From Mackay Genie Gossip Newsletter 53 Obituary in the Mackay Daily Mercury 27 Nov 1913, supplied by Viv Shepherd, great grandson of Daniel Shepherd Death removed one of the early settlers of Mackay yesterday in the person of Mr Daniel Shepherd, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Homebush was once a large and thriving community in the environs of Mackay. The Queensland Post Office Directory for 1893 describes Homebush as an “agricultural township, situated 15 miles SW of Mackay and 8 miles from the Eton railway station. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Taken from Mackay Genie Gossip Newsletter 13 Contributed by Carmel McDonald and Dawn Bilney James and Mary Ready (nee Hayes) came from Ireland; James from Limerick and Mary from Tipperary. They met and married in Sydney in 1858, living on … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Contributed by Joyce Jensen, granddaughter of Mary Ann Morris Mary Ann Ruddell was the eldest child of three children born to William Ruddell a linen weaver, and Ann Eliza Hanney. She was born on 14th October 1858 in Lurgan, County … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Contributed by Otto Hansen’s granddaughter, Adelaide Grendon For some years around 1920, before the railway was built, Otto Hansen had the Hampden Post Office and Store and the mail contract. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, he would collect the mail from … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
