Mount Morgan Argus Volume 14, Issue 3

VOLUME 14, ISSUE 3

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27 FEBRUARY - 13 MARCH 2019

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LEADING THE WAY

Mount Morgan State High School Captains Mary-Rose Donald-Nord and Telleesha Bull. Story on Page 2

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LEADING THE WAY From Page 1

Mount Morgan State High School’s 2019 School Leaders were sworn in at a combined 107th birthday celebration and induction ceremony on 12 February 2019.

Mary-Rose Donald-Nord and Telleesha Bull were elected School Captains and Jacinta Oliver, School Vice-Captain (Pictued below with Principal Trevor Rickertt).

The school leaders underwent leadership training where they determined the leadership style that they wanted to lead with. This included leading with confidence and authenticity, being the change they wanted to see, working together and fighting for the changes they believe to be right.

House Captains and Student Representative Council Leadership team were also inducted at the school ceremony.

House captains are Alexis Kajewski and Nicholas Van Dreumel (Kendall), Mary-Rose Donald-Nord and Dylan Stewart (Paterson) and Charlene Creamer (Gordon). House Vice-Captains are Telleesha Bull (Kendall) and Taren Thompson-Gadsby (Paterson).

ALP CANDIDATE DOOR KNOCKS ON THE MOUNT ALP Candidate for Flynn, Zac Beers was in Mount Morgan for a mobile office on Sunday, 17 February 2019.

While in town Zac and his team went door knocking to listen to the community about what the priorities are for the area in the lead up to the next Federal election. He is pictured below with Ally Holt and Kathy Griffith. Mr Beers said he believed it was important that elected representatives talked to and listened to the community.

“This is why I wanted to make sure I spoke to as many people as possible while I was in town,” he said “If we have more people listening to the community and focused on the needs of our region we will get better results from Canberra. Mount Morgan has been ignored for too long by the current member and the Federal Government and I want to change that,” he said.

Karlie Hauff was elected to the Senior Leadership Team. Student Representative Council Leadership team is Jacinta Oliver (President), Raven TattanDullahide (Secretary) and Dylan Stewart (Treasurer).

Student Representative Council members for 2019 are Leon Brown and Serenity Anderson (Year 7), Kahlen Garrett and Ellah Donald (Year 8), Alexnader Connolly and Joshua Pankhurst (Year 9), Ethan Romaraog and Ebony Myors (Year 10) and Dylan Stewart and Kyle Davis (Year 11).

CREATIVE STORYTELLING Three people gathered at the Mount Morgan School of Arts to attend a Creative Storytelling workshop held by the Rockhampton Regional Council Art Gallery.

Pictured are Bethanee Mun (Mount Morgan), Don Bambrick (Byfield) and Bryn Robertson (Emu Park). The workshop was conducted by writer, comedienne, performer and general storyteller, Jodie van de Wetering.

This will be the first of several workshops to be conducted in the Regional Council area.

MOUNT MORGAN ARGUS DISCLAIMER The Mount Morgan Argus is published by Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc, 1 Railway Parade, Mount Morgan. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the publishers. MMPAD reserves the discretionary right to alter, omit, reclassify or postpone publication of articles, photographs or advertisements in the Mount Morgan Argus.MMPAD takes all possible care with the publication of news, names and other information sourced by MMPAD representatives. It does not, however, take responsibility for erroneous information or spelling supplied by external sources. Please take care and ensure that information is correct and names are spelt correctly before submitting any items to this publication. MMPAD Executive

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SLALOM AND TRICKS IN WATERSKI TOURNAMENT ON NO. 7 DAM The Waterski Queensland CQ Series will once again be heading to Mount Morgan’s No. 7 Dam with the Round 8 tournament to be held on Saturday, 9 March and Sunday, 10 March.

Held over two days, the tournament will see over 30 competitors visit Mount Morgan to compete in three rounds of slalom skiing and two rounds of trick skiing.

Wondering what slalom and trick skiing actually is? It’s just as it sounds.

Trick skiing on the day will see

competitors perform tricks on the water.

Think flips and turns, on either one or two water skis. Slalom skiing involves the competitor using only one ski to navigate their way through zigzagged buoys on the water.

Head along to Round 8 of Waterski QLD’s CQ Series at the Mount Morgan No. 7 Dam for what will surely be a great weekend spectacle.

Round 8 of the series will be the last tournament prior to Queensland State Titles, meaning it will be a competitor’s last chance to qualify for State and National Titles.

On Saturday, 9 March the event will start at 7.30 am, with the second day of the tournament starting at 8.00 am on Sunday, 10 March.

Whilst the last event held in Mount Morgan saw competitors travel from as far as Mackay, this

Both days are expected to run through till 5.00 pm.

SHOW NEWS Planning is well under way for the 21st Annual Mount Morgan Show to be held on Saturday, 10 August 2019.

The Committee aims to build on the success of previous years and make the 2019 Show better than ever.

In line with the long standing tradition of Queensland Agricultural Shows and the Mount Morgan Show in particular, there will be fun and entertainment for the whole family.

From horses, cattle, poultry, caged birds, arts and craft, photography, cooking, sewing and needlework, farm and garden and horticulture, exhibitors will be displaying the best our region has to offer.

The exhibit classes are the same as last year with the exception that the Arts and Craft Competition this year is Door Stops and honey has been included in Farm and Garden.

Gate fees have been kept at the same price as last year with $10 for adults, $7 for pensioners and students and a family pass for two adults and two students of $30.

Further information will be provided through the the Mount Morgan Argus, on the Show’s website mountmorganshow.com.au and on Facebook as it comes to hand.

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year’s event may even bring competitors to the area from southern Queensland.

School of Arts Mount Morgan The first Mount Morgan School of Arts was built in 1889 and officially opened on 11 September 1891 and was destroyed by fire prior to a School of Arts Reserve being declared in 1895.

A new building (below) was constructed on the same block which is opposite the former Queensland National Hotel and separated from the Grand Hotel by a large vacant block. This building was also raised to the ground by fire on 25 April 1923.

The third School of Arts to be built had an additional building adjoining which housed the library and reading room. These were opened to the public on 24 April 1924 and the hall was opened with a grand ball on 20 October 1924. A Queensland Government loan of £3000 covered most of the cost of rebuilding the School of Arts and Library.

This building has had many uses over the years including film screenings, balls and during World War II, American soldiers stationed in Rockhampton used it for accommodation and recreation.

When Rockhampton Regional Council took over the management of the building in 2011, they carried out extensive refurbishments. The School of Arts and library were placed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

(Article courtesy of Mount Morgan Historical Museum)

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MOUNT MORGAN MULTI PURPOSE HEALTH SERVICE NEWS Support Group: Anyone, male or female, who is interested in a cuppa and a chat is invited to attend the Mount Morgan Support Group (formerly Cancer Carers’ Support Group) on the third Tuesday each month at 10am at the Community Health House.

This is simply a social event, rather than a formal meeting or gathering. The intent is to get people together in a supportive environment to have a chat and discuss any ideas or concerns they have regarding a health matter. For more information please contact Rosemary Izzard on 4938 1981.

Appointments: Appointments are required for most Clinics held in our facility. To make appointments please phone the Administration Office between 8am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday.

Community Advisory Network: If anyone has any questions/concerns/suggestions about health related matters they are welcome to contact members of our Community Advisory Network (CAN). This group meets bi-monthly and is made up of members of the public from various organisations (external to Queensland Health). Wayne Linney (Chairman) ph. 0412 975 718, Jean Morgenstern ph. 4938 1346, Margaret Pearce ph. – 4938 1382, Rosemary Hoffman ph. 0422 631 516, Noel Barker ph. 4934 0023, Garry Turnbull ph. 0458 109 635, Rhonda Ramm ph. 0438 771 994, Leonie Wovat ph. 4938 2262, Daisy Gibson (Advanced Health Worker) – ph.

4912 5164, Gordon Luck (Director of Nursing) ph.

4912 5100 and Jayne Farrell (Minute Secretary) ph.

4912 5100.

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on Saturday, 23 March 2018 Phone: 4938 2312 for bookings.

Bookings required by 18 March 2018

RODEO NEWS

Hello to all the readers of the Argus. With the hot weather we can stay in doors and read the paper. MMRAI has its special day Sunday, 5 May with bull riding, plenty of food, lots of fun rides, enjoyment for all.

Thank you to all the people who buy our raffle tickets. We hope that Ben who won the foreman griller, is enjoying it! We can smell the steaks all over the Mount. The special dinner was won by a good supporter of our tickets.

We are running a special game with a free family pass (2 adults /3 children under 12 years).

Deb will have a tin on her table at IGA, plus you can send the answer to our email which is - mt.morganrodeo@gmail.com. Now for the question - What is the biggest game we play at the rodeo? Competition starts the first day of the month, finishes the last day of the each month.

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Walk in's are welcome, but appointments are preferred

Looking forward to lots and lots of entries. Also Monday 6 May 2019, is FUN FREE DAY at the show grounds. Secretary Joan Wilson 27 February - 13 March 2019

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GOLFING NEWS MOUNT MORGAN MEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS The first round of the ‘Men’s Golf Central Queensland Golfer of the Year’ event was held on Sunday, 17 February 2019.

A record number of male golfers saw Wowan Golfer Daryl Myles survive a sudden death play off to win the Men’s Mount Morgan open championships, when he tied with fellow Wowan member Shaun Antcliff.

After both players returned a 10 under the card 95 gross score in the 27th hole championship event, Shaun went on to claim the A grade championship from Mount Morgan’s Ray Foster who carded a 99 gross. The B grade went to Rockhampton’s Rob Lindley on 111 gross winning by just one stroke from fellow Rockhampton member John Gunzler 112.

North Rockhampton’s Mick Masters won the C grade on 121 and also by one shot from Wowan’s John Weber.

In the nett events the A grade went to Rockhampton’s Glen Watt 93, B grade: Phil Moran of Wowan, with Gracemere’s Callum Van Druemel winning the C grade.

MOUNT MORGAN LADIES’ OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Yeppoon’s Sarah Antcliff won the ladies 2019, 18 hole ‘Mount Morgan Open Championships’ with a 69 gross score enjoying a comfortable 5 stroke margin win over fellow Yeppoon member Nadine Battilana on 74. Nadine had to survive a count back to claim the title from Kylie Myles who also carded a 74 gross.

Yeppoon’s Pat Buntain carded a 75 gross, to win the B grade championship with a good margin of 9 shots from Gladstone’s Joy Plowright on 84.

Rockhampton’s Jacq Sale won the C grade on 97 gross, from North Rockhampton’s Marie Meuren on 99.

Yeppoon’s Bernie Antcliff won the A grade nett 65 Yeppoon. North Rockhampton’s Gayle Field B grade on 64 and Mount Morgan’s Helen Ross 76 won the C grade nett.

A Long drive - Sarah Antcliff, Yeppoon, B Long drive - Val Garrett, Biloela and C Long drive - Jacq Sale, Rockhampton.

Pin shots - A Pin shot - Makayla Fraser, Gracemere B pin shot Pat Buntain, Yeppoon Gurney T. CLAMP (Hon. Secretary) Ph. 4939 4760 Mobile: 0439 751 170.

Pin shots: A grade: Justin Brown, B grade: Simon Moss, C Grade Ted Kay with Glen Watt winning the open pins shot. Long drives: A grade: Ray Foster, B grade: Shaun Tosswill, C grade: Joel Robinson.

Above: Sarah Antcliff (Yeppoon) receiving her Open Championship Win from Melissa Lee (Mount Morgan Ladies’ Captain).

Left: Shaun Antcliff (Wowan) Melissa Lee (Capt. Mount Morgan) Daryl Myles, Mount Morgan Open Champion (Wowan) Page 6

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MORE THAN JUST RUBBISH Clean Up Australia is a registered charity. We are more than just about picking up rubbish.

Today the focus is as much on preventing rubbish entering our environment as it is removing what has already accumulated, with issues based campaigns making every day a Clean Up Day. Clean Up Australia inspires and empowers communities to clean up, fix up and conserve our environment. Clean Up Australia works nationally to empower communities, businesses, schools and youth groups to remove rubbish from our environment.

We additionally work across a range of environmental campaigns and issues focused on driving lasting behavioural change. We work to educate and motivate individuals and groups to take action for our environment.

our oceans worldwide each year.”

“So why not book-mark today in your journey and join us for a 2019 Clean Up.” If picking up Rubbish is not your thing, you can still be involved by making a donation.

Clean Up Australia is owned by the community.

100% of monies raised through donation is allocated to the purchase of materials provided free of charge to community, school and youth groups across the nation all year round.

“So, whether you are going to make a donation or get together to clean up your local environment – change starts with you!”

Over the last 29 years volunteers have donated more than 33 million hours, at over 178,000 locations across the country.

Your donations help us provide FREE Clean Up Kits to all registered community sites comprising:

Together they have removed the equivalent of 350 thousand ute loads of rubbish across Australia.

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10-20 clean up bags [half white bags and half yellow recycling bags]

To register your clean up event or make a donation go to www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au

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4-5 pairs of gloves

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A sharps container [if requested]

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A hi-vis vest [a fashionable safety accessory that helps people identify the Site Supervisor]

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Paperwork kit [everything you need to run a safe location] + promotional posters and volunteer certificates

This enables our volunteers to Clean Up Australia without any monetary cost to themselves.

Donations also help us come to the need of communities like Townsville, which has recently suffered major flooding throughout the town.

Removing the rubbish and debris that washes up with flooding is a huge part of restoring the local environment.

Thanks to you we’re proud to support the Townsville community in their awesome effort by contributing bulk supplies of bags, gloves, safety vests, rakes and pickers to help Townsville clean up after the big floods.

Donations to Clean Up Australia also help us work with community groups to lobby government for new environmental legislation such as banning single use plastic bags and container deposit schemes.

“Change starts with you. The key to success is stopping litter becoming rubbish.

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BLUE CARE

ARTS & CRAFTS

GRIEF AND LOSS PROGRAM

Mount Morgan Arts and Crafts are up and running for 2019. Our project for the month of March will be a Stack and Slash Quilt. This sounds difficult but is one of the easier quilts to make. You can make a throw rug, a single bed quilt or a queen bed quilt.

People experience grief in many ways. It is normal for bereavement to bring with it a mixture of intense feelings – sadness, confusion, anger, guilt, fear – as well as memories of happier times.

This free program, developed by Blue Care, is offered through the South Rockhampton Uniting Church.

Aims of the Grief and Loss Program: •

To provide information on the grief process

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To offer practical advice following the loss of a loved one

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To provide emotional and social support

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To provide effective coping skills

Meeting Times: The group meets for two hours each week for eight weeks.

To Register: Phone: 4922 6414; 0417 666 736.

Email: office@southrockyuc.org.au. Confidentiality is respected at all times

LIBRARY NEWS Step into the Mount Morgan Library opposite the Post Office and discover an exciting world of reading and learning activity for all ages.

Browse the shelves to find great new books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, graphic novels and toys – as well as online content such as ebooks, eaudiobooks, databases and streamed movies. Use the computers to access the internet or update your resume.

We welcome new members and this would be a great way to start your love of patchwork.

Call me or come over to Welfare house for the requirements that you will need. We are also well into making our 15 items that we require for the Mount Morgan Show which is on Saturday, 10 August.

This year the special competition sponsored by the Arts and Craft group will be door stops. These can be either knitted, crocheted, or cloth and you can enter at least three in each category.

We still have not started our ceramics group as we need a talented person to run this. We have everything that is required for this but not a teacher or people to attend.

Do not forget that we have our Cent Sale on the Saturday, 6 April at the QCWA hall in East Street, and we thank you in advance for coming and helping us to keep the craft group going.

We meet on Tuesdays 9.00am until 2.00pm and on Thursdays 9.00am until 12 noon.

Heather Barker (President) •

Knitting & Crochet Club – Every Friday 10.00am – 11.30am

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*For more information, call the Mount Morgan Library on 4936 8169

Rockhampton Regional Council Library Service │ ph: 4936 8043 │ email: libraries@rrc.qld.gov.au

Read, play, learn and have fun in air-conditioned comfort. If you don’t already have a library card, come down and join up as membership is free. The library is open from Monday to Friday from 9.00am – 4.00pm (and closed for lunch from 12noon to 1.00pm); and Saturday from 9.00am – 11.30am.

Pop these dates into your diary for 2019: •

Lively Stories – Monday (fortnightly) 9.30am – 10.30am

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Silver Wattle Book Club – Monday (monthly) 2.00pm – 3.00pm

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Lively LEGO® Club – Every Wednesday 3.00pm – 4.00pm

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Mah-Jong – Every Thursday 2.00pm- 4.00pm

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Pictured above: Corey Saunders, Cain Saunders and Liam Moss with their Lego Maze made at the Lively Lego Club at Mount Morgan Library.

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EVENTS CALENDAR

Curiosities Old and New

By Graeme Meade

With the roof at the Mount Morgan Railway Station being replaced, it made me wonder whether the roofing iron is the original iron from 1898 or was it replaced at some stage. I’m thinking it must have been replaced.

Corrugated iron (CGI) was invented in the 1820’s in Britain by Henry Palmer architect and engineer for the London Dock Company. It was originally made from wrought iron and patented in 1829.

From about 1850 it appeared as a building material in Australia and by the 1880’s Australia had become Britain’s largest customer. Since the 1890’s CGI has been made from mild steel, it is often supplied with a hot-dip galvanised finish to prevent rusting.

It has proved to be light, strong, corrosion resistant, and easily transported, and particularly lent itself to prefabricated structures and improvisation.

It soon became a common construction material in rural areas in the around the world. In Australia and New Zealand particularly it has become part of the cultural identity, for outdoor dunnies, sheds and bars.

In the early days the sheets were about two metres long and rolled in rollers like washing machine rollers.

Today the sheets are made to almost any length.

Manufacturers used to roll a stamp onto the iron to advertise their product. These stamps have become collectable now for sheds, bars, around the BBQ area, some look good with a wooden frame around them. I have a couple in the shop now that come from houses in Mount Morgan.

One has in black “SCW Newport Made in Gt. Britain” I cannot date this one. Another has in red “Lysaght ORB Not for Curving” this could date from the 1950s, the “not for curving” probably means it is not meant for water tanks.

Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Inc is currently gathering event listings for 2019. This events calendar will be a “living calendar” and will change as events are listed. This is not meant to be an ultimate list of events, but rather an important planning tool to assist community organisations and bodies to plan ahead and avoid clashes where possible. This calendar will be posted on the Mount Morgan Community Noticeboard and on a monthly basis in the Mount Morgan Argus. Please email your events to mmpad@bigpond.com. Events will also be listed in the “Save the Date” column in the Argus.

3 March

Clean up Australia Day

8-9 March

Waterski Tournament

Mid March

Fingerling Release

23 March 30 March

MMPAD - Progressive Dinner Gentlefolk Single-speed, Fixie and Old Bike Society Mount Morgan ride Arts and Craft Cent Sale Youth Week activities Easter Egg Hunt at Mount Morgan Railway (if renovations complete)

6 April 1 April 20 April 25 April

ANZAC Day

3-6 May 5 May

Golden Mount Festival Mount Morgan Rodeo

6 May

Family Fun Day

11 May

St. Mary’s Mothers’ Day Cent Sale.

9 June

Sunday Bike Show and Swap Meet

22 June 13-14 July

MMPAD Trivia Night CQ Crane Hire Gold Rush Hill Sprint

10 August

Mount Morgan Show

25 August

Legends and the Locals - Troy Cassar-Daley

7 Sept

Wattle Day

16 Sept

Start Buy Local Progam

11 Nov

Remembrance Day

7 Dec

Christmas Tree Festival

21 Dec

Christmas Lights Competition

IMPORTANT NUMBERS Snake Catcher - 0478 227 863 Wildlife Carer - 0400 591 504 27 February - 13 March 2019

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THE ORANGE DOT

By Larry at Fox Video

Movie Review BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY There are times when the sense of loss is so great that even though you’ve never known them personally, their place in your own life, their importance to you, and the fondness you feel for them has you grieving as though you’d lost a member of your extended family.

Shirley Strachan, Steve Irwin, Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley... There are many more of these, amazing people who have given of themselves, culturally nourishing our lives and creating excitement and joy to enrich our daily labours.

Right at the top of this list is Freddie Mercury. Songwriter and performer extraordinaire with a vocal range of more than three octaves and two extra incisors to guarantee his smile was unmissable, Freddie defied all stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on this planet.

But BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is not just about Freddie; it’s about all the boys and the girl in and

around the band “Queen”. No band in history (with the exception of “The Beatles” of course) has gifted the people of the world with more anthems, not just popular songs but global ANTHEMS, than Queen.

“We Are The Champions”, “Another One Bites The Dust”, “We Will Rock You”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “I Want To Break Free”...a.s.o... All woven into our histories and part of the rhythm of our lives.

The music you know. The story?

Probably not.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is a foot-stomping celebration of one of the greatest bands of all time, Queen, their extraordinary lead singer and their music.

From their humble beginnings in 1970, we follow the meteoric rise of Queen (which began, ironically as “Smile”) through their iconic songs and their revolutionary sound to unparalleled heights... unrivalled global success. But Freddie falls under the influence of whisperers and dark influences which could damage the family that is Queen.

The biggest show the world has seen, billed as the “Global Jukebox”, Live Aid is to this day the largest-scale satellitelinked television broadcast ever, with the major venues being London and Philadelphia, and supporting concerts contributing from Australia, the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria and West Germany and it was set for 13 July, 1985. Live Aid was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian Famine, all artists contributed their time for free, and Queen was given one of the top billings. The show was to be broadcast to more than 150 countries with a projected audience of approximately two billion people.

Can Freddie get himself and Queen back together in time for Live Aid? The whole cast of BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY led

by Rami Malek as Freddie is amazing (bet you can’t spot Mike Myers/Austin Powers). The film is rated M for “coarse language” and runs for two and a quarter hours.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY... Loved it!

DIAMOND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY It is a major event for any couple to reach sixty years of marriage and Jennifer and Warwick Armstrong (pictured left on their weddng day) reached that milestone recently. Jennifer and Warwick have two sons and one daughter and now have the joy of many grand and great-grandchildren. After many years of residing in various cities throughout Australia and Warwick doing one year’s service in the Air Force in Vietnam, when retirement loomed they settled for Mount Morgan where they had enjoyed living in their early married years. We trust they had a wonderful and very happy “Diamond” day with family and friends and may they enjoy future happy years together.

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Pride in Your Town This edition we start with a truly clever item we have discovered and wish to share with you. It has nothing to do with our town but we think you will enjoy the cleverness of the article.

Subject …Brexit for Medics.

Physicians were unable to reach a consensus: Should Brexit take place?

These comments were evidently taken on board by the colonial government, as subsequently Rockhampton Post Office (1892) and Customs House (1901) were constructed of the local sandstone, first quarried in the 1870’s. Other Rockhampton landmark buildings of Stanwell sandstone are, the St. Pauls Cathedral and St Joseph Cathedral, 1893.

News of 1889.

The Allergists were in favour of scratching it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.

A European landmark, the EIFFEL tower, was opened on 31 March.

The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Brexiters had a lot of nerve. Meanwhile, Obstetricians felt certain everyone was labouring under a misconception, while the Ophthalmologists considered the idea short sighted. Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” while the Paediatricians said, “Oh grow up”.

The wrought-iron tower at the time was the world’s tallest man-made structure. It reached almost 1000 feet above Paris and was designed by Gustave Eiffel, a noted bridge builder.

The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it. Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing and the Internists claimed it would indeed be a bitter pill to swallow.

The Plastic Surgeons opined that May’s proposal would “Put a whole new face on the matter”.

The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were peed off at the whole idea.

Anaesthesiologists thought it was all gas, and those lofty Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no. In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the “a --- holes in Parliament.” oOo News of 1888 - STANWELL QUARRY A Queensland parliamentary committee, reporting upon the sand stone quarries of the colony, arrived at Stanwell station, west of Rockhampton on 23 November.

The party headed by Hon. AC Gregory MLC, were received by Mr. Sanderson, the lessee of the local Stanwell quarry and “were greatly surprised” by its extent the Bulletin said.

Without hesitation there was an almost unanimous declaration that this was by far the best quarry which the committee had visited in the colony.

Some magnificent blocks of stone had just been separated from the cliff, and were much admired, one huge rectangular block containing 50 tonnes.

The stone examined was of two kinds, ‘Clear and white’ and one with a ‘brownish tint’.

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oOo The Central Queensland Meat Company had contracted to dispatch monthly shipments of frozen meat by steamer to London from November.

The Lakes Creek meat works expected to process 250 000 sheep and 20 000 cattle a year.

As always, think clean and be Tidy.

SAVE THE DATE!

TROY CASSAR-DALEY

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YESTERDAY’S EDEN

by Pat Alexander - Final Part

Alluvial gold is mostly found in tiny flakes and barely discernible specks. When enough gold accumulates it is necessary for ease of handling and presentation to a buyer to smelt it down to a tidy button. One day Grandad let us watch the whole proceedings and in these days of urban living, I doubt there would be many who have seen it done.

We sat in a half-circle under the camphor laurel tree far enough away so that no noxious fumes could reach us as Grandad set up and fired a tiny forge.

He charged it with charcoal and soon the coals were glowing red. He then cut a small round plug from a raw potato and after mixing his gold with a drop of mercury to make a little amalgam ball he placed the ball into the potato, replaced the plug and secured it.

Then the potato was placed in the coals to roast.

When it was roasted to his satisfaction he removed the potato and broke it open. Inside was a perfect little button of shining gold. Many years later I read the same process described in a battered old handbook called “Prospecting for Gold” by Ion L. Idriess. He wrote that the mercury was recoverable by simply crushing the potato and washing it in a pan. The mercury, he said, would run out in little balls and be easily collected. I didn’t see Grandad recover his mercury, but since it was very expensive not doubt he did. I was too rapt in that little shining button of gold to care what happened to a common old spud.

Exodus The slow impatient years that carried us on to adulthood were the same rapidly passing years that took our grandparents from us. By 1949, both had passed on and the old house moved out and rebuilt on the river bank beside the Usher Street river crossing. It is there still.

By 1954, our parents had moved to Shamrock Street and though I worked away for short periods, I remained the sole occupant of “Usses Humpy” and the gully for some time until the old house was moved to Racecourse Road and the dumping of overburden began.

When the first layer of the perimeter wall was completed, I realised the time had come to bid the gully goodbye. So, during weekend lull I climbed the big hill and scrambled down the Ticklebelly gutter.

Over the rim, the strong smell of the crushed acidic rocks and the shattered and dying wattles made the air hard to breathe. Thick, pinkish dust lay heavily over everything; a great part of the gully was completely gone. From the lane that had run Page 14

down between the two houses to the top of the lower waterfall – everything was buried beneath the wall.

Where “Usses Humpy” once stood, everything was bulldozed flat and only a shallow lake remained.

The stillness and silence was absolute, and the sense of sorrow and loss was keen. From the place where the gully narrowed, to the head of the bully, the sunbrowned rocks and steep hillsides remained painfully familiar.

The faint scent of the tea trees that was always a part of our lives still prevailed. Yet that eerie silence and stillness like a passive waiting hung over all.

I followed the creek bed to the top waterfall. I sat beside the swimming hole with its tea trees and lovely fern and I grieved for the living things that nothing could save.

When I noticed the afternoon was growing late, I began the last walk back. Past the butterfly trees, but the dancing butterflies had been gone for decades and only shadows hung there under the branches.

As I neared the place where the gully widened, I was startled to hear a strange sound abnormally loud in the surrounding silence.

When i located the source of the sound, I stood mouth agape with astonishment. On the creek bank beneath a mango tree, two half grown brush turkeys were scratching among the fallen leaves.

At times down through the years, we had seen traces of visitation by turkeys to the gully; odd scratchings and dropped feathers, but although we searched, we could only assume that they had just called in for food and water. Now the phantoms were there in reality.

They had not noticed me, so I walked a wide circle and struck an old track further down the creek. I crossed the creek beside our old rodeo tree and close by among some saplings I found the decaying nesting mound.

Soon, when the noise and despoiling became more intense, the young birds and perhaps others unseen would fly out to find another quiet gully to settle and multiply. I wished them well.

Vale Sometimes during the intervening years, on sleepless nights, when old memories come to mind, sharp and clear, I have relived that last day and always through the same anger and grief at the wanton destruction and needless waste, there comes, like the parting

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Yesterday’s Eden...from Page 14 gift from an old and well-loved friend, the memory of two glossy young birds on a creek bank under a mango tree, scratching among the leaves.

The old people are long gone and too soon, the next generation has followed. Now the Toe-Rags and our siblings are the elders of our clan, and sadly, even our ranks are thinning.

Now Shepherds Gully sleeps beneath its mountain of overburden – yes only sleeps as yet, for I believe that as long as one person remains who can recall a single golden day within its boundaries, it will not die!

The End

Welfare Bowls Club It’s business as usual at the club with Friday Nights Bowls in the cool, and Sunday Mornings game to beat the heat. Our bowling times are: - Fridays, names in by 6.00 pm for a 6.30 pm start. Sundays, names in by 8.45 am for 9.0 0am start.

New players are always welcome and experience is not necessary and all equipment can be supplied. Come down with a friend or get a group / family together for a bit of fun or just come by yourself, you’ll be made most welcome. Hope to see you all there!

And on another note, Thank you to all the people that support our Club Raffle with tickets sold outside IGA and drawn at The Railway Hotel on Saturday afternoons.

For further info look us up on Facebook or contact our club President Wally or Secretary Sandra on 4938 2879. The club is situated at 28 Thompson Avenue, just up from the Swimming Pool.

David Thornton.

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Above: Inside the perimeter wall of Shepherds Gully.

MOUNT MORGAN AMATEUR CYCLE CLUB - 69 YEARS AGO

Members of Mount Morgan Amateur Cycling Club at a meet (in Bundaberg?), c1950 Back Row: Graham MacGladdery, Ross Pearce, Peter Malone, Ray Messer, Trevor Bowen, Fred Galeigh, George Clowes, Hector Hoskins, George Hansen (?).

Front Row: Unknown girl; Barry Wanstall, Miles Lutz, Matt Patterson (?), John Chatterton; two unknown girls; Alan Murphy, Cliff Gormley.

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The end of WWII, saw sport in Mount Morgan take off like a rocket: existing clubs thrived and new clubs were formed.

Soon, tennis, cricket, rugby league, bowls, golf and womenʼs basketball clubs had teams taking part in weekend fixtures. Cycling came out of its wartimeinduced torpor and a keen bunch of teenagers, under the guidance of a few of the older brigade, set up the Mount Morgan Amateur Cycling Club.

It is almost certain that this photo was taken by Don Clowes, an avid photographer and cyclist.

The young ones in the group radiate the bloom of youth, and were from well-known Mount Morgan families; any surviving members would now be in their eighties. Contributed by Ray Young (pictured above).

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SAVE THE DATE! Feb 27: Dee River Oldies Group morning tea.

Commences at 10 am for morning tea and guest speaker at 11 am. St Mary’s Anglican Church Hall (at back of church).

Mar 1: World Day of Prayer. Slovenia.10 am Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mount Morgan.

Mar 3: Clean Up Australia Day. Mar 9: Baree School of Arts Markets, Baree. 8 am to 12 noon.

Mar 19: Dee River Oldies Group monthly meeting.

Starts at 2 pm held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Gordon St. (At back of church).

Mar 23: Blue Care Trash and Treasure, Gordon Street, start 9 am.

Mar 23: MMPAD Progressive Dinner. Phone 4938 2312 for further information.

Mar 27: Dee River Oldies Group morning tea.

Commences at 10 am for musical morning tea with Lyn Anstey and singers. St Mary’s Anglican Church Hall (At back of church).

Apr 6: Mount Morgan Arts & Crafts Group Cent Sale.

QCWA hall East Street. 2.00pm start.

Apr 10: Youth Week event at Boyd Park from 10 am.

Apr 20: Blue Care Trash and Treasure, Gordon Street, start 9 am.

April 27: CWA Cent Sale and raffles. Start 2 pm. CWA Hall.

May 3-5 Golden Mount Festival.

May 5: Mount Morgan Association Rodeo, Mount Morgan Showgrounds. Gates open 6 am.

May 6: Family Fun Day. Mount Morgan Showgrounds.

May 11: St Mary’s Anglican Church Mothers’ Day Cent Sale. Great prizes, raffles and multi-draw, lucky door.

St. Mary’s Hall Gordon St. Mount Morgan. Commences 2 pm. Afternoon tea before commencement of Cent Sale.

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