Category: Convicts

August 29, 2021August 31, 2021History Out There

Revenge of the wooden legs

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021History Out There

It began at the convict brothel

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021History Out There

The colonel, world record, and this house

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021History Out There

Weird convict connection to Dovercourt

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021History Out There

Family with bushrangers, hand grenades and Netflix

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021History Out There

Literature, adventure, disaster 164 years ago

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020History Out There

The greatest sporting contest ever

January 4, 2020January 6, 2020History Out There

160-year-old artefacts: owner found

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019History Out There

Incredible find in Brisbane’s historic precinct

September 8, 2019February 7, 2020History Out There

Paddy’s whistle dreaming

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Eclectic day of time travel – three and a half hours on the track to climb the 300-million-year-old Mount Mitchell, followed by a 19th century blacksmithing lesson and lunch at the 121-year-old Royal Hotel.
If this mystery proves to be true then history will be re-written. Please read and share my story “Captain Cook’s cabin boy” by following the link on my profile.
Thanks to the members at Probus Club of Chapel Hill for being so engaged when I shared stories about Brisbane’s beautiful historic home ‘Dovercourt’, and especially for being so excited to buy my book of the same name. Anyone who missed out can get the book online by following the link on my profile.
When the Detectorist meets Jack Sim the Ghost Hunter wonderful things happen. Rendezvousing at his century old house, amongst the decaying bones, hearse, and morgue, up pop coins and relics that predate the house itself.
A femme fatale and her mother worked in this bakery and shop. Her presence appeared to be followed by a brawl, fatal accident, murder, and death on the front steps of Woolworths. Read the full story “Curse of Lover’s Lane” by following the link on my profile.
In 1948 this Ipswich hotel was buzzed by a UFO in a mysterious incident that has never been explained. Follow the link on my profile for the story, “Australia’s greatest UFO mystery.”

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