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Win-win for rugby star Hope
GROWING up in Melbourne as the middle child of eight in a Samoan-Polynesian family, Leading Aircraftwoman Hope Kareta always pictured herself in the military. Excelling…
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A day of free family fun in Rosewood
THE first day of July marked another free Rosewood Family Fun Day at the community centre. The Rosewood and District Support Centre hosts these fun…
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Changing of the guard for Rosewood Lions
AS THE festivities played out at the Rosewood Show last Saturday, a more low key event was taking place nearby as Rosewood Lions held the…
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New roads key for city’s success
IPSWICH MAYOR Teresa Harding said rolling out new roads remained a key focus for the council in the 2024-2025 Budget. “Ipswich has the highest rate…
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Harness racer re-enactor doing 76 kilometre run
IT’S been 100 years since the last mail run by stagecoach from Surat to Yuleba in the Maranoa region of Queensland. While today’s deliveries are…
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Rosewood Show ‘bigger and better’
THOUSANDS flowed through the gates, the entertainment went without a hitch and in the words of President Paddy Lenihan “the Rosewood Show keeps getting bigger…
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Rosewood joins pickleball ‘addiction’
IT’S a player friendly sport taking off in Australia and about to be trialled in Rosewood. Thagoona resident Lorraine Owens is excited to see her…
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Fixing things early, program helps at risk youths
A YOUTH focused program is helping at risk young people find hope. Sen Const Murray Itiri from Rosewood Police said the Blue Edge program was…
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Bridging a boundary blockade
AGITATION for a high level bridge over the Seven Mile Creek on what was then known as the Toowoomba Road was first reported in the…
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A walk through the Purga Nature Reserve
WHILE early winter usually means some scarcity of native flowers in the bush, there was still lots to see when the Native Plants Queensland Ipswich…
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Burgers bring men to health expo
THE way to a man’s heart is through his stomach so free burgers were a great way to get men to a well-being expo, especially…
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Show rolls out a world of entertainment
THERE’S heart-pounding excitement, side splitting comedy, eyes-up-to-the-skies thrills, and eyes-down-to-the-ground thrills, awe-inspiring blazes and amusements for all ages in the entertainment line-up at the Rosewood…












