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Category: Queensland

September 8, 2024September 8, 2024History Out There

Duke’s children attacked by snakes

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024History Out There

Warwick’s curse of the clock tower

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024History Out There

Man swaps wife for a horse

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024History Out There

Burke & Wills and the misbehaving judge

August 25, 2024August 25, 2024History Out There

Sad saga of George Cuffe

August 21, 2024August 21, 2024History Out There

Fake news of the Sankeys

August 18, 2024August 18, 2024History Out There

Weaving 1874 threads of history

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024History Out There

Who killed Constable Fitzgerald

August 11, 2024August 11, 2024History Out There

History’s great embezzlers

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024History Out There

They stole our medals

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The first major sporting travesty in Queensland happened in 1865 and it changed the course of the colony’s sports history. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Foden Affair." In 1866 the constable’s wife was a key witness in great fowl affair. Read, hear, like, share and follow the full and fowl details via the link on my profile and the story, "The Dalby Fowl Affair." This week I ventured out to the Western Australian wheat belt to scramble to see the rock art tens of thousands of years old in Mulka’s Cave. The art was beautiful. In contrast, the dreamtime story was an awful warning of inbreeding, child murder and cannibalism. This week I ventured out to the Western Australian wheat belt to scramble to see the rock art tens of thousands of years old in Mulka’s Cave. The art was beautiful. In contrast, the dreamtime story was an awful warning of inbreeding, child murder and cannibalism. In 1851 this cricketer arrived in Moreton Bay with the swagger of a man convinced history would remember him. Read, like, share, and follow the story of the first 100 scored in Queensland via the link on my profile, "Jack Slack and the Phantom Hundred." This week I went face-to-face with Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh who in 1697 was In the 1860s there was a man who made it his business to keep convicts out of gaol. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Convict Postman Who Delivered Freedom." Corrigin citizens in Western Australia's wheat belt love their utes, dogs, and world records. I'm here to pay homage to their dogs in utes as well as their amaxing dog cemetery. It's a magical place. I've come to the historic 1831 town of York in the West Australian wheat belt, and the big event today is the annual motorbike festival!
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