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A century after the town of Gordonvale took his name, the grave of John Gordon has finally receive recognition in a special ceremony on the 24th of January.

Division 1 Councillor Steve Brain joined with the Mulgrave Shire Historical Society, descendants of John Gordon’s family and Gordonvale residents for the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the pioneer. Previously known as “Mulgrave” and then “Nelson”, the renaming of Gordonvale was published on 24 January 1914.

“John Gordon is believed to have left Northern Ireland in 1870 and arrived in this area in 1882, via New Zealand, Cooktown and Port Douglas,” Cr Brain said.

“He spent several years following mining interests in North Queensland before establishing a butchering business, firstly just outside of what is now Gordonvale, and then within the present-day town.”

John Gordon was a founder and original mortgagee of the Mulgrave Central Mill Company and was a director of the company for more than 30 years. It was during this time that the name of the town was changed to avoid confusion with Nelson in New Zealand.

Cairns Regional Council provided a memorial plaque to be placed at the unmarked grave of John Gordon, located in the Gordonvale Cemetery on Highleigh Rd.

John Gordon and Gordonvale 24th January 2014Speech by By Jim Hill, Mulgrave Historical Society on the 24th January 2014. Exactly, 100 years ago today there appeared four lines in the Government Gazette.

“It is hereby, notified for general information, that the Governor in Council has approved the name of the township situated on the Mulgrave River, and hitherto known as Nelson being altered to Gordonvale.” James Tolmir.

Nelson had been named in honour of the then Premier Hugh Muir Nelson but because of postal confusion it was changed to Gordonvale. Previous to that it was known as Police Camp, Plain Camp, The Mulgrave and the aboriginal name was Gubuda (G-OO-BOO-DA) by the Yidinji Vidtmydjp people.

Many names changed in the early days of settlement, Cairns was Thornton, Edmonton was Hambledon Junction and Innisfail was Geralton. The popular notion was that it was confused with Nelson New Zealand, but Dorothy Jones in Trinity Phoenix claims that the Under Secretary of Lands at the time (1912) requested a change because of confusion with Nelson NSW and Nelson Vic.

Mulgrave was the first choice at the time but this also clashed with other localities with similar names. After much discussion Gordonvale was chosen to honour the early settlers, why John Gordon was chosen we do not really know. He was one of three established shopkeepers recorded when the town was surveyed in 1896, the others being Ah Tong and Kearney.

It could have been Sunmaudstown, Irvinville, Drapertown, Cannonvale or many others, but the final decision was

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Plaque to honour John Gordon

Gordonvale. John Gordon was born in County Antrim on 12th May 1852 and it was suspected that he would stay and work the family farm. Ireland in the mid to late 1800’s was not a happy place to live.

The population had suffered the potato famine of 1846 when many of the population of 8 million perished of starvation and associated conditions. This was followed by many years of political turmoil (the troubles) and many of the young people left their homeland to find a new life, many migrated to the U.S.A and Commonwealth countries.

There are many families with an Irish ancestor a few generations back. His older brother had sailed to New Zealand in 1870, he too left for the colonies and joined his brother gold mining in New Zealand.

When news of the new find on the Palmer came through, he with many others rushed to the new fields, landing in Cooktown in 1874. They endured many hardships but did reasonably well and then went into cattle, deciding it would give a much steadier income stream to provide food for the miners and other settlers.

John Gordon, then with a cousin, turned to Goldsborough and opened a butcher shop, later moving to Pyramid and then to Gordonvale. He gave up butchering in 1906 to devote himself to sugar cane. He had a large farm at Mt Sophia and became prominent in the affairs of the town (then Nelson).

In 1907 John married Elizabeth O’Byrne. He died in Gordonvale in March 1929, aged 77, leaving no direct descendants and is buried in plot 72 of the other denominations section of the Gordonvale cemetery.

Photo Information: Relatives of John Gordon. Those who unveiled the plaque are second from left Warwick Doncaster & Suzanne Maris ( brother & sister) great great niece & nephew also fourth from left Robert O'Byrne - nephew.

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We are back and ready to see all those Pet photos for 2014!

Each month there will be a new theme. As it is Valentine’s Day this month we would like to see ‘Cuddly Pets’. The winner’s photo will be featured in the March Issue of Mulgrave News. Entries close 20th February. Limited to three entries per person.

Photo entries to be emailed to admin@mulgravenews.com.au.To see all photos entries you can visit our website www.mulgravenews.com.au or our Facebook page.

Please ensure you have permission from the animal owner before submitting entry. The winning photo printed each month receives a $10.00 gift voucher from The Feed Shop.

If this prize is unclaimed it will be donated to North Queensland Animal Rescue – NQAR.

Pet of the MonthRecord numbers participated in Adventure Sport NQ’s Metrogaine in December 2013. 140 competitors wearing headlamps used maps to locate checkpoints around the streets of Gordonvale in the Extreme Summer Metrogaine series.

It was the biggest lineup of competitors in three years with Gordonvale and Cairns competitors enjoying the event. Competitors located points of interest from as far away as the Highway side of the Gordonvale High School through to the Golf course and then onto the Desmond Tranorre Bridge across the Mulgrave River. Many of the points were located close to town which enabled people of all ages including some in prams to compete in the event.

A Metrogaine is an activity for individuals or teams of all ages and fitness levels. Points are scored for each checkpoint visited and the points vary depending on how difficult a checkpoint is to find or reach in the 60 minute time limit. The individual or team with the highest score wins.

In first place with a total of 305 points was solo competitor Rachel Effeney. Local first timer, Louise Brayshaw was so inspired by the event that she has promised to participate in the next Gordonvale Metrograine and also work on her navigational skills in preparation.

Gordonvale was one of the locations of the 6 events in the series. The next 3 events will be held in Redlynch, Bayview and Whitfield . Further details can be found on the Adventure Sport NQ website. Mike Coleman from Adventure Sport NQ indicated that it is likely another Metrogaine event will be held in Gordonvale in 2014.

On Tuesday the 28th of January Gordonvale State High welcomed over 250 new students for the start of the 2014 school year. These students included 76 year 7 students who moved to high school a year earlier than many other schools across the state.

Gordonvale State High school was selected as a pilot school along with 19 other secondary schools throughout the state to trial the program. All year 7 students in the state will move to high school in 2015, based on information gained from the pilot schools.

Many of the year 7 students moved from the Gordonvale Primary School. The move of year 7 students to the High school included extra facilities that were completed late last year including four classrooms, a flexible learning area, staff room, music room and drama room.

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In an extraordinary display of international friendship, Cairns based junior club, Pyramid Power, have just gained their 100th international Brother Club.

This week, the Port Adelaide Football Club, one of the 18 national teams in the AFL, agreed to become the 100th club to join the Pyramid Power Brother Club Project. This extraordinary gesture sees the tiny idea from a tiny club in North Queensland reach an unprecedented level of acknowledgement and acceptance from one of the biggest clubs in the world of Australian Rules football.

The Brother Clubs Project was commenced in 2012 when Pyramid Power sought to expand its supporter base through the use of social media and make genuine friends with Australian Football clubs all over the world. What started as a small group of clubs who commenced sending messages of support has now grown to include teams from almost 40 countries across the world. Many of these clubs jointly assist each other when needed as well as simply keeping in touch.

Since the project began, Pyramid Power has received assistance with scholarships for their players for 2014 and many football jumpers from “brothers” across the world which will one day feature on the walls of their club rooms once they are built. Their players have also benefited from messages of support sent to them prior to finals matches in the past two seasons, with the kids in awe of the fact that people from clubs across the world know of their feats.

In return, Pyramid Power has sent equipment to clubs in Fiji, Canada and Papua New Guinea, as well as sending documents and expertise to clubs in England, Ireland, Scotland and Canada to help develop school and junior programs overseas. The club has also had two of its coaches, President Brett Kennerley and U16 Coach Wesley Hull, become ambassadors for the Footys4all Foundation, a Melbourne based charity which ensures that footballs reach kids in need across Australia. The club is also currently involved in assisting s junior club in South Africa to keep playing by gathering donations of equipment to send to the poverty-stricken community.

The Brother Club Project has grown beyond its expected popularity, but not its aims. In a world that is sometimes driven by issues more financially viable than friendships, it is refreshing to see a junior football club prepared to follow old-fashioned conventions and simply value friends and be there for them. Anybody interested in Pyramid Power’s Brother Club Project can contact the club through Facebook at www.facebook.com/wesley.hull.58, or visit their website for information at pyramidpower.weebly.com/brother-clubs-project.html

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February August1 Markets, Norman Park 2 Markets, Norman Park

7.30am - 12pm 7.30am - 12pm 2 AFL Pyramid Power Sign-on for 18 Start of Senior Mixed Gordonvale

anyone 6yo – 17½ yo 9am to Touch Football summer season 12pm at Power Park (Finals 8 Dec)

3 Mulgrave Settlers Museum opens 20 Start of Senior Ladies/Men for 2014 visitors 10am – 2pm Gordonvale Touch Football summer

season (Finals 10 Dec)8 JP Signing Service, Gordonvale RSL 10am-2pm SeptemberMarch 6 Markets, Norman Park

7.30am - 12pm 1 Markets, Norman Park7.30am - 12pm October

3 Start of Senior Mixed Gordonvale 4 Markets, Norman ParkTouch Football winter season 7.30am - 12pm (Finals 26 July) November

5 Start of Senior Ladies/Men 1 Markets, Norman ParkGordonvale Touch Football winter

7.30am - 12pm season (Finals 26 July)December16 Mulgrave Athletics Sign-on, 10am -

6 Markets, Norman Park12pm, Johnson Park, Campbell St.7.30am - 12pm April

5 Markets, Norman Park Weekly7.30am - 12pm Mon Brownies 7-10 years 4.00pm-May 6.00pm - Guide Hut, Church Street

3 Markets, Norman Park Mon Guides 10-13 years 6.30pm-7.30am - 12pm 8.30pm - Guide Hut, Church Street

17 Gordonvale Turf Club race Tue Active Games in Norman Park June 3.15pm

7 Markets, Norman Park Tue Rangers 13-18 years 7pm-9pm 7.30am - 12pm Guide Hut, Church Street

13 Junior Gordonvale Touch Football Sat 4F (Fit, Fun and Feeling Fabulous) Sign-On at Alley Park Informal exercise group meet at

20 Junior Gordonvale Touch Football Julie’s Tasty Treats between 6.30-Sign-On at Alley Park 7am. All ages, all levels of fitness,

walk, cycle, swimming, jog, etc.JulySat Gumnuts 5-7 years 9.30am-11am 5 Markets, Norman Park

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GORDONVALE TOUCH JUNIOR DATES 2014...

Once again the hardworking committee at the Gordonvale Touch Association have been hard at work organising the 2104 season at Alley Park.

The following dates apply to the Season 2014 .

Winter: Mixed : Monday 3 March - 21 July 2014 (21 weeks)

Ladies/Mens : Wednesday 5 March - 23 July 2014 (21 weeks)

Finals : 26 July 2014

Public Holidays: Monday 21 April & Monday 9 June 2014

State Of Origin: Wednesday 28 May, 18 June & 9 July 2014

NQ Championships: 7th, 8th & 9th of June 2014

There will be a three week break before the start of the Summer season.

Sign On: 13 & 20 June 2014, Play 27 June 2014(Friday before School Holidays)

(Gives time for teams to be sorted/uniforms to be ordered)

Start back again on 25 July 2014, 20 week Season.

School Holidays: 28 June 2014 – 13 July 2014.

It's a bit of a rush calling Bingo in a room full of people.

When I was a kid visiting my grandmother I went to Bingo with her a couple of times. I remember the tension, the concentration and the buzz whenever someone yelled out “BINGO!"

Thursday morning last week I attended Bingo at the Gordonvale RSL. It is held in the dining room in air conditioned comfort. As a newcomer I was made to feel very welcome and assistance was happily provided.

Dave Chalk (fondly known by EVERYBODY as Chalky) ran the proceedings with plenty of good humour and at a good pace acknowledging newcomers and regulars alike.

Tickets are reasonably priced and they have $200 jackpot games. They also give you the option of buying freshly made sandwiches for the tea break. Delicious and only $3 with tea, coffee, cake and biscuits also available.

So I bought in to the games with $10.30 worth of tickets and giving credit to "Beginner's luck" I called "BINGO!" twice for a $10 return - how good is that?!!

I even won some extra ticket sheets in the raffle so I will use them next time I visit. My egg and lettuce sandwich was the best I have tasted in a very long while, Betty was lovely to chat with and I am very happy she took me under her wing.

I wou ld ce r ta in ly recommend BINGO at the Gordonvale RSL as a pleasant Thursday morning outing. Take a friend and make new ones too. Share a c u p p a , ya r n w i th Chalky, have a laugh and carefully mark off your numbers so you too can call “BINGO!" - Helen

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The municipal library opened in Gordonvale by the Mulgrave Shire Council on Friday 19th February 1954 (Cairns Post 16 March 1954,p.4)

The library service operated out of the original School of Arts building erected in 1903 on the corner of Norman and Cannon Streets Gordonvale. The Council acquired the property in July 1953 and under loan subsidy terms, the Council remodelled the interior so that the new appearance suited the purposes of a municipal library. The Library was open from 10.00am to 12.20 pm and from 1.40 pm to 5 pm on weekdays and 7 pm – 7.45pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Librarian Miss Gloria Huish, from the State Library of Queensland, was on site for several weeks to provide valuable assistance to Council Librarian Mrs M. Martin. The Library’s membership began with 30 adults and 150 children. For the first week of operation, 436 books were issued to children and 233 books issued to adults. The Library proudly featured fiction and nonfiction books in both the adult and children’s sections, periodicals, and newspapers. The library was free and each person could borrow two books at a time for two weeks. A penalty of one penny per day was imposed for each book kept beyond the two weeks loan period.

Persons above eighteen years of age were requested to pay a one pound deposit which entitled them to request and receive items from the holdings of the State Library of Queensland via the Country Extension Service. A new library building was constructed in 1956 with a Council office, meeting room , and Councillor’s room added in 1995. This building is on track for refurbishment later this year.

The Library service is now one of eight branch libraries managed by the Cairns Regional Council. Cairns Libraries proudly features eBooks, DVDs, CDs, databases, audio books, newspapers, magazines and adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction books. Customers can borrow ten items for a period of three weeks and the Library is open Monday to Friday 10.00am – 6.00pm and on Saturday mornings. The Gordonvale Library is interested in finding out the names of these ladies in the above photo, if anyone can help, please contact the Mulgrave News, admin@mulgravenews.com.au

Each month the Mulgrave news will endeavour to bring photos and stories of animals that are up for adoption through the North Queensland Animal Rescue foster carers.

The North Qld Animal Rescue (NQAR) is a foster carer based rescue servicing homeless pets in the Cairns region. NQAR are completely not for profit and the rescue program is run completely by volunteers. This week we feature Xavier a 12 week old Kitten.

Xavier, affectionately known as Mr X is the cutest 12 week old kitten around. Mr X is very laid back, loves purring cuddles and gets super excited about his food!

He is a North Queensland Animal Rescue kitty and comes vaccinated, wormed, flea controlled, microchipped and desexed for only $100. He is available for kitty cuddles and adoption from The Feed Shop.

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Gordonvale Library celebrates 60 years

Welcome to this month’s Editorial and all things Real Estate. The year has certainly taken off at a fast trot in our office and a visible change in the Market.I am getting good attendance at Open Homes and, in general, most properties are going under contract within a week or two of listing and advertising, often with multiple offers. Even though the Aquis Resort has been put on hold for a while, confidence is still strong with buyers seeing an upward trend in the

market and not wanting to miss out. With a supply shortage of properties to sell, it is an excellent time to put your property on the market as there is very little competition.

Based on the latest Cairns Watch by Herron Todd White for December 2013, even though property prices in some Cairns areas are increasing, it is not reflecting in the overall median prices due to the volume of sales in the cheaper end of the market. Nevertheless, Cairns has continued to lift off the bottom of the Property Clock and is in a Start of Recovery Market. For a confidential chat about your real estate needs please phone Robyn Hawley-Whitton - phone 0488 071 007 or email: robynhw@cpo.com.au

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Council Corner

WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE REGION

ROUND 2: 2013 – 2014 Regional Arts Development Fund

The Cairns Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a joint Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council partnership which provides one-off, short term, project based financial assistance to support:

• Arts and Cultural activities that demonstrate a professionalstandard of work contributing to the vitality and diversity ofthe arts industry in the Cairns region.

• Emerging artists and the professional development andemployment of arts and cultural workers with the Cairnsregion.

Applicants from the Cairns region – Bramston Beach to the Ellis Beach are invited to apply. Round 2 2013/14 close at: 4:30pm on March 24 for projects commencing after July 1.

Applicants are strongly recommended to make an appointment to discuss their application with the RADF Liaison Officer or a RADF Committee member.

For enquiries or to receive an application kit, please contact Lucy Hart on 4032 6644 or email l.hart@cairns.qld.gov.au.

The RADF guidelines, eligibility checklist and the application form can be viewed at the Council Website - Cairns Regional Council RADF.

Artists consultation in Gordonvale

The Gordonvale Hub will soon be facilitating an artists consultation to discuss gallery and art show options for our town.If you would like to get involved please email Mark Edwards at the Gordonvale Hub: m.edwards4@cairns.qld.gov.au

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(Information supplied by Mulgrave Settlers Museum)

One of the first sounds heard over Gordonvale Sunday morning, other than church bells, was the rifle fire coming from the Mulgrave Rifle Club range near the old council dump. This was preceded the previous night by the sound of the accordion, leaf and bagpipes heard at Scouts Hall, where the Caledonian Society held a Scottish dance every fortnight. Gentlemen were charged 2 shillings and ladies had to take a plate of nibbles.

The clip clop of horses could be heard either ridden, drawing vehicles or sometimes just strays, looking for some fresh grass. The sounds of train whistles and excess steam, were a daily occurrence, particularly when trains were getting up steam to make it up the cutting. The train driver blew the whistle to make children dive off the railway bridge into the river to prevent them being run over. At the station you could hear the screech of the large faucet at the water tank and the rattle of chains to open valves on the tank when filling the water tender.

During the cane season, the Mulgrave Mill used approximately 7 locos to haul and shunt cane. There was always the constant noise of whistles, steam and clanging when cane was being hauled or shunted. Most goods were home delivered in the early days, so there was the constant sound of different vendors calling out the names of their wares, such as ‘grocer’, ‘baker’, ice’, ‘butcher’, ‘vegetable’ or ‘wedge-abul’ as most green-grocers were Chinese except “Long Bean”Charlie who was an Italian. Milkman came, with the rattle of their cans of raw milk in the carts. With the sound of the one pint and quart measuring jugs clanging together. Then there was the ice-cream man ringing his bell when driving his horse and cart.

The sound of cross cut saws was the most prevalent as every home cooked on a wood stove, except for a few that cooked using the

Sounds of the Past 1930’s & 40’s

Norman Park Water Tower

kerosene stove. Sawing was done on saw horses by members of the family, particularly on Saturday afternoons, as Saturday mornings everyone was still working. This noise was soon followed by the sound of the axes splitting wood for the stove or kindling.

To be continued...

Major work has now been completed at the water tower and the crew have done an excellent job in keeping the base together so that a steel frame can be constructed on the top, a larger concrete pad below and an interpretive historical display inside.

Check it out next time you are in town. Council is still investigating further improvements to Norman Park such as enhanced facilities and playground equipment.

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