Author: Ray Langford
Editors: Ken Gray & Diane Bull
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In relation to the recording of stories behind local street names, this is a submission to the Mission Beach Historical Society regarding the name “Ohl Road” at the end of Boyett Road up past the old school site at North Mission Beach.
Author: Christine Forbes
Editors: Ken Gray, Margaret Remilton & Diane Bull
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This is the story of Bingil Bay resident Chris Forbes (nee Cope) who has lived in this district for 54 years. Chris and her husband Gary camped on the beach at Bingil Bay when they first visited the area in 1961.
Told by: Bob & Julie West
Compiled by: Ken Gray
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The West family came from Milla Milla on the Tablelands in 1955. George West set up as the first full time builder-carpenter in the district and they lived at Clump Point near Perrier Walk.
by Don Wheatley & Family
Compiled by Ken Gray
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The Wheatleys are among our district’s most remarkable and generous early families. Don Wheatley, and his wife Nancy, who died in 2017 after a fabulous 65-year partnership with Don, have contributed immensely to the community of Mission Beach.
Author: Ken Campbell
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Ken Campbell started researching this history after reading an article in 1960 about cyclones in Queensland.
as told by David & Noela Nissen
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The full version of Odin’s Beach is in two parts; the first was derived from information provided to Ken Gray by Noela and Dave Nissen in 2021, and the record is much edited. The second, is far more entertaining and is a transcription of an interview by Dr. Kathleen Broderick of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in 2008.
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