Herbert Flesser was born in Beaudesert Hospital on July 15, 1929 to Trangote (known as Traugott to his family) and Emily Flesser. Born in Germany, Wilhelm Friedrick Flesser, Herbert’s grandfather, emigrated to Australia in 1865 […]
For those amongst us who are my age I ask you to cast your mind back 55 years to 1969 Canungra and the nights of the of the Bullocky’s Barn Dances at the Canungra School […]
The first brown trout eggs transported to Australia were successfully hatched in the Plenty River in Tasmania in 1864. In 1908 Sir Arthur Morgan introduced trout ova into a stream at Killarney and efforts were […]
DURING World War One, the people of Canungra raised money to build a suitable War Memorial to honour those who enlisted from the Shire, including Canungra, Tamborine Mountain, Tamborine, Biddaddaba and Beechmont. The trustees of […]
During World War 1, the people of Canungra raised money to build a suitable War Memorial to honour those who enlisted from the Shire, including Canungra, Tamborine Mountain, Tamborine, Biddaddaba and Beechmont. The trustees of […]
By Canungra Historical Assocation Back in the late 1920s and 1930s on the road heading south from Canungra and up into the mountains of Lamington National Park there was a logging operation. Today there is […]
By the Canungra Historical Association. As many before him, David Day came to Canungra to work in the Lahey’s Sawmill. As well as working in the mill during the day, he built cottages in Appel […]
Wonglepong Cemetery is located in Franklin Lane, off the Beaudesert Nerang Road at Wonglepong. Prior to 1914 it was a private cemetery, part of the property Sarahvale, owned by the Franklin family. In approximately November 1914, […]
Canungra Railway Station was situated where the Canungra State Primary School grounds are today. The railway line crossed Christie Street (about where the Canungra Bowls Club is) and followed round the creek bank north to […]
In July 1925 there was a gathering, called a Corroboree, of 400 Boy Scouts from five states of Australia on the banks of the Coomera River at the Franklin property, now Kokoda Barracks. This was […]
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