The Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society Inc. was founded in 1983 by post-war immigrant Mrs Mikie Maas OAM PHF, with the support of volunteer judges Rosemary Dobson and Joan Phipson and local poet Anne Bell to recognise the contribution Dorothea made to Australian literature. That same year, Gunnedah celebrated the unveiling of a bronze statue of … Read more
Once a shanty town during the great depression, Pensioners Hill is now home to four stone sculptures that depict different aspects of Gunnedah’s cultural and industrial history.
The first settlement in Dalby, also known as Dalby’s birthplace, is called The Crossing. The first settler, Henry Dennis, spent time surveying the area in 1841. The Crossing was the first track to the pastoral holdings west of Myall Creek. With the settlement, it became the meeting place for stockmen, shearers, fencers, teamsters, and other … Read more
The Rewan air crash occurred on 16 November 1943 when a Dakota C-47 of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Group crashed at Rewan, Queensland, south of Rolleston, Queensland, killing all 19 people on board. The memorial is made of aircraft’s engines, wings and undercarriage, near the crash site. It was … Read more
Historical Gunnewin siding, at Gunnewin on the Carnarvon Hwy between Roma and Injune.
A memorial grave of a tragic event of four children drowning at the weir in Drillham. The Miles and District Historical Society believe the graves to be of the four children of a railway lengthsman, named Roehrig and his wife Matilda (nee Fechner). The children who were accidentally drowned in the railway weir on 5th … Read more
In 1906, the Newnes township and shale oil mining complex was established, extracting low-grade oil from shale. The Newnes mining complex ceased operations and restarted until 1931 when it last ceased. Newnes was named after Sir George Newnes, who was one of the principle directors of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Limitied. Over the range is … Read more
