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  • Learnings from an adventure in the Outback

    Learnings from an adventure in the Outback

    IN JUST under seven weeks Walloon residents Will and Delma Milligan explored Queensland, travelling 6,575 kilometres at an average of 15.1 litres of petrol per…

  • Vale Robert Lewis Blake 01/03/1935 – 03/06/2021

    Vale Robert Lewis Blake 01/03/1935 – 03/06/2021

    ROBERT (Robbie) Blake was a Marburg man and was one of nine children born to Edward and Ida Blake. Robbie was educated at Marburg State…

  • Back to the Dreamtime for NAIDOC week

    Back to the Dreamtime for NAIDOC week

    STUDENTS from Rosewood State School recently took part in Indigenous games that were taught at the school by Dreamtime Games leader, Dusty, in a two…

  • It’s in the news, even the old news

    It’s in the news, even the old news

    AN historic memento was recently discovered by Willowbank resident Noela Blake after she came across a Rosewood Register and Marburg Mail newspaper that had been hidden…

  • Bonjour on Bastille Day

    Bonjour on Bastille Day

    Students from St Brigid’s Catholic State School traded their school uniforms for French berets, scarfs and themed outfits as part of their learnings about Bastille…

  • Plaque replacement at Haigslea lawn cemetery under review

    Plaque replacement at Haigslea lawn cemetery under review

    THE replacement of the plaque stolen from the pedestal outside the Haigslea cemetery is ‘under review’ by the Ipswich City Council. The plaque was stolen…

  • Vale Dulcie Waters

    Vale Dulcie Waters

    An elegant, loving country girl with an edge and a consummate role model DULCIE Waters was a life-defining presence in the lives of her extended…

  • Rosewood country markets reopen

    Rosewood country markets reopen

    THE markets are on again in Rosewood, every third Saturday of the month. Anglican Parish volunteer Ashley Palmer said the monthly markets were made possible through…

  • The end of an outback adventure

    The end of an outback adventure

    RECENT outback wanderers, Will and Delma Milligan are home and have brought with them an enthusiasm to encourage everyone to ‘get out there and see…

  • Grants to make a huge impact on local schools

    Grants to make a huge impact on local schools

    THE recent State Budget included a number of wins for Rosewood and district. The projects included $50,000 for planning for the new Police Station and…

  • Refined Gold

    He said to me. You know, I’m afraid of getting old! Well, what could I say? Except, of what I was once told! You don’t…

  • NAIDOC week celebrated at the Marburg Races

    NAIDOC week celebrated at the Marburg Races

    THE Marburg Pacing Association invited special guests Roberta Graham from the Ugarapul People and the Leichhardt Deadly Dancers to celebrate NAIDOC week at the track.…

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