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At the end of the Awards Ceremony the School Leaders for 2026 were announced. From left: Principal Ros Hibberd with School Captains Chelsea Bargh and Justin Espana and Vice Captains Charles Turkington and Sophie Manttan.

Our brightest and best celebrated

It was proud families galore at Clifton State High School on Monday morning, 17 November, as the 2025 Annual Awards Ceremony saw exceptional students from Years 7 to 12

20 November, 2025

The historic bottle tree on King Street is slowly becoming more of an issue, which hopefully an arborist working with Toowoomba Regional Council can fix.

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Council seeking to preserve historic bottle tree

Part of the Back Road Artists Eclectic Harmony exhibition is ‘Genie jars’ by Jodie Rigby.

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Back Road Artists on show at Goombungee

Major winners on the day, Leo Hancock, Alabama Munn, Claire Cooper and Caleb Morris enjoy the moment with the judging panel.

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Students speak out at Back Plains Speech Competition

Seated and holding a baby is Allen family patriarch and pioneer, Thomas, with sons, Thomas William (left) and John Charles. The look in the patriarch’s eyes is steely and determined. The baby is fourth generation, Thomas Allen, who became a first class cricketer and played Sheffield Shield cricket for Queensland in the 1930s and later his son Ross, also played cricket for Queensland in the 1960s. When publican of the Cricketers Arms Hotel in Drayton in the 1860s Thomas Allen liked nothing better than a cricket match on the land adjoining his pub which may have been on the site of today’s Earnest Peak Park. It seems the love of cricket was passed down through the generations.

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Thomas Allen: rogue, entrepreneur, publican, politician, farmer

Howard Ebneter 1937 - 2025

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Passing of a Peanut Pioneer - Howard Ebneter

Something to reflect upon on Remembrance Day is that this year is the 110th anniversary of the March of the Dungarees, a World War I recruitment march that started in Warwick and continued through Allora, Clifton, Nobby, Greenmount, Cambooya, making a few more stops before eventually finishing in Brisbane. The march began with 28 recruits, increasing through each town and finishing with 125 across the 257 kilometre journey.

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Remembrance Day: Remember to Remember

Directors who attended the annual general meeting in person last Wednesday night were Tracy Huegill, Derek Tuffield OAM, who has now retired from the Board, Chairman Andrew Douglas, Anne Glasheen and Haydn O’Leary. Directors Rose Plater and Bien Stirling attended via an online link.

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Hospital Licence handed in

From left: Josie Coughran, Brianna Naumann, Reece O’Leary and Tom Manttan.

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CSHS P&C hosts fun-filled trivia night

This great old photograph (circa 1931) shows Bert and Madge in their youthful days on Bert’s Indian.

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Living in Steele Rudd Country: the Lipps of Emu Creek

Enjoying the Clifton Country Week Official Opening Dinner are, from left, Angela Connolly, Shane Connolly, Jodie Ovington, Margaret May, Jodi Crollick, Member for Condamine Pat Weir, Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald and Lady Mayoress Lisa McDonald.

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Country Week kicks off

Clifton State High School staff explained the “Clifton Way” of providing pathways for students into the work force.

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Showcasing preparation of students for the real world

BEHIND BARS: One of the masterminds behind the Nobby Gaol restoration Evan Jones with Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald, a big supporter of the project.

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Gaol unveiled

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