History
Sky-High Harvest
IN 1911 the Beaudesert Times announced that an aerial tramway or cableway was being constructed by the Lahey family to bring logs from the plateau of Beech Mountain 1000 feet (304 metres) down to the […]
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Billy Ping Pong
Recently, one of our members was in a group discussion about how and what are interesting stories. It was suggested she ask around in the local establishments for anyone who could remember a story being […]
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Constructing a Legacy: The Story of the Rhoades Family
Following a long voyage of 136 days and the tragic loss of 23 passengers, the 610 tonne ship “Glentanner” arrived in Moreton Bay. She had hit a submerged rock upon entering the poorly charted channel […]
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CANUNGRA WAR MEMORIAL TREES & PLAQUES
After the end of World War One, there were camphor laurel trees planted along Christie Street, Canungra, as a memorial to those men from Canungra and district who did not return. In the late 1990s, […]
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AMBULANCE HOUSE in CANUNGRA
From 1884 when Lahey Brothers began their Sawmill in Canungra, they employed Mr Tyson as an ambulance and first aid officer when needed. Transport to Beaudesert Hospital grew from a hand litter pulled and pushed […]
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Bridging the Gap along the Lahey’s Canungra Tramway
THERE still remain vestiges of the Lahey tramway that ran from the old Canungra sawmill up Duncan Street to the tunnel, and then wound its way up the Coomera Valley, also known as Pine creek, […]
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Des’s Story
Desmond Libke’s second Great Grandfather, Ludwig Carl Lubke arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the “Reichstag”. The family eventually settled in the Mt French region. Des’s parents Alfred (Snow) Libke and Grace Venz met in […]
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Witheren School
By Canungra Historical Association Witheren Provisional School opened on August 21, 1899 on land originally selected by Mr Robert Christie, eight kilometres from Canungra on the road to Illinbah. Miss Greenaways was the first teacher […]
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History
“Canungra – A While Ago”
By Bob King DURING the late sixties and early seventies Canungra was a very small township with a hotel – whose publican’s wife had the beautiful Christian names of Gertrude Pansy May. Other services in […]