A new street was created in 1929.
26th Oct. 2018 10:10 AM
People have no idea what kind of town Southgate used to be with three churches, sugar mills, a bakery, butcher shop...
24th Oct. 2018 10:10 AM
What happened in Gladstone back in 1929 and 1934?
23rd Oct. 2018 12:10 PM
STEP back in time and take a look at the early days of the Clarence Valley, and how mining helped to shape our history
06th Oct. 2018 12:10 AM
Have you heard of these famous horses in the region?
04th Oct. 2018 4:10 PM
Have you heard these odd racing facts?
04th Oct. 2018 2:10 PM
A look at how horse racing first started in Gayndah
03rd Oct. 2018 10:10 AM
On this day 107 years ago, two dugong were caught at the harbour.
02nd Oct. 2018 5:10 PM
Former staff, family and friends keen to talk about old times with Roylen Cruises and Brampton Island
29th Sept. 2018 7:09 AM
A LOOK at the advertisements in the Bundaberg News-Mail of August 20, 1947, reveals much about Bundaberg at the...
12th Sept. 2018 12:09 PM
The open day is part of the Ambulance Week where stations across the state throw open their doors to welcome in the...
11th Sept. 2018 5:09 PM
A PROPERTY south of Cecil Plains is laying claim to a significant milestone in Australian history.
05th Sept. 2018 12:09 PM
Groom & Lavers celebrate 125 years.
04th Sept. 2018 5:09 PM
THE iconic Kandanga Hotel went under the auctioneer's hammer this morning. Find out what happened.
02nd Sept. 2018 1:09 PM
WHEN officials entered this abandoned KFC restaurant in America, they were finger-lickin surprised at what they discovered.
25th Aug. 2018 1:08 PM
DANGER was moving close to our shores with German mines and Japanese submarines well before Pearl Harbour.
24th Aug. 2018 5:08 PM
In the first year, the abattoir's weekly kills consisted of four pigs and six calves.
23rd Aug. 2018 12:08 PM
AN EXOTIC array of fancy fruits are grown in Bundaberg these days but there was a time when the most humble of crops got...
22nd Aug. 2018 12:08 PM
Dirt roads, deserted beaches ... this was Noosa in the 1940s
18th Aug. 2018 11:08 AM
AUGUST 18 is a date in Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith's life that he can't turn his back on, but neither will he celebrate...
13th Aug. 2018 11:08 AM
Wendy Bowkett, nee Creed, said her happiest memories of growing up on Raglan's Old Station were family picnics by the...
13th Aug. 2018 4:08 AM
Teacher finds rare fossilised teeth from 25 million-year-old prehistoric mega-shark at the beach.
09th Aug. 2018 6:08 AM
The project will cover council's museum, gallery and library local heritage and arts collections.
07th Aug. 2018 10:08 AM
YES, we know, you can’t exist without taking your phone everywhere. So imagine a time when it was stuck to the wall. Here’s...
05th Aug. 2018 6:08 PM
PLAY-DOH was first manufactured in the 1930s as a wallpaper cleaner before being rebranded into a children’s toy.
03rd Aug. 2018 3:08 PM
VIRAL search for a mysterious couple captured in a portrait reached all the way up to north Queensland to come to an...
31st July 2018 5:07 PM
HUNT for mysterious pair narrows down after social media call out goes viral, reaching thousands of viewers and sparking...
30th July 2018 5:07 PM
FORGET using a calculator or jumping on the internet. This exam from 106 years ago may have you baffled — so how many...
30th July 2018 9:07 AM
THE “greatest story ever told” had a few pivotal figures whose significance have been all but wiped from the record, for...
28th July 2018 2:07 PM
IT'S unlikely Bundaberg will be a centre of migration soon but that wasn't always the case.
25th July 2018 5:07 AM
A POOL of murky, red liquid found around three mummies in an Egyptian sarcophagus has been analysed by scientists.
24th July 2018 3:07 AM
A NEW business case for a Catalina Flying Boat Museum and Information Centre may see Bowen become the front and centre of a...
23rd July 2018 2:07 PM
A DIVIDING line at the heart of Australia has its roots in an old world order, and was signed off by the pope in...
22nd July 2018 9:07 AM
Four years and 10,000 plus volunteer hours later, one of the most unique Anzac memorials in the world will be unveiled in...
21st July 2018 11:07 AM
IT'S all just a little bit of history repeating. Many parallels can be drawn between this year and 80 years ago.
17th July 2018 12:07 PM
Blast from the past for volunteer
13th July 2018 6:07 AM
A HISTORIAN has painted a completely different version of Australia’s history - and it is causing huge shockwaves.
08th July 2018 2:07 PM
WHEN Charles Town selected a block of land at Myall Creek in 1907, he may never have thought that 111 years later it would...
08th July 2018 5:07 AM
READ all about a colourful character who got himself into a bit of strife around the region.
05th July 2018 3:07 PM
Ashton's Circus founder, James Ashton is buried in Gladstone Cemetery
30th June 2018 4:06 AM
ARTIST Peter Skinner, whose father fought on the Western Front and his uncle at Gallipoli, created murals for the Erina...
28th June 2018 12:06 AM
THE first coastal lighthouse in Queensland, the Bustard Head Lighthouse at 1770, began operation on June 26, 1868 – 150...
27th June 2018 12:06 AM
1918: Mines Minister discusses way forward for mineral resources
22nd June 2018 4:06 PM
THE anniversary of an historically significant event involving Ballina passed by quietly last week.
21st June 2018 10:06 AM
CLARRIE and Kaye Purnell left their dairy farm, Wongamead, in the Monogorilby district of the North Burnett in the...
20th June 2018 5:06 PM
Age is just a number for Chinchilla's Muriel Trebilco who, at the age of 95, is getting ready to release her new book.
15th June 2018 4:06 PM
Our people are proud of every one of their brave soldiers, but Squadron-Commander Dallas was their idol.
14th June 2018 10:06 AM
HE HAS has helicoptered into remote destinations, lived for months with traditional native societies and held rock art...
14th June 2018 8:06 AM
"The road over the range from Many Peaks to Monto is actually an Aboriginal pathway.”
13th June 2018 4:06 AM
A doctor advised him to have a rest in the country so he chose to take a holiday in Gladstone
10th June 2018 4:06 AM
