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fuji321
Oct 15, 20225 min read
Cutts Family history in Humpybong
Charles Cutts was born on the 8th August 1839 in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, England. and was a "Silkweaver " by trade. Martha Williams...
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fuji321
Oct 14, 20229 min read
Adams family history in Humpybong and the wreck of the Netherby.
John Adams was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1836. Eliza Breavington was born on 22nd July 1839 in Stoke, Newington, Middlesex. They...
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fuji321
Oct 14, 20224 min read
Dodds family history in Humpybong
John Hindmarsh the 7th child of John Dodds and Mary Francis Hindmarsh was born on January 27, 1837 at Alnwick,Northumberland. When he was...
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fuji321
Oct 9, 20226 min read
Haskins St Margate and Haskins family history
Haskins St in Margate is named after long time Redcliffe residents Margaret and Thomas Haskins. Margaret Whelan was born on 20th July...
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fuji321
Oct 6, 20224 min read
Church Hills Estate Map Redcliffe 1917 and the history of Manley, Jeffrey and McNaughton Streets
Church Hill Estate was a 1917 land sale map that covered land west of Humpybong Creek in the Parish of Redcliffe . The streets included...
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fuji321
Sep 15, 20228 min read
Reverend John Sutton
John Sutton was born in 1817 at East Hanney, Berkshire, England. From the book 'Redcliffe 150 Years' by Leslie E Slaughter : "When Queen...
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fuji321
Sep 7, 20223 min read
Whitecliffe Cottage and Estate - Ellen and Georgina St - Scotts Point
Portion 110 was first purchased by Robert T. Scott on December 12th 1864. Paying 25 pounds for the 25 acres, in the Redcliff Agricultural...
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fuji321
Jul 11, 20228 min read
Ambulance Picnic - 60 000 at Suttons Beach in the 1930's
The annual Ambulance Picnic was held at Suttons Beach in the 1930s and large crowds were common for the event that attracted tourists and...
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fuji321
Jul 5, 20223 min read
The very first newspaper article about Humpybong in 1867
A graphic of 'Hump Bong' from the Picturesque Atlas Of Australia: The Brisbane Courier Friday 19 July 1867 Page 3 REDCLIFFE RESERVE....
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fuji321
Jun 19, 202214 min read
Queenslander Newspaper Saturday 1st March 1902 on Humpybong A favourite seaside resort.
A FAVOURITE SEASIDE RESORT. (By Our Special Commissioner.) "I had put in a dreadful day, and the thoughts of being simply stewed or baked...
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fuji321
Jun 12, 20227 min read
Redcliffe in the early 1880's
Sunday Mail Sun 9 Mar 1930 Page 21. REDCLIFFE IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES Many Memories of the First Settlers By U. E. Parry-Okeden, M.C. Way...
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fuji321
May 21, 20222 min read
Margate Theatre 1940-62
Margate Theatre was built by Alex Smith in 1940 at 47 Ernest St (corner of Ernest and Albert St) and its first screening was on March...
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