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BACKWARD GLANCE: Remembrance Day – Letters to home

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Why is this day important to Australians? After four years of continuous warfare, the guns finally fell silent in WWI on the Western Front at...
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New water park

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News that a new water park project at Glenview is proposed to begin in November this year is not only thrilling but will provide...
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BACKWARD GLANCE: Nambour Library

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With the closure of the Nambour and Heritage Library for refurbishment this week, Monday 18 October to Sunday 24 October, we are reminded just...
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BACKWARD GLANCE: Olympic Games – Flame of Hope for all Nations

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As we barrack for the Australian team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, this Backward Glance celebrates our sporting nation and the sporting heroes...
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BACKWARD GLANCE: Nambour Chelsea Flower Show

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The first Chelsea Flower Show was held in Nambour on October 25, 1957.  The Red Cross Chelsea Flower Show Committee had formed in Nambour in...
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Commemoration of the Air Force 100 years – Our local flying heroes

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James 'Jim' Hocking was born in Nambour as the second child of William and Eva Hocking's five children. When war was declared in 1939,...
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BACKWARD GLANCE: The significance of the School of Arts Halls

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As settlements began to grow on the Sunshine Coast residents called for the erection of a public hall – referred to as a ‘School...
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BACKWARD GLANCE: Easter memories

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Easter provides the opportunity to get away from the everyday routine with consecutive public holidays and school holidays at a time of year when...
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BACKWARD GLANCE: From Maroochydore Aerodrome to Sunshine Coast Airport

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The first aircraft to land at Maroochydore, on February 1, 1922, was an Avro 504K, rego G-AUDA, owned by the Aero flight Aviation Company,...

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