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Tag: Goondiwindi

3 days ago May 8, 2026May 8, 2026History Out There

The Question that Followed Detective Head

1 week ago May 1, 2026May 1, 2026History Out There

The Body Beneath the Ballot

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026History Out There

Submarines and the Red Baron: The Dassie Gore Story

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026History Out There

Priscilla Runaway Girl of Toowoomba

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025History Out There

Armistice Day 1919: How the Darling Downs remembered

September 19, 2025September 19, 2025History Out There

Buried twice: the lost life of Mrs. Collins

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025History Out There

Thunderbolt’s aspiring bushranger

March 2, 2025March 2, 2025History Out There

Ghost steamer’s fatal career

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025History Out There

God overruled the Criminal Court

November 20, 2024November 22, 2024History Out There

Rupert and the most haunted street

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The most chilling Bunyip sighting was reported right here in 1868. Rockhampton dairyfarmer John Carey late one night was approaching this spot where the Old Exchange Hotel stood then when his dogs took off in total fear, and Carey knows what he saw in the dark of night. The team that day was the most amazing representative team ever assembled in any sport. Follow the link on my profile to read and hear the story, "Foden’s Men: The Day the Capital was Conquered." Sonny fires the cannon at New Zealand's National Maritime Museum in Auckland. No ships were sunk in the making of this video. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYEgIFOlKId/ There’s more to the 1917 suspicious death and the policeman who led the investigation. Please follow the link on my profile for the second in a trilogy of stories about this unsolved murder, "The Question that Followed Detective Head." Australia's greatest professional sprinter benefited from a highly profitable sting in the 1880s. Via the link on my profile you can read, like and share the story, "How Jim McGarrigal Outsprinted a Nation." Chris Calcino of ABC loves the #HistoryOutThere story “The Anzac Illusionist of Kalbar” so much that he’s retelling the tale in his own inimitable style this Monday after 4.30pm – so be sure you’re listening on your favourite regional Queensland Local Radio! ABC North Queensland, ABC Capricornia, ABC North West Queensland, ABC Southern Queensland, ABC Western Queensland. I'm here to see a remarkable collection at New Zealand's National Maritime Museum in Auckland, and this anchor was lost from Captain William Bligh's HMS Bounty during her voyage of 1787 when taken over by Fletcher Christian and the other mutineers. There was a mysterious death in Goondiwindi during the 1917 federal election that has never been explained. Please follow the link on my profile to read, listen and share the story, "The Body Beneath the Ballot."
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