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Mudgeeraba centenarian celebrates 101st birthday
Gwen Cook missed out on her 100th birthday party in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions – so this year she got in early with her…
Joan still the life of the party at 100
Joan Davey has worn many hats during her amazing life: professional musician, racehorse owner, socialite, mother and wife, charity fundraiser, and family matriarch. Now she…
New centenarian creates her own history
Joan Davis remembers a time when Rockhampton had no swimming pools, houses didn’t have electricity, and horses still pulled buggies along the streets. Now Joan,…
“Just live life” is advice from new centenarian
“Just live life.” That’s the advice from the newest member of Carinity Aged Care’s 100 Club for centenarians. Enid Clifford, better known as ‘Jean’, turned…
Mavis celebrates a massive milestone
What do singers Olivia Newton-John and Bryan Ferry and Laidley retiree Mavis Cumner have in common? They all celebrated their birthdays on September 26 and…
Mount Morgan stalwart motors to 100th birthday
Claude McKnight is a Mount Morgan man through and through – and today he became the town’s newest centenarian. A resident of the Carinity Summit…
Celebrating a century of life well lived
Carinity is mourning the passing of the one of the oldest people to live independently in a Queensland retirement village. Mildred Phipps, who lived at…
One hundred happy returns for birthday girl
There are around 5,000 centenarians in Australia, with fewer than 1,000 people aged over 100 in Queensland. Over the past decade no fewer than 14…
Salute to war veteran on reaching 100 years
A World War II veteran who lives at the Carinity Wishart Gardens aged care community in Brisbane is turning 100 years old today! Norman Abbey…
Enid celebrates her 102nd birthday
Enid Lincoln celebrated her 102nd birthday with family and her friends at her home, the Carinity Cedarbrook aged care community in Mudgeeraba, on February 21.…
Dutch dame reflects on 100 wonderful years
She has just turned 100 but Ann Damen’s remarkable life could have ended tragically seven decades ago. Living with her husband and children in their…
Jean’s long life in the genes
Jean Bell has attended a few 100th birthday parties – and last week it was her turn to be the centre of attention. The great-great…