Central Queensland arts, culture & lifestyle
An independent online magazine dedicated to arts, culture & lifestyle, based in Central Queensland.
Gladstone region artists are developing new media skills and interactive digital projects as part of the latest round of the Regional Arts Development Fund, as well as honing skills in songwriting, cinematography, and clowning.
Read MoreMore than 400 hectares of land, including some culturally significant landmarks, have been officially returned to the Darumbal people.
Read MoreAfter the first shot, the old Mayor watched the apple fall from his wife’s hand and stumble across the carpet… Dr Wendy Davis investigates a cold case from the 1920s: the murder-suicide of former Bundaberg Mayor Lewis Maynard and his wife Alice Drake.
Read MoreMick Kurtz was just 20 when he was called up for National Service to fight in Vietnam. Last year, he and his fellow veterans were awarded the Unit Citation for Gallantry, recognising their bravery in the Battle of Coral and Balmoral.
Read MoreA WW1 relic once used in France has turned up in a shed on a Biloela homestead. The finder says her ancestor who served in the Great War and brought it home…. never served in France.
Read MoreIn this short film from Bundaberg: Our History, Darcy Braund reads a heartbreaking letter from a First World War prisoner of war, describing the death of his friend.
Read MoreReturned serviceman Allan Jackson shares his story of serving as a medic in Vietnam, trying to reacclimatise to civilian life afterwards, and his personal Anzac Day ritual.
Read MoreLaced with murder mysteries and stories of brutal cultural clashes, Clermont Historical Centre’s new exhibition Towns of Minerals and Metals remembers the harsh realities of Central Queensland’s minerals and metals rush in the mid-19th century.
Read MoreIt’s been 20 years since the SS American docked in Gladstone, but the ship at the centre of the Broadway classic is back for the Harbour City’s 2019 community musical Anything Goes.
Read MoreLike many Rocky kids, Jessica Cathcart grew up waiting for the day she could get away. Now, she reflects on leaving versus staying, and blooming where you’re planted.
Read MoreLesley Synge has won the second annual Lorna McDonald Essay Prize for a piece about her great-grandmother's struggle to regain custody of her children from Neerkol Orphanage.
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Read MoreAs part of Specul8 Publishing’s 13 Days of Halloween, author Lana Lea shares a disturbing personal story about growing up at Westwood.
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