About
Greetings from the North Burnett Branch! Our branch is found on the north-western edge of Southeast Queensland and encompasses members from Eidsvold to Biggenden, Monto to Gayndah and all places in between and others besides. We have a diversity of members from distance education and homeschooling families, boarders living away from home, small school parents, those in tertiary education and others just wishing to contribute.
Geographically, we are a relatively small ICPA, however within our area we have many small schools as well as families unable to access school. Our members are very grateful to the state executives and the portfolio reps who lobby for better equity in education for our bush kids and soon to be rural leaders.
Whilst we are fairly casual in the meeting department we are a friendly bunch and do appreciate new members to our branch. We will work tirelessly behind the scenes to assist with any queries or issues families have, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of our executive.
History
Our branch was originally known as the Eidsvold-Cracow Branch and founded by life member June Hartwig (among others) on the 18th of February 1979 at Cains Corner, halfway between Eidsvold and Cracow. Although it is just a location in the bush on a gravel road (back then) it was a central location for all interested and is fondly remembered by founding members. Many later meetings were held at Cains Corner and stories abound of dusty minutes and even an unfortunate dingo who donated his scalp for the good of ICPA. We still have the receipt!
As times changed and our membership did also, we voted unanimously in 2015 to change our name to the North Burnett branch. This did and still does reflect our membership base more accurately and gives others a greater understanding of who we are.
In early 2021 we celebrated the induction of two new life members Christine Sloss and Denise Hartwig. Both Denise and Christine worked tirelessly for the branch for over 20 years, keeping it going when times were difficult. We thank them sincerely for their efforts as we continue their legacy.
