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3 days ago March 29, 2026March 29, 2026History Out There

Jack Slack and the Phantom Hundred

January 25, 2026January 25, 2026History Out There

Pedestrian Kings: Australia Day Match Races

December 14, 2025December 14, 2025History Out There

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

December 5, 2025December 24, 2025History Out There

The Santa Claus curse of Toowoomba

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025History Out There

Toowoomba’s historic matches against England: A cricket legacy

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025History Out There

Carnage when the England cricket team came to town

September 30, 2024October 2, 2024History Out There

Cricket’s discovery by the football grand finalist

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024History Out There

They stole our medals

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024History Out There

Kerry Valley time travellers

June 9, 2024June 9, 2024History Out There

When Walter Lindrum was nobbled

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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! Narren Jim knew the answer to Australia's greatest mystery about the lost Leichhardt journals. Via the link on my profile, please read, like, follow, and share his incredible story, "Narren Jim and the Leichhardt Mystery." I've come to see Argyle Diamonds at the Perth Mint to understand what the 3.5 carat lost Stanthorpe Diamond may have looked like.
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