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Emu Park Just a scenic 20 kilometer drive along the coast from Yeppoon, Emu Park is a peaceful coastal village. Once an exclusive beach resort at the turn of the 20th century, Emu Park is an idyllic seaside village with plenty of character. Emu Park is home to the famous Singing Ship sculpture. Set against a spectacular coastal vista, the majestic monument commemorates the area’s legacy of the historical explorations of Captain James Cook. A gentle sea breeze produces a musical sound through fluted pipes that will be long remembered. Source: www.visitcapricorn.com.au/service/emu-park

Emu Park, reflecting on its past, formed a history society and opened a museum in 1984 in a building that had been the Mount Chalmers police station and the Yeppoon courthouse. The town is located in the lee of low Emu Point, with attractive beaches on either side. The two main surfing beaches immediately south of Emu Point were called Ladies and Men's Beaches. The small Ladies Beach still goes by that name, while Men's is better known today as Emu Park and is the site of the surf lifesaving club. The main surfing beach is Emu Park beach, located on the south side of the point. The main surfing beach is Emu Park beach, located on the south side of the point, and offering a usually low beach break. A lifesaving reel was placed on the beach in 1917 and the Emu Park Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1925. The modern clubhouse is located at the northern end of the beach and is fronted by a seawall. It is surrounded by extensive grassy foreshore reserves and parking areas. The reserve runs the full length of the beach, with houses set well back from the shore. Source: www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/files/qld-tropical/emu-pa...

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Down on the sands at Emu Park, Strolling along the beach: Watching the tide as it ebbs and flows, As far as the eye can reach. Watching the sea-gulls gliding by, Over the briny foam, Therewith the girl that I love best, That's where I love to roam. CHORUS Why sing of Mississippi And my old Kentucky home, And places far away from us Where lovers often Roam. Just give me the girl I love, The gum and ironbark, And a cozy corner on the beach Down at Emu Park. VERSE 2 Down on the sands at Emu Park, Happy and light and gay; Building the castle of life's long dream, And while the time away. Watching the breakers rolling in Out on the deep blue sea. Tasting the sweets of life untold, My little girl and me. VERSE 3 Down on the sands of Emu Park, There on the beach at night: Watching the silvery moonbeams rare, That shine with such radiance bright. Far, far away from city life, Joys fairer none could be; Therewith the girl, I desire, Down near the deep blue sea.

Reginald Septimus Boys was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 11 Nov 1883 to Joseph William Augustus Boys and Sarah Ann Cooper. Reginald Septimus Boys had 2 children. He passed away in 1973 in Country Queensland. One of his children, his son Kelvin Reginald Boys, born in 1919, served as a lieutenant during WW2 and died of wounds accidentally received on August 17, 1945, at Torokina, Bougainville. His remains were buried in the Torokina War Cemetery on 18th August 1945. At the time of his death, Kelvin Boys was 26 years of age. After the war, his remains were interred in the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery and his headstone contains the family inscription of: “Loved boy and loving son. Hope has forever gone”. Sources: ancestry.com tgsoba.twgs.qld.edu.au/record/boys-kelvin-reginald/

Ballarat Orphanage history in brief In 1865, the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum was a non-denominational children’s home for up to 300 children of both sexes aged four to 16 years. In 1909, it became the Ballarat Orphanage. In the late 1920s, a Boys' Hostel and new Toddlers' Block were established. Capacity was never reached. In 1953, there were 198 children, 144 of whom were state wards. In 1998, the organisation became Child and Family Services Ballarat Inc. In 2015, Child & Family Services Ballarat (CAFS) celebrated 150 years of supporting children, young people and families. In 2000, the Heritages Services Program was established to support past residents of the orphanage and children’s homes. Source: www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/...

Most widely held works by Ernest H Grenfell Hinkler: one step Ballarat the fair; Back to Inverleigh: re-union song 1930; Slumber-land: a lullaby, published in 1931 La mort, 1931 For God so loved the world: St. John 3 ver. 16-17, 1931 Jes' joggin' along, 1929 Subjects associated with Grenfell's work: Air pilots, Death, Hinkler Bert, Lullabies Queensland Sacred songs. Source: worldcat.org/identities/np-grenfell,%20ernest%20h/

It seems the song has some association with Berth Hinkler a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle"[1]) and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean. He married in 1932 at the age of 39 and died less than a year later after crashing into the remote countryside near Florence, Italy during a solo flight record attempt. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Hinkler