They were known as galloping parsons. And in the days before real churches, services were held in homes. Church of[…]
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Markdale
My third Great Grand Father – William Marks, bought the property “Salem Vale” and renamed it Markdale. Here is some info[…]
Read moreMARKDALE Floods
The flooding at Markdale Continues… MARKDALE. (From our correspondent) THE weather for the past week has been gloomy and threatening,[…]
Read moreThe death sentence for Markdale
Like many remote small communities, Markdale was a little town. It had it’s own school. But not its own post[…]
Read moreOpening Of Horse and Jockey Inn – Anne Marks (B-4GM)
Two years after the death of her first husband William Marks in 1861, Ann Lamb who had married her second[…]
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Well one of my relatives and another were involved in property dealings in Bigga. Salem Vale later was renamed Markdale[…]
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