Category: area history
Old Area Photos
Beaudesert Publican Albert Edward Jennings, ca. 1876 Albert Jennings arrived in Queensland in 1862 and began butchering at Oxley, Veresdale (1871) and Stanthorpe. He returned…
Read MoreA Local News Article from 1931
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 – 1933), Saturday 7 February 1931, page 8 About 80 years ago Jimboomba was a sheep and cattle station,…
Read MoreA Local News Article from 1928
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 – 1933), Exert from Monday 30 April 1928, page 17 (National Library of Australia) JIMBOOMBA STATION ENTERED. Duty stamps…
Read MoreA Local News Article from 1878
The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939), Exert from Saturday 16 March 1878, page 8 (National Library of Australia) JIMBOOMBA. February 11. THE road…
Read MoreThe History of Jimboomba…
In the days of the large grazing leases, this are was known as Gimboomba. It was taken up by Thomas Dowse in 1845 until 1848…
Read MoreThe History of Cedar Grove…
Cedar Grove and Cedar Vale are in the same region to the south of Jimboomba. When the Beaudesert Railway was built in 1888, the station…
Read MoreThe History of Cedar Vale…
The Harrison Family is synonymous with Cedar Vale and their grand house known as Broomfield. George and Susan Harrison sailed to Melbourne aboard the Gypsy…
Read MoreThe History of Mundoolun…
The name is derived from the Wangerriburra word Mundunlgunn meaning death adder. In 1842 William Humphries and Paul and Clem Lawless, took up a depasturing…
Read MoreThe History of Stockleigh…
George Hawkins and Will Elworthy took up land here on 1 September 1863 and named the area in memory of Elworthy’s home in Devon. George’s…
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