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Does anyone know of Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds General Store?

Christ Church Located on the corner of Maryborough and Woongarra Street, opposite St Andrews Church, is Christ Church, a handsome sandstone building with a distinct Norman flavor. The Bundaberg Council website notes that "The church building is particularly large and visually dominant in its corner location; its size is clearly intended to reflect the importance of the Anglican faith and community in Bundaberg. The employment of the distinctive English Gothic architectural design reflects aesthetic ideals associated with rural English towns, which is consistent with the agricultural significance of Bundaberg at the time and throughout its later history ... The church consists of a large red brick building with a tiled gable roof. It is designed in English Gothic style and it displays the characteristic features of pointed arched arcades and architraves, narrow lancet windows, buttresses, and vaulted ceiling." For more detail check out www.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/files/Christ_Church_Bundaberg.pdf. Source: www.aussietowns.com.au/town/bundaberg-qld

The monument to Bert Hinkler which holds pride of place in the center of Buss Park attracted pomp and ceremony when it was officially opened in 1936. The sleek lines of the polished marble Grecian-style altar have stood the test of time as an artwork for the ages and ultimately a lingering and fitting tribute to the deeds and the death of Bert Hinkler. More than one impressionable primary school-aged child has accepted a claim that the Hinkler monument in Buss Park is actually Bert’s final resting place. While those schoolyard fantasies are far from the truth, the story of the Hinkler monument in Buss Park is an interesting slice of Bundaberg’s history. Patriotic fervor was obviously brimming in Bundaberg in the months following Hinkler’s death in 1933 and a reunion dinner meeting of Bundaberg Returned Soldiers in November 1934 resolved that Hinkler’s feats warranted a community memorial. Hinkler had captivated the world with his aviation feats becoming the first man to fly solo from England to Australia in 1928. He was killed while attempting another record-breaking flight in 1933. Hinkler's body was found on the northern slopes of Pratomagno in the Apennines between Florence and Arezzo, Italy, on 27 April. He had survived the crash (believed to be January 7, 1933) and died outside the wreckage. He was buried — with full military honors on the orders of Italy's ruling dictator Benito Mussolini — in the Cimitero degli Allori in Florence. In 1934 a public meeting was convened with then-Mayor of Bundaberg, Mr. B McLean elected president of the Hinkler Memorial Committee charged with delivering the monument. An appeal for funds was widely launched with approximately one thousand pounds subscribed. Source: www.bundabergnow.com/2019/12/14/opening-hinkler-monument/