Western Queensland graziers have begun smiling again as the rain depression from ex-tropical cyclone Trevor has begun living up to its promise.

One of the most prominent grazing and cane growing families of the north has had their history chronicled in the book “On Eagles’ Wings, the Atkinson Family of North Queensland, 1862 – 2014”.

A new mining development north of Cloncurry could see an added boost to the region with Altona copper-gold project coming to fruition.