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Community & Business
4 July, 2025
Birth of the Champion - 40 years on
Oakey’s newspaper, The Oakey Champion, was founded in 1985 thanks to the vision of two men - Alan Wilson and trusty sidekick Ian Leahy.

Ian Leahy and Alan Wilson lark about at the 1985 Jondaryan Woolshed Heritage Weekend - an event the fledgling paper threw itself behind.
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