Billy - A Boy from Queenstown by Sandra Stubbings | PB Reference Interwoven with historical observations and

Interwoven with historical observations and the status of vulnerable species

Eighty years can bring a lot of change to a small town

with the new state-of-the-art Hedberg building (incorporating the Theatre Royal)

Long Marsh | Hilary Burden

and occasionally a complete farce

Billy - A Boy from Queenstown by Sandra Stubbings | PB Reference Interwoven with historical observations andThe story of Billy Gadd, a Tasmanian World War I boy soldier. Its not known how many under aged Tasmanian lads signed on for the Great War, but Sandra Stubbings great uncle Billy Gadd from Queenstown was one of them. He signed on in 1915 at just 16 years of age. Just three years earlier Billys father, Albert had been recognised as a national hero for his actions in the North Mount Lyell mining disaster. Sadly, Albert died in 1913, his death hastened