Inverell Remembers the Kurrajongs | A Wrap Up

By Naomi Shumack
Updated January 15 2016 - 1:42pm, first published 11:50am
Wrap Up | Inverell Remembers the Kurrajongs
Wrap Up | Inverell Remembers the Kurrajongs

TWO years in the making, Inverell was a sea of red poppies for Inverell Remembers, a series of events to honour local World War I volunteers, known as the Kurrajongs. More than 100 men from the district signed up to fight, a huge number for a country area. They left to great fanfare on January 12, 1916, with thousands gathered to farewell the soldiers, many who would not return.

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