“ Our Aim is to Gather our Local History Before it is Lost”

 

MONTHLY MEETINGS  - Third Thursday of the Month

                                                      (except December and January)

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LOCATION:          Corner Tingal Road and Cedar Street

Time:                     6:45 for 7 pm start

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NEXT MEETING:  May 15 2025  Kay Duke " The Mail Train Murders". When the overnight train from Rockhampton arrived at Central Station at 6 am on April 2nd 1936, the conductor was found horribly battered. Two passengers were found lying in blood stained bunks, one dead, and the other died soon after arriving in hospital. Kay Duke will discuss the murders and how the murderer was tracked down after he fled to Melbourne in women's clothing..

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RESOURCE CENTRE:  Local Research of People Places and Events                             Location: Room 1.08, Wynnum Community Centre 

105 Florence Street, (Old State School), Wynnum

                   Time:    Weekdays 10 am till noon

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FACEBOOK  - https://www.facebook.com/wynnumhistory/

                                    Fresh posts daily

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NEWSLETTER – Published Monthly – past issues available here.

                              Index of articles here.

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JOIN US:  WE ARE A FRIENDLY GROUP AND ALWAYS WELCOME NEW MEMBERS AND GUESTS. OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS ALWAYS END WITH A CUP OF TEA AND CHANCE TO SOCIALISE WITH LIKEMINDED PEOPLE. THE STAFF AT OUR RESOURCE CENTRE ARE FRIENDLY AND CAN HELP WITH ANY ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT.

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

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        Membership  of the Society provides members with:

• Monthly newsletter (except December and January)

• Monthly meetings with interesting speakers

• Access to Resource Centre Materials

• Occasional other events

• Free research assistance

• Borrowing rights to books held at the Society’s Resource Centre                            ​​