...that your postie used to carry the mail on horses?
DID YOU KNOW...
The formation
of the Eacham Shire was a result of a petition sent by selectors to the Queensland
Government in 1909.
DID YOU KNOW...
The first
school in the Yungaburra district was opened in 1907.
DID YOU KNOW...
During 1943
approximately 100,000 troops were based on the Tableland.
DID
YOU KNOW...
Bulk
milk tankers were first introduced in 1967.
DID YOU KNOW...
...that
in 1921 a wheel tax was introduced in Eacham Shire on all horse and bullock drawn
vehicles?
DID YOU KNOW...
That there
were once over 600 dairyfarmers on the Tableland.
DID YOU KNOW...
The first
sawmill in the Shire was opened in 1910.
DID YOU KNOW...
There was
once 613 bends on the Gillies Highway.
DID YOU KNOW...
Ravenshoe owes it's existence to the timber needs of the Irvinebank tin mines.
DID
YOU KNOW...
The
Beatrice River area was the first in Queensland to have a school bus run.
DID YOU KNOW...
In 1944
there was a pigeon handler training school at Wongabel.
DID YOU KNOW...
Malanda’s furniture factory experimented with violin manufacture using local timbers.
. PUBLICATIONS
Newsletter
.
The
Eacham Historical Society Newsletter is published and mailed out to all members
every two months.
Reports from meetings, field trips and committee projects
are publicised. Interesting historical anecdotes and info is passed on.
CLICK
HERE to read the current issue of the EHS Newsletter.
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. .
Larry's Legacy DVD
Multimedia DVD
- Larry's Legacy - 369 photos snapped by members of the affected communities.
Includes bonus video footage during and after the event with commentary. View some of the cyclone photos. Price:
- $15. plus package and postage
- $10. to E.H.S. members
- Ask us about our wholesale discount on 10+DVDs.
NEW PUBLICATION!
Expedition in the Search Of Gold and Other Minerals in the Palmer Districts
by Mulligan and Party
It is with great pleasure that the Eacham Historical Society commemorates the century of the death of one of north Queensland's greatest explorers, with the publication of Mulligan's fifth expedition journal and map.
This Journal was first published in the Queensland Parliamentary papers of 1876 with no map included. Mulligan was upset by this. It is only now that the two documents are finally published together.
Besides a few minor changes being made to the original text, this finely bound hard back Journal, includes for the first time the expedition map and a few additional comments in italics from James Venture Mulligan's autobiography published in the Queenslander in 1903.
This journal discribes a 5 month expedition through the north with references to Aboriginal people, the geography and minerals found. Mulligan and Party were the first europeans to pass through Tolga Atherton he discribes the fine rainforest and at Herberton he discovers Tin.
This is a collectors item is a excellent reference source for lovers of north Queensland history.
EHS books may be purchased
at fine bookstores throughout North Queensland. If you wish to mail order books,
just email to us titles and quantity.
We will email you back with a quote for your purchase including postage and package. .
. A A Bend Too Many, the history of the Gillies Highway.
.
Christie Palmerston, Explorer of the Rainforest. .
Ernst Kjellberg, Swedish Chiropractor
...
Expedition in the Search Of Gold and Other Minerals in the Palmer Districts
. Failure of Justice, The story of the Irvinebank Massacre. .
.
Millaa Millaa, a pictorial record from 1910
.
Murder in the Boonjie Scrub .
Remembering Rocky Creek WWII, the story of large Army hospitals in Australia
. .
Voices Past & Present Stories of Women of the Atherton Tableland
. .
Window '45, Unknown Stories of the War Year on the Tableland.
. . ..Centenary edition to be reprinted
soon! Malanda, In the Shadow of Bartle Frere
. .
Books - out of print .
Eacham Shire, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland.
. .
..The Goldfields of Queensland, Mineral Fields
of Chillagoe & Herberton & the Hodgkinson Goldfield
Yungaburra Place of Haunted Spirits .
Seekers and Finders, anthology of short local histories.
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Bulletin
Each month the Society publishes a Bulletin of some historical
significance relevant to the area. These Bulletins are posted each month to members
throughout Australia.
Bulletins are also bound into volumes of 10 annually
and are available for purchase at $6.00 each. The prices quoted are post free
anywhere in Australia.
Orders should be addressed to:- The
Eacham Historical Society PO Box 533 Malanda
Qld.4885 Malanda Qld 4885 Please
include a cheque for $6.
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Brochure
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You can now printout
your own Eacham Historical Society brochure.
Discover more about: -
museum opening hours - local maps - Millaa Millaa activities
and information . front
of brochure 274 kb .pdf download
Price: 
A
Expedition in the Search Of Gold and Other Minerals in the Palmer Districts
