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Flashback: What was making news in Guardian 40 years ago

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Sugar producers were warned booming prices might turn sour and school was back in...

Flashback: The rural servo with talking birds

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WANTED: Readers’ help to track down what happened to the Bloomsbury Bird Park

Rainforest nudist retreat in the works for Mackay

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A seasoned naturalist says the nudist haven is his ‘life’s work’

Walkley-award winning former Daily Mercury editor dies

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Mackay has lost a fearless defender of the region, a storyteller and historian

Flashback: When a Beatles member lived in the Whitsundays

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The island’s largest home was later embroiled in a legal scandal that went all the...

Flashback: Bounty hunting fox and dingo scalps for cash

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The pests fumigated in Mackay in recent weeks were once considered a hotel menu...

Flashback: A deserted Mackay Whitsunday island resort

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A short trip offshore, it was once home to a pub, a famous silent movie actor and...

Hostile return makes today even more important for Bowen vet

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Vietnam veteran recalls being met with blood on the streets

Flashback: Nudist retreat in Mackay and Whitsundays

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‘It became a very social atmosphere … Every day was a party, the weekends were an...

‘You were young … you thought you were bulletproof’

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A 96-year-old soldier will be honoured today in a ceremony

Snake handling a dangerous business for Ram Chandra

Snake handling a dangerous business for Ram Chandra

Playing with snakes was a dangerous business for Ram Chandra, who made it his...

OPENING SOON: A dentist practice like no other

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A sixth generation Mackay local is now the proud custodian of the Mackay Customs...

Meet one of Mackay’s most influential architects

Meet one of Mackay’s most influential architects

Most of his collection is entered in the local and state heritage registers for the...

How visit to Bowen played role in history of boomerang

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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the modern word ‘boomerang’ but the object...

Mackay history: The disappearance of the Armitage family

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The missing local family sparked a massive land and sea search.

Why Cook chose the name Whitsunday Passage

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Cape Hillsborough, Slade Point and more: here’s how Captain Cook chose their names...

ScoMo’s slavery denial a ‘kick in the guts’

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Mackay South Sea Islander questions PM’s lack of education about Australian slave...

Soulmates of 67 years die within four days of each other

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Shirley and Roy McLean remained together in life and death.

Cruise director a ‘hero’ after saving stranded guests

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Flashback: Barry Dean used his yacht for rescues after Cyclone Ada 50 years ago.

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