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January 11, 2026January 11, 2026History Out There

The Minister, the Governor, and the Ghost in the Family

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026History Out There

Dullest New Year’s on earth: An Ipswich tradition

December 29, 2025December 29, 2025History Out There

Beyond the Sangster memorial: the other hero of the 1893 floods

December 21, 2025December 21, 2025History Out There

The Christmas morning poisoning

December 19, 2025December 24, 2025History Out There

Peerage and Santa: unique Christmas tales

December 14, 2025December 14, 2025History Out There

Cricket Ashes: extraordinary performances of a boxer and rugby league star

December 12, 2025December 24, 2025History Out There

Dalby’s Santa Claus fatalities

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025History Out There

Meet Rosewood’s legendary Santa Claus impersonators

December 5, 2025December 24, 2025History Out There

The Santa Claus curse of Toowoomba

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025History Out There

England’s historic cricket match in Ipswich: A Bodyline tale

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With all the noise about Ipswich luring Ed Sheeran from Brisbane recently, here’s a concert 110 years ago that was positively stolen. Follow the link on my profile to read and hear my story. "From Paul Dufault to Ed Sheeran: Ipswich’s Century‑long Battle for the Stars." Congratulations to the @bangarradancetheatre winning a prestigious international award, the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale announced today. It’s for lifetime achievement in dance. In July I was honoured to spend time with a founding member of the theatre Janet Guypunura Munyarryun. Janet and her niece Monica were catching barramundi in the crocodile-infested Cato River on the beautiful Dhalinybuy homeland in North East Arnhem Land. It was wonderful to hear stories of her having tea with the Queen and travelling the world as a dancer, choreographer and now sharing indigenous knowledge. Congratulations to Janet and her Bangarra Dance Theatre! I went to South Yarra, Melbourne, searching for a Toowoomba war hero, and I found him. Follow the link on my profile to read and hear the story, "The Road to South Yarra and the Ghost of Owen Price." Wake up with Damo on radio #4AK on Tuesdays when I share history from the Darling Downs. This Tuesday after 6.30am I'm mixing it with David Littleproud and Ed Sheeran and tell you about last week when I went looking for a Toowoomba war hero in South Yarra! A pair of woman's gloves on display in 1862 represented an historic Australian first. Follow the link on my profile to read and hear this amazing story, "How a Pair of Gloves Changed a Nation." He was idolised as the "Grand Old Man of Ipswich" but he made blunders that tarnish his legend. Follow the link in my profile to read and hear the full story, "The Grand Old Man of Ipswich - Mistakes that Haunt His Legend." When drivers’ licenses were first introduced in Queensland over a century ago, Toowoomba beat Brisbane for a dubious honour. Follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Troubled Driver Who Made Queensland History." Dinosaurs discovered in a Brisbane quarry in 1958 dominated today’s news, and on radio Dr Romilio guaranteed that there’d be more footprints in the stone that built Brisbane’s GPO. Dinosaurs were discovered in Ipswich coalmine in 1933, and they were burned to build Queensland. Read that story via the link on my profile and searching for "Dinosaurs were lost in space." The Minden hermit didn’t speak for forty-four years until the cows literally came home. Read the full story via the link in my profile, "The Whisper That Shook a District."
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