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June 15, 2025June 15, 2025History Out There

Hidden historical links: Busselton and Ipswich unveiled

June 13, 2025June 14, 2025History Out There

Haunting History of Grittleton Lodge in Bunbury

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025History Out There

New suspect emerges in 1865 Toowoomba murder

June 1, 2025June 1, 2025History Out There

Ipswich reacts: 1865 Toowoomba murder case

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025History Out There

Unsolved murder: mystery of Toowoomba’s 1865 case

May 25, 2025May 28, 2025History Out There

Unravelling the mystery of Ellen the Cutter

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025History Out There

Ellen the Cutter: a 19th century villain

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025History Out There

Captain Simpson’s actions saved lives on SS Pericles

May 17, 2025May 17, 2025History Out There

De Grussa Family: First to Cross Australia by Car

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025History Out There

Historic horse-drawn drays of Ipswich: a journey of infamy

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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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