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
A cursory look at this satellite view should make it obvious there were many challenges for those trying to make a living from the land in the Boolburra district west of Rockhampton, Queensland. While some of the river-front land offered opportunity for crops and...
