by Don Wheatley & Family
Compiled by Ken Gray
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The Wheatleys are among our district’s most remarkable and generous early families. Don Wheatley, and his wife Nancy, who died in 2017 after a fabulous 65-year partnership with Don, have contributed immensely to the community of Mission Beach.
Author: Ken Campbell
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Ken Campbell started researching this history after reading an article in 1960 about cyclones in Queensland.
as told by David & Noela Nissen
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The full version of Odin’s Beach is in two parts; the first was derived from information provided to Ken Gray by Noela and Dave Nissen in 2021, and the record is much edited. The second, is far more entertaining and is a transcription of an interview by Dr. Kathleen Broderick of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in 2008.
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