Janice Charlish
After a lengthly career in the corporate world, Janice Charlish has spent the last decade dedicated to volunteering across the creative...
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Mar 24, 20232 min read
Graham Higham
Graham Higham was born in Margate on the Peninsula in 1928, Graham Higham was Redcliffe's first Olympian. He began boxing at the age of...
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Mar 21, 20234 min read
Mary Nairn
Mary Nairn was responsible for introducing and fostering the game of hockey in Redcliffe. Affectionately known as "Mrs. Hockey," Mary...
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Mar 20, 20235 min read
Petero Civoniceva
Petero Civoniceva is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin...
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Mar 19, 20233 min read
Vaughan Bullivant
The colourful businessman, Vaughan Bullivant always loves a challenge. Discovering the sport of water skiing in the 1960's, he became a...
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Mar 19, 20232 min read
Monsignor Frawley
Monsignor Frawley was affectionately known as Mons. He was born in Toowoomba in 1904 to James and Bridget Frawley. He attended Nudgee...
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Mar 18, 20234 min read
Shane Nicholson
The internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter hails from Redcliffe, where he attended Clontarf Beach State High School. During his...
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Mar 16, 20232 min read
Darrell Butcher
From humble beginnings, Darrell Butcher rose to become one of Queensland's foremost figures in the automotive industry. In 1965, while...
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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, 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 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 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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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 25, 20232 min read
Des Webb
Des Webb was born in 1937, and spent most of his adult life dedicated to the Redcliffe Leagues Club, both on and off the field of play....
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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
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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