Show is hot stuff
They came early. They came late. They did whatever they could to sidestep the sweltering heat of the midday hours, but Granite Belt people...
Diversity at Artworks
Diversity, a collaborative exhibition of works from local artists Esme Colley and Marie Favero, opens at Artworks Gallery this week.
Stanthorpe-born Esme said the...
Tough year for graziers
Bruce Finlay labelled 1975 the most difficult year for grazing since World War Il, with galloping inflation, rapidly falling prices and prolonged drought creating...
Big infrustructure year
1974 was a big year in infrastructure for Stanthorpe, with the government granting a fruit processing plan, a boat ram for Storm King Dam...
Less fatalities in 1973
In 1973 the death of well-known Inglewood businessman Eric Clive McCorbett shocked locals. He arrived in the region in 1921 with 34 cents in...
Stanthorpe in 1970
January 6
• Fighting Flying Foxes
The DSGC offers $10 reward to people who notify of flying fox camps
• Switching on Ceremony
Ambulance Two Way Radio System...
Leaving the 60s
As we move out of the 60s, a man was jailed for life in the Dalveen murder trial on July 17 and Stanthorpe received...
Stanthorpe wins premiership
It was 1968, pre-Gremlins days, when Stanthorpe Rugby League beat the odds to win their very first under 18’s premiership in the Warwick and...
Stanthorpe wins premiership
It was 1968, pre-Gremlins days, when Stanthorpe Rugby League beat the odds to win their very first under 18’s premiership in the Warwick and...
Stanthorpe in 1967
January 3
• Apple Harvest Festival On Again in 1968
The annual meeting of the Apple Harvest Festival Committee decided unanimously
that the festival be held biannually...
New name for festival
The 1954 Apple Blossom Festival is renamed The Apple and Grape Festival in 1966
The festival was a roaring success however it was also pathed...
Civic centre opens in 1965
Stanthorpe in 1965 saw two state schools close, a coat of arms designed for the town, the new civic centre opened, no Apple Blossom...
Deadly plane catastrophe set for 70 year tribute
“Cleared to 5,000 feet, or 4,000 feet if you wish … report sighting Caboolture.”
“Roger. Roger. Will do.”
The last exchange between air traffic control and...
