After the flood the Governor of Queensland, Sir Henry Wylie Norman awarded the rescues with an Royal Humane society’s medal and certificate.
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After the war the airfield was converted into the Lowood Airfield Circuit and ran as a car racing circuit for 20 years, the highlight hosting the 1960 Australian Grand Prix.
However, a town named Lauder is about 10-miles from Galashiels, and a village named Lowood is less than 4-miles from Galashiels.
The Lowood circuit was the host track of the second Australian Touring Car Championship, in 1961.
Orphan of Lowood (German: Die Waise von Lowood) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Evelyn Holt, Olaf Fønss and Dina Diercks.
He was the inspiration for Mr Brocklehurst, the autocratic head of Lowood School, depicted by Charlotte Brontë in her 1847 novel Jane Eyre.
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The connection between Lowood and the Clergy Daughters' School was made explicit in The Life of Charlotte Brontë published in 1857 after Brontë's death.