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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Leanne Francis
1972 Olympic Games swimmer Leanne Francis , grew up in Redcliffe, attending Soubirous Brigidine College (School Captain 1972) and was...
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Feb 16, 20233 min read
Jim Fenwick
Jim Fenwick was born in Brisbane in 1934 and after many moves in his young life, he moved with his family to the Peninsula in 1942. He...
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Feb 7, 20232 min read
Hanlon Street and Short Creek history in Scarborough.
Hanlon Street history in Scarborough. An early 1929 land sale map showing Short St and the location of Morgans Picture Theatre which was...
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Jan 18, 20238 min read
Bomb detonated on Redcliffe Parade in 1955
On Sunday the 10th July 1955 at 5.20pm, a bomb went off under a grey 1952 FX Holden utility on Redcliffe Parade outside Woolworths and...
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Jan 7, 202311 min read
James Robert Hughes architectural drawings, ca. 1940-1960
Moreton Bay Library has recently made available a collection of local architectural drawings, ca.1940-1960, drawn by James Robert Hughes....
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Dec 31, 202211 min read
HUMPYBONG 1870-1883 (By D. H. Mitchell.)
The Daily Mail Saturday 15 May 1926 Page 16 : (Original Newspaper article on Trove at the following LINK) HUMPYBONG FROM 1870 TO 1883...
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fuji321
Dec 30, 20222 min read
c.1881 O'Connell Town Estate map and James Mitchell family history
Portion 210 and 211 (119 acres) of the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve was first purchased by James Mitchell on the 19th July 1871....
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fuji321
Dec 28, 20223 min read
Percy Manley - Redcliffe's early hairdresser
Manley Street is named after Percy George Manley and his wife Agnes, who brought their family to Redcliffe in the early 1920's. Percy had...
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fuji321
Nov 26, 20225 min read
Koch Ave Scarborough street history
Koch Ave (formerly Koch St and Helen St) was named after Colonial Felix Bernard Theodore Wilhelm Koch VD, who had decorated military...
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Nov 23, 20227 min read
Kate St history and the attempted assassination of Prince Edward at Clontarf (Sydney).
Robert T. Scott first purchased portions 110 and 111 in the Redcliff Agricultural Reserve on 12th December 1864. paying 1 pound per acre...
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Nov 16, 202210 min read
Redcliffe Fire Station early history
From the 1949 Redcliffe Sesquicentenary book: "The Redcliffe Fire Brigade - New Station opened." "For many years Redcliffe struggled...
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Nov 7, 20227 min read
Comino's Arcade Redcliffe
The Comino's building (Acropolis) is a three storey, heritage listed, brick building on Redcliffe Parade, built by Greek businessman...
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Nov 7, 20222 min read
Dalton Farm. Dalton St , Beach St, Oleander St and Marsala St history
Herbert Edward Dalton and his wife Ellen and family, moved to Redcliffe from Cairns in 1954 after purchasing 21 acres, part of portion...
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Nov 5, 20228 min read
Whelan's Lagoon Humpybong Back Tracks
The Brisbane Courier - Saturday 1st May 1926 - Page 19: "Humpybong Back Tracks. The Great Lagoons—Some of the Pioneers—One of the Old...
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Oct 30, 20228 min read
Harriet Bell history and the 1893 Tornado
Charles Frederick Bell was born on the 28th March 1829 in Middlesex, England. The eldest son of Charles Bell Esq. of 29 Stanley Gardens,...
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Oct 27, 20224 min read
Ma and Pa Beedham
Harold Sleight “Jack” Beedham was born in January 1881 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. (Father was George Beedham (1850-1900) Mother was...
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Oct 23, 20224 min read
Thomas Petrie
Thomas Petrie (1831-1910), explorer, grazier and friend of Aboriginals, was born on 31 January 1831 in Edinburgh, fourth son of Andrew...
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Oct 19, 202215 min read
Early Days of Humpybong (1860-89) from the diary of Philip Silcock
The following appeared in the Queenslander Newspaper in December 1933 and January 1934, and were excerpts from the diary of Philip...
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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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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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