History

Maroon event’s remarkable 50 year milestone

FROM streakers to storms, nearby bushfires to farmers ‘ducking off’ to milk their cows: The annual Maroon Single Wicket competition is extraordinary in every way. It could even be the only current cricket event of its kind in Australia with...

David Lems

29 Oct 2025

History

Pioneering settler remembered in new graveside ceremony

THE life of a pioneering settler was commemorated at the Boonah Cemetery on Saturday, with the unveiling of a new headstone and a toast to a life well lived.

Wendy Creighton

21 May 2025

History

Our History - Spicers Gap Road: A bottomless morass

A photograph which appeared in a 1918 edition of The Queenslander newspaper of the Governor’s Chair – a huge stone jutting out above a high ridge reached by a short track off Spicer’s Gap Road.

Wendy Creighton

16 Apr 2025

History

The grand experimental banquet

IT WAS advertised as The Grand Experimental Dinner to give prominent colonists a taste of native fare.

Wendy Creighton

09 Apr 2025

History

A future King and Queen are welcomed to Beaudesert

TWICE the Beaudesert and district community had missed out on a Royal visit, so when it was first mooted that HRH Prince Albert, Duke of York and his Duchess, Elizabeth “could possibly include a visit to the town” during their Royal Tour in 1927, nothing was too much trouble.

Wendy Creighton

19 Mar 2025

History

WWII pilot’s parachute makes its final landing in WA

MY WIFE Deb and I moved into Graceview, outside Boonah, in October 2019.

Guest Writer

19 Mar 2025

History

OUR HISTORY - The bunyip of the Bromelton billabong

She observed on the surface of the water a living animal of extraordinary shape and dimensions.

Wendy Creighton

05 Mar 2025

Sport

Fassifern cricket celebration rich in tradition

SITTING in the old grandstand at Coronation Park, Ian Pocock recalls many great memories during his time involved with the Fassifern Cricket Association (FCA). The current FCA president and former player said the grandstand used before the opening...

David Lems

29 Jan 2025

History

The Thompson family’s sporting legacy

THE Boonah and Ipswich Thompson family sporting legacy in athletics, boxing and cricket began before the turn of the 20th century.

Wendy Creighton

08 May 2024

History

Election win on a ping pong ball

TIGHT tussles are not rare in local government elections and the 2024 poll was no different with Scenic Rim’s Division 5 candidates on a knife edge as the count slowly ground on.

Wendy Creighton

27 Mar 2024

Fassifern Guardian

And they’re off…Beauy’s celebrations start with cake

IT’S A long word for an even longer time period, Beaudesert’s sesquicentennial celebrations – also known as B150 – has been underway since January and shows no sign of slowing down.

Lara Hart

06 Mar 2024

Fassifern Guardian

Generations keep Kerry farm going for-Ward

AS BEAUDESERT enters its 150th year, the Ward family of Kerry are doing the same and celebrating 150 years since their ancestor Patrick Ward laid claim to land in the area.

Lara Hart

28 Feb 2024

Sport

Historic season: Bombers celebrate 50 year milestone

FASSIFERN Junior Rugby League Football Club officials, players, coaches and supporters are celebrating a wonderful milestone this year – their 50th anniversary. Life member Craig Harsant has compiled some valuable research highlighting the...

David Lems

14 Feb 2024

History

National standards review a boon for Beaudesert and Boonah museums

TWO Scenic Rim museum organisations have been congratulated for completing a year-long program to compare operations against the national standards.

Wendy Creighton

14 Feb 2024

Sport

Welcome rain delays Maroon event after Bushrangers rise

FASSIFERN Bushrangers batsman Lachlan Andrews found an extra blessing after the 48th annual Maroon Single Wicket competition was postponed for a week. Apart from the welcome rain, up to 30 millimetres in places, he may now be able to join other...

David Lems

08 Nov 2023

History

Kalbar’s honour roll book to honour war service

KALBAR RSL Sub-branch is among 57 ex-service and community organisations sharing in more than $3.5 million in grant funding to provide wellbeing projects and commemorative activities for veterans and their families.

Lara Hart

05 Jul 2023

History

Plaque honours man who loved Kalbar

THE late Arnold Munchow was the street cleaner, gardener and amenities cleaner for the town centres of Kalbar and Aratula.

Wendy Creighton

17 May 2023

History

Queen of Fashion to lead campaign for House of Fashion

AUSTRALIAN fashion icon, Liz Davenport, will lead a fundraising campaign for the Fassifern Historical Society’s House of Fashion.

Wendy Creighton

03 May 2023

History

Historic motorbike unveiled at Workshops

A NATIONALLY significant and historic Ipswich motorcycle was handed over at a special ceremony this week at The Workshops Rail Museum. The presentation came after volunteers from the Historical Motor Cycle Club of Queensland spent three years and...

Rob Mellett

15 Mar 2023