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Queensland Police are asking members of the public to keep a look out for a woman missing from the Townsvil...

Brookston Beer Bulletin You are here: Home Historic Beer Birthday: Thomas Aitken Today is the birthday of Thomas Aitken (January 5, 1821-January 5, 1884). He was born in Scotland, but emigrated to Australia in 1842, when he was 19. “In 1851 he founded the Corio Brewery in Geelong, and later started the Union Brewery in Melbourne. By 1854 he was in business at Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, where he had built a new brewery, distillery and malthouse. The large complex was called the Victoria Parade Brewery,” which was later known simply as the Victoria Brewery. He also developed the formu...

Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE, 12.20PM: Police have revealed the details of a horror crime spree on Townsville streets this morning which include the attempted carjacking of a 31-year old woman. The spree started at 8.10am this morning when thieves crashed one of two allegedly stolen cars, a white VW Amarok, on Alfred St and Elizabeth St, Aitkenvale. The car was left dumped on the road with the two occupants fleeing with two others in a Grey Mitsubishi Pajero, which was travelling in convoy with them. It had been stolen overnight on Friday from the home of a Townsville police offi...

A Townsville father has recounted the moment he pulled his little girl from the back seat as thieves armed with knives attempted to steal his car.

A Townsville father has recounted the moment he pulled his little girl from the back seat as thieves armed with knives attempted to steal his car.