# Growing Up Outside Dalby & the School Principal Who Became One of Australia’s Most Notorious Killers

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Published: 2026-07-15T01:32:28+00:00
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## Resource

Part 7 with Geordie Lillis from Creators of Awesome, and it takes a heavy turn. Geordie starts light, growing up on a bit of land outside Dalby with his old man teaching at the local state school, and reckons Progress Street in Kwinalei has seen the least progress of any street in the country. The pub’s shut down too, so it’s Kaimkillenbun for a feed these days. Then he tells the yarn about his high school principal, Stacey Train, who years later was one of the three people involved in the Wieambilla shootings. Geordie’s memory of her is a good one. The day a supply teacher marched him and his mates off the school oval for climbing trees at lunch, dumped them in Stacey’s office, and Stacey just looked at them and said “you probably shouldn’t have been in the tree, so walk out of here and look sad.” Geordie talks about the subtle signs he can see looking back, the family relationships that were already breaking down, and what it’s like watching someone you knew as a decent human end up somewhere unthinkable. His take is that you’ve got to watch who you surround yourself with, because you never know where you end up. Need a video done? Find Creators of Awesome. ⚠️ Explicit content. This episode discusses a fatal shooting. 📞 Get involved🎤 Send a voice message to the boys. Drop us a yarn or question and you might feature on the show. 📧 Enquiries: propertrueyarn@gmail.com 🌐 Website: linktr.ee/propertrueyarn 📲 Follow the Podcast Instagram: @propertrueyarn TikTok: @propertrueyarn Facebook: Proper True Yarn Podcast YouTube: Proper True Yarn Podcast 🤠 Meet the Hosts Knuckles – Country Trucker Caps Instagram: @countrytruckercaps TikTok: @knucklesctc Zak Palmas Instagram: @zpdigitals TikTok: @zakpal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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