y separately published work icon Townsville : History and Mystery anthology   prose   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Townsville : History and Mystery
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Townsville, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,:Writers in Townsville , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Headstone Without a Body, single work prose
Explains how Robert Town's headstone, originally placed over his grave in the Balmain cemetery in Sydney, came to be placed on Castle Hill, but without his body and with no wording.
 (p. 3 - 4)
Review of 'Townsville Memories', single work review
— Review of Memories of Townville Jessie Macqueen , 1963 single work prose ; (p. 5 - 6)
A Puke Purple Pub : The Criterion, single work prose (p. 7 - 8)
I Lived Under the Biggest Sugar Shed in the World : 1924, single work prose
The author writes of growing up on Old Rifle Range Road, so named because it was believed to have been used as a shooting range during World War One. The road and the area around it eventually disappeared under a huge sugar shed.
 (p. 8 - 11)
Meat Works, single work prose
Townsville port was established to allow the transport of meat products from the abattoirs established at various sites around the Townsville area.
 (p. 11)
The Greyhound Guts Won the Race, Phyllis Ware , single work prose
A tale of a lavishly-fed greyhound who won his race, despite the efforts of his owners to nobble him.
 (p. 12 - 13)
Memories of the War Years in Townsville, Margaret Reichardt , single work autobiography
Reichardt writes of her experiences growing up in Townsville during World War II.
 (p. 14 - 16)
A Small Slice of Life, Chris Bottrill , single work prose
Bottrill describes the finer points of eating chinee apples.
 (p. 16 - 17)
Pallarenda Paradise, Claire Watson , single work prose
Watson recalls childhood holidays spent at the family's weekender at Pallarenda. During World War II Pallarenda was taken over for an Army hospital. Her father, Clay Duffy, opened the first post office there in 1946 and established the first bus service.
 (p. 17 - 18)
Fur Coat in Townsville, Elanor Kelly , single work prose
Kelly remembers life in Townsville, including one night when it was cold enough to wear a fur coat to the open-air cinema.
 (p. 18 - 19)
Magic of Pictureshows, Mary O. James , single work prose
James remembers the picture theatres of the 1940s and 1950s.
 (p. 20 - 21)
The First Time I Saw Townsville, Yvonne Crossan , single work prose
Crossan writes about her first holiday, at eighteen, away from her small home town of Mt Garnet.
 (p. 22 - 23)
Book Review : Doctor on the Dole, single work review
— Review of Doctor on the Dole Michael Johnn , 1957 single work autobiography ; (p. 24 - 25)
Bush Dogs Menace Townsville, single work prose (p. 25 - 27)
Hot Metal Era, Dave Clayton , single work prose
Clayton writes about his forty-eight years as a newspaper worker with North Queensland Newspapers.
 (p. 27 - 28)
Dr. Savis Didn't Save Him, single work prose
A young boy finds his first visit to the family doctor disapppointing.
 (p. 28)
The Mysterious Case of the Dead Patches, Eileen Hubinger , single work prose
Hubinger explains the mysterious round patches of dead grass that would appear along Bamford Lane in Kirwan, Townsville, and continued to appear for approximately twenty years.
 (p. 29)
Cyclone Althea, Phil Heang (interviewer), single work prose
Phil Heang interviews Reg Kanowski, who was Senior Constable when Cyclone Althea hit Magnetic Island on Friday, 24 December, 1971. The interview was conducted in 2001.
 (p. 30 - 33)
Return of the Banana Bender, Jill Dixon , single work prose
Dixon writes about her experiences in Townsville during the early years of her marriage.
 (p. 33 - 34)
Physical Punishment at School, Joe Clarence , single work prose
Clarence reflects on his school days and the corporal punishment to which he and his schoolmates were subjected.
 (p. 35 - 38)
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