TOCAH Stories

When the Burnett River burst its banks, it reached a height of one hundred feet in Mundubbera and flooded two hundred miles inland.

On 7 February 1927, James Liddle (aged 31) and his children Edna (10), Ronald (8) and Colin (3) were boating on the Condamine River with Annie ‘Nance’ Kocho (40, wife of Fred Kocho), Susanah Kocho (35, wife of Wilfred Kocho) and her children Vernon (12), Evelyn (10), William (9), and Robert (2) and her niece Patsy O’Shea (13). They were all Condamine locals except for Patsy who was from Sandgate.

The 30-room homestead on Mundoolun Station, 12 miles from Beaudesert was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of 19 August 1939. The homestead was built in 1915 at an estimated cost of £4,000 and was one of the oldest stations in Queensland. It overlooked a large lagoon which abounded with wild birds.

One of the best buildings in Mosman-street is undoubtedly that of Messrs. E. D. Miles and Co. which has recently been enlarged and improved to meet the growing requirements of the firm’s ever-expanding business.

The marriage of Mr. Alfred Albert Rath, eldest son of Mr. Rath, Curtis Street, Bundaberg, and Miss Maggie Salome Kendall, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kendall, “Eden,” Branyan Road, Bundaberg, was celebrated at the residence of the bride’s parents, on Wednesday, 20th inst., by Rev. H. H. Nolan.

On Thursday afternoon, 29th May, at 5.30 P.M. a very pretty wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church, when Miss Heather May Dunwoodie, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Dunwoodie, was married to Mr. Geoffrey Smale of London. Mr. Frank Green officiated.

On Tuesday, the 5th inst., at the No. 1 Methodist Church, by the Rev. A. Hutchison, George Owen Martin Smith was married to Miss Tillie Robins, daughter of Mr. Thomas Robins.

A wedding which has been looked forward to with keen interest in the district was celebrated in the Methodist Church last Tuesday. Both parties were well and favourably known in the district. Mr. Spark, the bridegroom, has been in the employ of Mr. Chas. Thams for some years, is a son of Mr and Mrs. M. R. Spark, of Southport. The bride, Miss Elsie Logan, is the eldest daughter of Mr. R. J. Logan, of Cryna, who are amongst the best-known people of the district.