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It might not be something you'd want to do at night... but a self-guided tour of the Hughenden cemetery with its elaborate historic headstones could be an enjoyable history lesson by day. It will also give you an insight into the lives of the people who are buried there. ...
Wednesday 4 August 2010 -
Robert Logan Jack was Government Geologist of Queensland for 22 years, and spent most of that time based in Townsville. His great granddaughter Felicity Jack has written his biography based on a collection of letters, maps and charts found in a family attic. ...Thursday 10 June 2010 -
A quilt that tells the history of the first botanical expedition to north Queensland has returned to Townsville after twenty years. ...Thursday 13 March 2008 -
Nick Shailer collects postcards, including many early images of north Queensland dating back to the 1800s....Saturday 17 May 2008
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Sydney is full of grand, showy houses, but there's one that hides some amazing stories which reveal a garden, a beach, some grottoes, and delusions of grandeur....Friday 3 September 2010 -
Celebrations across Melbourne have marked the 175th anniversary since John Faulkner founded the town after sailing down the Yarra River....Monday 30 August 2010 -
There's a lot more to Koroit than potatoes and Irish music...Friday 27 August 2010 -
A Melbourne costume collector has her mind set on a collection of hidden treasures which lie in the store room of the Art Gallery of Ballarat....Thursday 26 August 2010 -
Sydney has Australia's oldest lighthouse site, one that's still in use today, and, to give us a feel of the atmosphere at Macquarie Lighthouse we can go on a tour of it....Friday 20 August 2010
