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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
2
A fragmented notice lists Musaog Sarvin Terminy Twplements and Busmscobla Cyclone Geter alongside Syraye and Raw Bes. Limited readable names imply a regional event or gathering with uncertain details and unclear dates.
The wand laid before the North Australian Hotel on Saturday evening from 7 to 9, with music enjoyed by the gathering. A collection raised 37 shillings, then the Band played again near Berbert Street outside Mr A Heron's chemist shop. The public support for the performances is noted, with continued offerings and appreciation of the program.
W J Doherty surveys the Cloncurry district noting early settler Ernest Henry and the discovery of the Great Australia Mine, copper and gold yields, rail link plans, key mines like Hampden and Mt Cuthbert, and the district’s growing townsite and pastoral importance. It details distances from Bowen and Townsville, and forecasts further discoveries shaping northern Queensland.
In a seventies Bowen Supreme Court case James Elliott and Brown were convicted of a brutal robbery of a Chinese man, with seven years imprisonment. Later stockman Klatt confessed, Elliott walked free, and the tale shifts to the Green Mab landmark, mining leases, and Kellert’s copper lens sale ending with Elliott’s death in Clougatry around 420.
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