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Mackay's pioneers featured in early account of our history


Mackay’s pioneers featured in early account of our history
An excerpt from The History of Queensland, it s People and Industries, compiled by Matthew Joseph Fox. Picture: Greenmount Homestead.
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Vicky Bowden, Greenmount Homestead
10th Jun 2021 5:00 AM
When I was a child growing up in the early ‘70s, I remember the door-to-door salesmen who used to come around trying to sell encyclopedias – in particular, the Encyclopedia Britannica. Often this was offered on a subscription basis – taking one volume a month over a period of time – often a couple of years.
That particular publication has been around in various forms since 1768; now in its 15th edition as an online only version. ....

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MACKAY HISTORY: Holidaying from home in the 1920s, 30s


Vida Cook in her bathing suit, 1919. Picture: Greenmount Collection
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Vicky Bowden, Greenmount Homestead
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2021 Easter holidays have been again different from pre-pandemic times.
With limited travel opportunities and the fear of lockdowns and quarantine, many people have chosen to take their well-earned breaks closer to home.
People have travelled, often long distances, for centuries; but the concept of travel as a leisure activity is a relatively new one.
Paid annual leave - as we know it - was not generally available to workers in Australia until the late 1930s onwards.
From the mid-nineteenth century however, settlers did start to travel to neighbouring areas for the purpose of relaxation rather than work, and the introduction of railways opened up new opportunities to travel further, and more quickly. ....

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