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Chewing Tobacco and Pregnancy
Angela Ratsch, PhD scholar with the University of Queensland, registered nurse and midwife, was once well-known in these parts. She is a member of the wider Wilson and Aspinall families but her nursing career has taken her far, far away. … Continue reading
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Tagged chewing tobacco, pituri, pregnancy, smoking, smoking and pregnancy
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Rex Baguley on Anzac Day
They are getting thin on the ground now, those precious old blokes who were in the theatre of war so close to our own shores. But Rex Baguley is one of them. You’ll see him at the ANZAC Day parade; … Continue reading
Barastoc Polocrosse Nationals
Not everyone who lives in Warwick, arguably Australia’s Horse Capital and most certainly home to the best polocrosse facility in the world (or so says Warwick Polocrosse President Les Fraser), has a direct involvement with horses. But simply by virtue … Continue reading
Down at the Creek
Kookaburras laughing; koalas grunting. Magpie song. Snippet of white underwing as a dollar bird flaps across the creek, settling on a high branch, there to watch, hawk-eyed, for dinner on the wing. Dragonfly dinner. Sharp, twittering bursts of colour as … Continue reading
A Family Thread
On September 5, 2011 I travelled with my immediate family of siblings and their partners to the Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach where I addressed the gathering on “A Family Thread“, detailing the contribution my grandmother Kathleen Mylne OBE made … Continue reading
Scots PGC – Part of the Fabric of Warwick
“…a school is not rightly judged by mere numbers or buildings, but by the quality of manhood that it produces and the training in character that any good public school gives” So spoke Mr Briggs, the first principal of Scots … Continue reading
Generations of Men: The Finlays and Welshes
Like the wise old owl of fable fame, Rob Finlay sits in his possie in the Elmes, on the corner of Albion and Wood Streets in the LJ HOOKER’S WARWICK office, and, unobserved, watches the world go by through his … Continue reading
And so … We Party!
All good things must come to an end – but Warwick and District has never been one to end things quietly. After an extended week of celebrations, Sunday May 29’s PARTY IN THE PARK will host a day of activity … Continue reading
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Car Observation Rally
Never will a back-seat driver be more welcome than during the CAR OBSERVATION RALLY on Sunday 22nd May, when eager competitors in this 185 km non-race organised by Warwick Rotary Sunrise take to the district’s roads in a quest for … Continue reading
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Where there’s smoke …
… there’s the Southern Downs Steam Railway Steam Train!! From 10am on Saturday 28th May, smoke will rise again from the funnel of The Downs Dasher as it chugs its merry way from Warwick to Hendon. Always a happy sight, … Continue reading
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Tagged 150, 150th birthday, community, public event, Southern Downs, Steam locomotive, Trains and Railroads, Warwick
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