Legends and Larrikins
LOCAL LEGEND: Bill Power
IF YOU NEEDED HELP OUT OF TROUBLE… BILL WAS YOUR MAN Written by Ken Brown If you were ever in some sort of trouble, needed a tyre changed, involved in a motor vehicle accident, a bush fire or needed to traverse the Flooded Condamine River – then Bill Power was your man. This bloke wore…
Read MoreLOCAL LEGENDS: John and Jan Mullins
A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN… A PRETTY YOUNG LADY… AN SO THE STORY OF A MUCH LOVED MILES LOCAL COUPLE BEGAN… On Australia Day 1958 a handsome young man new to Miles pulls up in his work ute at the local Barber Shop to fill up with fuel. The young lady who comes out wearing a…
Read MoreLOCAL LEGENDS: The Davidson Sisters
Back to the Bush – Australian Legends and Larrikins Local Legends: Joyce & Doris There could hardly be a feature written on the Local Legends of the Miles District without including the wonderful Siblings – Joyce and Doris Davidson Joyce and Doris have always been known to the people of Miles and district as the…
Read MoreLOCAL LEGENDS: George Johnston
Back to the Bush – Australian Legends and Larrikins Local Legend: George Johnston Sawmiller, Labourer, Machinery Operator, Truck Driver, School Bus Driver, Fuel Distributor, Volunteer, Footy player, Part time Grey Nomad, Bush Poet, Husband, Father, Grandfather and an all-round bloody good bloke is how George Johnston lived his life in the Miles District. George loved…
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