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Stockman’s Grave Project Completed
THANK YOU to all who contributed in any way JOSEPH WILLIAM TAYLOR (Pommy Joe)English Stockman 30 years 1923-1954Drowned Gwambegwine Creek, 1954 Taroom Floods We’ve done it! Pommy Joe now lies in a clearly marked grave in Gwambegwine Station’s (Private) cemetery, his contributions to life in the Australian bush now memorialised. Heartfelt THANKS for the generosity…
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YORKSHIRE JOE
A poem by Laurie Pointing, honouring a mate lostJOSEPH WILLIAM TAYLOR1923-1954 YORKSHIRE JOE by Laurie Pointing He was born in Mother England – and he spoke a Yorkshire strineMade his home in western Queensland, at a place named Gwambegwine.He embraced the country lifestyle – he was liked by all the crew,Learnt the trade from fellow…
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MEMORIAL PLAQUES UNMARKED GRAVES TAROOM
Community Fundraising campaign for memorial plaques to mark English stockman Joe Taylor’s grave at Gwambegwine Station, Taroom. Joseph William Taylor was drowned on 13th February 1954 and has been lying in an unmarked grave ever since. Go Fund Me campaign March 2025, Target $1500 – supported and managed by TDDA. Contributions of any amount will…
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GWAMBEGWINE TRAGEDY – 1954 FLOODS
Ex-Taroom ringer and retired Queensland police officer Laurie Pointing witnessed the drowning of a stockman mate “Pommy” Joe Taylor in the flooded Gwambegwine Creek in February 1954, when he was 17 years old. Joe lies buried on the banks of the creek that took his life in an unmarked grave. The time is right to…
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BOOKS BY LAURIE POINTING
Available for purchase BURRALONG PRESS Facebook: Private Message Author Laurie PointingP: Burralong Press – +61 (0) 411 027 614E: Burralong Press – publish@boolarongpress.com.au E: taroomtales@taroomtales
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Laurie Pointing – Top Riders, Fires & Fatalities
Laurie was a ringer in Taroom from 1952-1958 before joining Qld Police force. He was 15 when he made the trek west from Ipswich to start work on Nunbank station. Laurie rates Jack Clarris as the best horseman, stockman and bushman he’s seen. Laurie tells tales of other local characters he’s known and of some…