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Mar 12, 20232 min read
Trevor Barsby
A keen cricketer from a young age, Trevor Barsby was born in 1964 and attended Humpybong State School. He commenced his cricketing...
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Mar 11, 20234 min read
Dame Joan Hammond
One of the great opera stars of the two decades following World War Two, Joan Hammond established a wide international following as a...
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
Rod Frawley
Born in Clontarf in 1952, Rod Frawley is the older brother of tennis player John Frawley. Rod made the doubles quarter finals of the...
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
John Frawley
John Frawley was born in Redcliffe in 1965. The younger brother of Rod Frawley, John showed his mettle as a junior by reaching the final...
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Mar 9, 20234 min read
Arthur Artie Beetson OAM
Arthur Beetson is a rugby league immortal and legend who both played and coached for the Redcliffe Dolphins. Arthur was born in Roma,...
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Mar 9, 20233 min read
Richard Lancaster. Fellow AHRI (Life)
After completing a successful retailing, journalistic and management consultancy career in Brisbane from 1967 to 1990, during which he...
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Mar 9, 20231 min read
Vic Morris
Retired school principal Vic Morris known to many peninsula residents as a dedicated volunteer, grew up on the Atherton Tableland town of...
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Mar 8, 20233 min read
William McInnes
William McInnes was born in Redcliffe in 1963 and is nationally respected as an actor, writer and columnist. He attended Humpybong State...
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Mar 8, 20232 min read
Serge Testa
Serge Testa is an Australian yachtsman who holds the world record for the circumnavigation in the smallest boat. Serge Testa was born...
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Mar 6, 20236 min read
Thomas Pamphlett (aka James Groom)
James Groom (who is generally remembered as Thomas Pamphlett) was born in England in 1788. At age 12 years he became an apprentice in the...
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Mar 4, 20234 min read
HM Sloop Norfolk:
In service: 1798-1800 Vessel type: 16 ton, one masted Sloop Location: Norfolk Island and Australia's Eastern coast. HM Sloop Norfolk was...
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Mar 3, 20238 min read
Matthew Flinders
Lieutenant Matthew Flinders was the first English explorer to set foot on the Redcliffe Peninsula. Flinders was born in the English town...
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Mar 1, 20232 min read
Robert Biancucci,
Paralympic Gold medallist, Robert Biancucci , was born in 1958 and first competed in a half marathon 1986, and a full marathon in 1987. A...
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Mar 1, 20233 min read
Duane Hart
Duane Hart was born in Hawera, Taranaki New Zealand, and after leaving school at 15yrs he gained a trade as an engineering draughtsman....
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Feb 27, 20233 min read
Arthur and Mary Comino
Athanasi (Arthur) Stavrou Comino, born on the Greek island of Kythera in 1880. His brother John S. Comino moved to Australia in 1901, and...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
Linda Mackenzie OAM.
Olympic Gold medallist Linda Mackenzie was born in Mackay in 1983, starting her swim career as a six-year-old under the guidance of...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
Rhonda Thorne-Clayton AM (nee Shapland)
Rhonda Shapland was born in Toowoomba, Rhonda's family moved and she grew up in Redcliffe attending Soubirous College (1970 - 1972) and...
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Feb 22, 20232 min read
Craig Feuerriegel
At the age of five, Craig Feuerriegel moved to Redcliffe with his family and started his educationat Clontarf Beach State School....
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Feb 21, 20232 min read
Mavis Filmer
Mavis Filmer arrived on the Peninsula in 1937 as the 16 year old daughter of a police sergeant who was transferred to Redcliffe. She met...
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