by Warren Nunn
The above composite image is of what has been identified as the Duaringa Roman Catholic Church building from the early 1900s. While they are designed the same, they are not the same building. What follows will explain that. When Queensland’s population was...
by Warren Nunn
Setback for young family Before Charles Dobbs arrived in Boolburra, he lived both at Mt Morgan and Kabra. Charles had met and married Elizabeth Aldridge in Mt Morgan where he was working with his future father-in-law Henry Aldridge. Charles had arrived in Australia in...
by Warren Nunn
Enduring message for the generations Updated 8 September 2020 What to make of a small, rectangular piece of needlework into which is stitched a plaited lock of hair and on which is inscribed: “TOKEN (or TOKEII) A TO W S”? …. Or should it in fact read: “A...
by Warren Nunn
But our memories live on By Warren Nunn In several trips to Boolburra over the years, I’ve photographed the site where my grandparents Alex and Bella Dobbs onced lived. In about 1995 my uncle, Jim Dobbs, had the house removed from the site and relocated to...
by Warren Nunn
Updated with photographs June 2021 Cemeteries record in some small way something about how people lived. There are countless burial grounds throughout the world that are forgotten and inaccessible. In an area less than 100km from the Central Queensland city of...
by Warren Nunn
How a sporting event brought people together In the era before modern transport and communication, local events such as dances and picnic race days were often the highlight of the year for rural communities. My maternal grandfather, Alex Dobbs, grew up in a small...
