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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 30, 20223 min read
Beaconsfield and Disraeli St Margate history
Beaconsfield St and Disraeli St at Margate are two of the oldest streets and were both named after Benjamin Disraeli , Prime Minister of...
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fuji321
Sep 24, 20223 min read
Thomas Joseph Byrnes.
Thomas Joseph Byrnes, renowned barrister and 12th Premier of Queensland was born in Spring Hill to Patrick and Anna Byrnes, chronically...
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fuji321
Sep 24, 20223 min read
Trilby Misso
Trilby Misso was born on 8th June 1916 in Kandy, Central Sri Lanka, and married Mayleen Phyllis Enid Remeirs on 17th Dec 1939 in...
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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 14, 20222 min read
Private Felix O'Neill
Private Felix O’Neill transferred to the 40th Foot Regiment from the Artillery in June 1820 when it was stationed at Rochdale, near...
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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
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Donkin Street history - Scarborough
Donkin St in Scarborough is named after Henry Donkin who was born on May 1, 1844, in Romford, Essex, England. He married Margaret Cumming...
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fuji321
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Mein and Warde Street, Scarborough street history 1942, 1956 and 1969
This week's Redcliffe street aerial history is the corner of Mein and Warde Street, Scarborough. 1942, 1956 and 1969. Charles Stuart Mein...
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fuji321
Aug 17, 202210 min read
Lieutenant Henry Miller
Henry Miller was the first commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony in Queensland. Henry Miller was born in 1785 in Derry, Ireland, the...
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fuji321
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Longland St aerial history 1956 to1988
Longland St Redcliffe 1956 and 1986. Named after David Ferdinando Longland who arrived in Moreton Bay in 1849 on the Chaseley on which Dr...
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fuji321
Jul 29, 20223 min read
Corner of Mein and Adams Street, Scarborough aerial street history
This week's Redcliffe street aerial history is the corner of Mein and Adams Street, Scarborough. 1956, 1969 and 1988. Charles Stuart Mein...
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fuji321
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Grant St history and the Redcliffe Aerated Water Company
Grant Street is named after former Redcliffe mayor Walter Grant. Walter Grant was born on the 6th April 1861 at Oakfield, St Helens, Isle...
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fuji321
Jul 14, 20221 min read
Herbert St Scarborough street history
A street history of Herbert St Scarborough from aerial photos taken in 1942, 1956 and 1989. One of the earliest streets, possibly named...
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fuji321
Jun 9, 20222 min read
Percy Frost history - Frost and Percy Street
Percy Southwell Frost was a prisoner of war, a baker, zoo owner, council alderman and city stalwart. He was involved in the Redcliffe...
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fuji321
May 20, 20222 min read
Sean Gordon OAM
Originally from the Snowy Mountains, Sean Gordon worked at various country schools as a principal, before arriving at Brisbane's Nudgee...
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fuji321
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Redbank Road Redcliffe Street History
Redbank Road in Redcliffe street History: Charles Anning was a prosperous West Queensland grazier who retired to Redcliffe in 1940. This...
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