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  • OUR HISTORY – Marsupial tax targets “evil pests”

    OUR HISTORY – Marsupial tax targets “evil pests”

    “That in the opinion of this House, the Marsupial Pest has become an evil of such magnitude, in several Districts of the Colony, as to…

  • Agile Cody takes shot at first global mission

    Agile Cody takes shot at first global mission

    NEWLY selected Australian representative Cody Adams enjoys developing his skills playing rugby league for the Rosewood Roosters. However, during more than 16 years of playing…

  • Pub puts focus on kids’ play

    Pub puts focus on kids’ play

    KIDS’ fun is on the menu at the recently revamped Walloon Hotel on Queen Street. A garden play area has been overhauled and the outdoor…

  • Homecraft will inspire showgoers to make it themselves

    Homecraft will inspire showgoers to make it themselves

    TRADITIONAL skills like needlework, sewing, crocheting, knitting and making patchwork quilts are real crowd pleasers. The finished products can be found in the Needlework Section…

  • Post office siblings time stamp retirement date

    Post office siblings time stamp retirement date

    THERE’S a place where everybody knows your name, it’s not the local watering hole, it’s a town’s post office. Rosewood Post Office has been owned…

  • Make a new mate every day

    Make a new mate every day

    by WILL MILLIGAN AS WE in South East Queensland recover from our major rain event in March 2025, spare a thought for our country folk…

  • Growing things and making it look pretty

    Growing things and making it look pretty

    THE Farm Produce Section is in the experienced hands of Elwyn Steinhardt and Tony Frohloff. Tony and his wife Barbara are both involved in the…

  • Stable plans for racetrack neighbour

    Stable plans for racetrack neighbour

    A HARNESS racing trainer has plans to build stables on a property beside the Marburg race track. Town planning agents for Ricky Gordon have applied…

  • Council reviews damage caused by ex-TC Alfred

    Council reviews damage caused by ex-TC Alfred

    TWO council reports were delivered to council last week analysing the extent of damage wrought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March. The event dumped 250mm…

  • United with 150 years of church memories

    United with 150 years of church memories

    ROSEWOOD Uniting Church turns 150 this year and everyone’s invited to its anniversary celebration. Pastor Rob Duncan leads from the pulpit and congregation members are…

  • Marburg community commemorates Anzac Day

    Marburg community commemorates Anzac Day

    by WENDYE GRATTON Photos: LYLE RADFORD A LARGE crowd attended the Marburg Anzac Day march and service hosted by the Marburg and District Residents Association…

  • Rain no dampener on Rosewood Anzac parade

    Rain no dampener on Rosewood Anzac parade

    Photos: LYLE RADFORD IT WAS one of the biggest attendances yet as more than a thousand people were at Rosewood Dawn Service on Anzac Day.…

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