They Won a Piece of Queensland — Then Had 5 Years to Make It Work -The Brigalow Scheme

The Brigalow Development Scheme changed Queensland — and changed the lives of hundreds of families who were given the chance to build a future on the land. In this episode, I sit down with grazier and historian John Heelan, whose family were fortunate to draw one of those blocks. John shares what life was really like: strict development deadlines, black-soil roads, no mains power, floods, the 1970s beef crash and the extraordinary community spirit that helped families survive and...