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December 19, 2025December 24, 2025History Out There

Peerage and Santa: unique Christmas tales

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

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025History Out There

Toowoomba’s historic matches against England: A cricket legacy

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025History Out There

Queensland’s first female police: O’Donnell and Dare

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025History Out There

Queensland’s historic fortune telling crackdown

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025History Out There

Armistice Day 1919: How the Darling Downs remembered

November 7, 2025November 7, 2025History Out There

The honesty and impact of Queensland’s first racing doyen

November 2, 2025November 2, 2025History Out There

1888 Melbourne Cup: fleecing of Lord Headington

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025History Out There

Cornet players’ dark tragic secret

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The Great Cab Proprietors Strike of 1865 is often overlooked in terms of historic importance, but the cabbies strike foreshadowed law changes that occurred with the coming of Uber. Please go to my website www.historyoutthere.com to read, listen, like and share the story, "The Great Cab Strike of 1865." In colonial Queensland in the 19th century a stolen umbrella could have landed you in gaol. Please go to my website to read, hear and share the entire fascinating story, "The Umbrella Offender." 150 years ago George Frost continued to be tormented by his wife even after he died. Please go to my website to read, hear and share the entire fascinating story, "Tormented Beyond the Grave." I really enjoy receiving greetings from followers around the world, and particularly love today's video from the Muddy Creek Picker who's in Paris looking to make the biggest pick of his life, good luck! 😃 Go to the Cobb & Co Museum and discover a legend of the Australian Outback. Visit www.historyoutthere.com for the full story and videos of "The Real Treasure of Cobb & Co". I went to Toowoomba's Carnival of Flowers to see this, my 1900 Cobb & Co carriage that I sponsored through the Queensland Museum to help preserve. In the 1860s Ipswich's John Barnes defined resilience. Go to my www.historyoutthere.com website for the whole story "Furious Riding of Resilient John Barnes" and subscribe for free to get two weekly stories delivered to your inbox. While in Melbourne I tracked down the Brisbane superfan behind a rare piece of sports memorabilia linked to a Toowoomba championship. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Oldest Fan Letter in NBL History." The day after the Brisbane Lions won their 3rd consecutive AFL premiership, the NBL's oldest known fan mail to the Brisbane Bullets - it was sent 46 years ago in just the second year of the league - gets verified in Fitzroy.

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