Item 1859

Contents

ROMA Souvenir Booklet 1
ROMA SOUVENIR BOOKLET 3
Foreword 5
Contents 6
ARRIVAL 7
Maranoa Centenary Theme Song 8
Establishment And Growth Of The Town Of Roma 9
ROMA TOWN COUNCIL 13
TOWN OF ROMA 17
Bungil Shire Council 18
“Western Star” 18
Walk Down McDowall Street In 1875 19
Walk Down McDowall Street In 1946 21
Maranoa District Aboriginals 23
An Old Identity 25
“ROMAVILLA” 25
TRANSPORT 26
Members For Maranoa Electorate 27
Roman Catholic Church 30
St. PAUL’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND 31
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 33
SALVATION ARMY 33
CHURCH OF CHRIST 34
METHODIST CHURCH 34
Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade Hospital 36
CEMETERIES 38
Births, Marriages, Deaths 39
Roma State Farm Views 40
ROMA STATE FARM 41
Wheat Industry of the Maranoa 42
Giant Dinosaur From “Durham Downs” 44
MUCKADILLA BORE 44
FIRE BRIGADE 45
Grazing Industry 46
Establishment of the District Court at Roma 48
Maranoa Sunset 49
LEICHHARDT RABBIT BOARD 50
ROD AND REEL 51
Cherishing 52
ROMA’S OLDEST PERSON 52
Hon. James Lalor, “Gubberamunda” 53
CITRUS FRUITS 54
Roma Co-op. Dairy Association 54
Fruits 55
Good Townsman 55
Natural Grasses and Edible Trees 55
Timber 55
EDUCATION 57
St. John’s Convent 60
Roma Kennel and Poultry Club 61
W. P. & A. Association 61
Roma Town Band 62
Rotary Club of Roma 62
Bells of Peace 63
Camp Drafts and Rodeos 63
Maranoa Broadcasting, Co. Ltd. (4ZR) 64
Roma Electric Light and Power Coy. 64
Bank of New South Wales 65
Q.N. Bank 65
Bank of Australasia 66
SPORT 67
SWIMMING 68
RACING 70
OIL and GAS 71
M.U.I.O.O.F. 74
P.A.F.S.O.A. 74
Hibernian Society 75
Maranoa Masonic Lodge 75
Ancient Order of Foresters 76
Raphael Masonic Lodge 76
Roma Branch R.S.S.A.I.L.A. 76
Roma Royal Arch Chapter 77
Women’s Auxiliary of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. 77
Girl Guides 78
Returned Soldiers League Volunteer Defence Corps 78
Boy Scouts 79
Australian Comforts Fund 80
Red Cross Society 80
Q.C.W.A. 81
Roma and District Patriotic Fund 82
Climate 83
DISTRICT STATISTICS 83
Coal—Roma-Injune Colliery 84
Railways 85
Eradication of Prickly Pear 86
Jottings at Random 87
In Conclusion 90

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