Photo of the Week – This little piggy
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is from circa. 1910 of the Pig and “Poddy Calf” Sale. Thought to be in saleyards that were located where the Jondaryan Shire Council office was built.
Photo of the Week – Stand and Deliver
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is the wheat delivery from the 1930s prior to the silos being built at the Oakey railway station.
On This Day… Showing Oakey’s Patriotism
This month I came across this article from the Darling Downs Gazette, Friday 22 September 1916, page 4. As you all know, this year we are smack in the middle of the ANZAC 100 commemoration period and so it is no surprise that I find an article about what is happening on the home front.…
Photo of the Week – Cream of the Crop
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is of Jack Dooly and Kate Barron circa. 1940. Jack and Kate were cream carters for the Butter Factory at Oakey. The Oakey Butter Factory had approximately 500 cream suppliers.
Photo of the Week – Dillon Family
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is of the Dillon Family circa. 1940. LtoR: Dorrie Pederson (worked in office at Keongs), Ethel Mac (cousin from Sydney), Mrs Minnie Dillon, Cynthia Dillon (daughter of Minnie, worked at Chemist). The Dillon Residence and school tuckshop was located on the corner of Campbell and Lorrimer Streets.
Photo of the Week – School Harvest
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is of Aylmer Campbell’s Farm circa. 1935. The image shows harvesting on Aylmer Campbell’s farm, which is where the Oakey State High School now stands. This was taken before the main Toowoomba Road (Campbell Street) cut through the farm.
Photo of the Week – Hall of Wonders
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is of the Wonderly and Hall Solicitors circa 2000. The Building on the left was the Oakey Champion Newspaper office and prior to that storage for Lorrimer’s Funerals.
Photo of the Week – A Sweet Family
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is of the Mason & Mason Cordial Factory during Kuhl Family ownership 1955-1959. A view inside the factory circa. 1956, with sons Vivian and Max and their father Tyson Kuhl.
Photo of the Week – Fill her up
The photo I’ve chosen for this month is of Stedman’s Garage. The Stedman’s Garage building is now Lorrimer’s Furniture (next to the R.S.L. Club) in Campbell Street. This image was taken by the Department of Defence circa 1945.
A Thrifty Link To The Past
Prior to the hardware being built on the site, there were five premises on this stretch of Bridge Street from the Western Line Hotel to John Street. H. G. Kath’s grocery store, H. B. Shennan’s machinery shop and a hairdressing salon also owned by Mr Shennan. In December 1939, a fire tore through the businesses…
The Country Roads Project 