This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Bowen Downs and Longreach Era in Rockhampton to Bowen Downs
An OCR fragment recounts Bowen Downs era with stock from Fort Cooper and Mackay moving to Mud Hut, the Thomson River route, and the later rise of Longreach. It notes companies, owners, cattle movements, and the shift of settlement toward Longreach, its water supply, and street names after birds as the town grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamond
Weiting
Longreach
Lanes Story
Thomson River
Bowen Downs
Fort Cooper
Mackay
Trate
Fiphin
Sion
Belyando
Bowen
Buchannan
Mears
Glen Walker
Moretcad
Young
Thorougly
Mua Hut
Bolderwood
Arn
Wn & Poor
Barry Redford
Mud Hut
Cornish
Ed Butler
Bimbah
South Australia
Blainblower
Manetoo Holding
Buraranger
Marty Reiford
Edkins
ER. Eakinn
Mt. Cornish
Edkitin
Bimbat
Iman
Sery
Tiwan
Aceevne
Arrualah
Finch
Br Brown
Buri
Penieriog
Rome Marine
Rockhamton
Long Reach
Samuel Xygn
Muttsburra
Ermina
Queen City
Lang Rew
Bimhah
Lim Town
Atresia
Longeach
Alos