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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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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Karin Van Wirdum
Born in 1971, Karin Van Wirdum joined the Redcliffe Leagues Swimming Club as a youngster and subsequently as a freestyle swimmer,...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Myrtle Troyahn (nee Burgess)
Myrtle Alice Burgess was born on 17th January 1913, into one of Redcliffe's early pioneering families. She was plagued by illness early...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
Martin Kent
Martin Kent was a stylish right handed batsman who played cricket for the Sandgate Redcliffe Club. In the 1974/75 season Martin Kent...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
Gabi Mika McNaughton
Gabi attended Sydney's Fashion and Textile Design National Art School, gaining valuable insights into creative art that she would...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She was born in London and grew up in Redcliffe in...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Jodie Bowering
Born in 1982 in Redcliffe, Jodie's mother got her involved with teeball as an eventual gateway to softball as a six-year-old. At the...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Bill Hoogwaerts
As a small boy, born in Holland in 1938, Bill Hoogwaerts witnessed at first hand the devastation caused by the Nazi's in World War 2. At...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
Santo Perna
For over 30 years Santo Perna volunteered at Redcliffe Little Athletics officiating, sporting and marking the track lines to ensure the...
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Feb 20, 20233 min read
Graham Reid
Born in 1964 ,Graham grew up in Redcliffe, and was a junior at Redcliffe Leagues Hockey Club . He won the Brisbane Hockey Association ...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Captain Kerry Lopez
Kerry Lopez has successfully combined the roles of businesswoman and environmentalist by focusing on her love of whales and Moreton Bay's...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Tarnee White OAM
Olympic Gold medallist, Tarnee White was born in Redcliffe in 1981 and attended Southern Cross Catholic College. From an early age she...
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Feb 20, 20233 min read
Marle Juster OAM.
As a young boy, Marle Juster moved with his family from Brisbane to Margate in 1935, attending Humpybong School. There was little more...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
Lorraine Fisher BEM.
Lorraine Fisher followed her parents footsteps by dedicating her adult life to volunteering in many of Redcliffe's charitable and...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Leanne Francis
1972 Olympic Games swimmer Leanne Francis , grew up in Redcliffe, attending Soubirous Brigidine College (School Captain 1972) and was...
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Feb 16, 20233 min read
Jim Fenwick
Jim Fenwick was born in Brisbane in 1934 and after many moves in his young life, he moved with his family to the Peninsula in 1942. He...
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