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
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
Robert John Silver (1927-2016) was the son of my grandmother’s brother John, or Uncle Jack, as he was known. Rob fondly remembers his growing-up years and summer holiday visits to Boolburra with his parents and sisters Jean and Peg. Following are Rob...
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...
by Warren Nunn
What follows are several images from my collection of memorabilia of the Dobbs family from Boolburra, Queensland. John Alexis Dobbs Coker and Margaret Isabella Silver, known as Alex and Bella Dobbs, raised a family of four on a farm near the Dawson River.
