Beyond The Crown
Beyond The Crown is the podcast that's part aural history and part documentary, bringing you interviews with past Queens of the Stanthorpe Apple & Grape Harvest Festival.
It's about celebrating rural enterprise, agricultural excellence as well as generational pride for the Granite Belt Community.
Beyond The Crown is hosted by Lou Bromley.
This podcast has been made possible by the Regional Arts Development Fund; it's a partnership between the Queensland Government and the Southern Downs Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
The Festival Queen Who Lost it All & Gave So Much (1982 - Teresa Matthews)
In this episode we're going back to the future....yep we're off to the 80s, where bigger was always better.
Teresa Matthews was crowned Festival Queen in 1982, in a time where discos were the fundrais…
Bonus - 2022 Young Ambassador Update
In this bonus bit of Beyond the Crown I found myself at the International Club with to catch up with the 2022 Young Ambassadors, to find out what they've been up to and how they're preparing for the …
The Golden Jubilee of the Centenary Queen (1972 - Carol Skuze)
On this episode of Beyond the Crown, it's big hair, it's groovy gowns and so much excitement...for the 100 year celebration of Stanthorpe in 1972, with the Apple and Grape Harvest Festival.
I went sou…
Miss Delicious and the New Festival (1966 - Jan Friar)
In this episode of Beyond the Crown we head south, all the way down to the border town of Wallangarra to speak to 1966 Festival Queen, Jan Friar.
Jan was crowned Miss Delicious at what became a new fe…
A Brief History of Apples in Australia
In this episode of Beyond the Crown we take a deep dive into the history of apples and the associated festivals in the Stanthorpe region, as well as across the country.
The mid-60's saw huge change to…
Bonus - Ward Leopold & The Apple Song
One tidbit that was uncovered during the research for this podcast was that the Australian Apple & Pear Marketing Board commissioned a composer named Ward Leopold to write a song about the benefits o…
Meet the Young Ambassadors of 2022
In this episode of Beyond the Crown we meet the Young Ambassadors of the Apple and Grape Harvest Festival for 2022.
They're a diverse group of young women and men from all over the Granite Belt.
Some…
The Queen Without a Festival (1965 - Annette Barker)
Annette Barker had one of those sliding door moments; she was destined to be an accountant, but a tragic car accident shifted her focus.
In 1965 Annette was crowned the last Apple Blossom Festival Que…
The Drag Queens of Ballandean (1962)
In 1962 Allan Taylor was crowned Miss Peach Blossom as a protest against the Apple Blossom Festival in Stanthorpe.
His friend, Peter Day, and other friends from the Ballandean Youth Group dressed up i…
From Frosty Orchards to Tropical Islands (1959 - Gwen Furness)
The year was 1959 and rock 'n' roll was taking over the airwaves.
And that wasn't the only thing on the radio, because the whole of Stanthorpe would tune in to find out just who had been crowned Fest…
Sputnik & the Festival Queen (1957 - Dorothy Pappagallo)
In 1957 the space race was well and truly underway, with the Soviet Union successfully launching Sputnik as Earth's first artificial satellite.
And who would have thought that some general knowledge a…
Beyond The Crown Trailer
Beyond The Crown is the podcast that's part aural history and part documentary, bringing you interviews with past Queens of the Stanthorpe Apple & Grape Harvest Festival.
It's about celebrating rura…