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1922 – A family outing on horseback went terribly wrong when a tidal creek crossing ended in a double drowning. Herbert’s Creek was part of the boundary between Banksia and Glenprairie stations, 120km north of Rockhampton and 27 kilometres north of Marlborough, Central Queensland. Vincent Kelly, 29, his sisters Ethel Catherine, 27, Winifred, 19 and MaryContinue reading “Tidal creek crossing drowns unlucky siblings”