A look at Bardon through its historical houses. Bardon House. Bardon House was built in 1863 by Joshua Jeays, an early Brisbane businessman and local government official. It is now part of St Joseph’s Bardon school grounds. Rainworth. Rainworth was the home of Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1819-1905), the surveyor and explorer. Gregory drew theContinue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane: Bardon.”
Author Archives: Karen B
Amateur historian and writer.
Wrapping up the “A” Stories of Old Brisbane.
The Amity. The Amity arrived at what is now Redcliffe in September 1824 with supplies, soldiers and convicts. Not something to celebrate for the local indigenous people, but it was the starting point for the Moreton Bay European era. The Artemisia, which gave us our Queen. The Artemisia was the first immigrant ship to arriveContinue reading “Wrapping up the “A” Stories of Old Brisbane.”
A-Z of Old Brisbane: Aspley and Auchenflower.
Aspley Aspley, 12 kilometres north of the CBD, was a semi-rural area until Brisbane’s housing belt expanded in the 1970s. There were land sales in the area more than 120 years prior to that, and the area around the Gympie Road became home to small farm holdings, such as the Matthews’. Gympie Road was theContinue reading “A-Z of Old Brisbane: Aspley and Auchenflower.”
A-Z of Old Brisbane: Ascot and Ashgrove.
Ascot through the years. Ascot and Ashgrove are now inner Brisbane suburbs, being 6 and 5 kilometres from the Central Business District respectively. The history of Ascot is intertwined with the name Eagle Farm, although Eagle Farm is today a separate suburb. In the 1830s, the Female Factory was located at Eagle Farm, and theContinue reading “A-Z of Old Brisbane: Ascot and Ashgrove.”
My Top Fives (so far).
I seem to have been posting since February 2019 (more than five years!), and I can’t help but reflect on some of the stories I’ve come across since I first bit the bullet and began to blog. (Links to the posts are in the title headings.) The following are my personal “top five” in severalContinue reading “My Top Fives (so far).”
A-Z of Old Brisbane: Alderley and Annerley.
Alderley The suburb of Alderley officially came into being in the late 1870s, with the establishment of a post office. The suburb took its name from Alderley Edge in Cheshire England, according to the nice, helpful people of Wikipedia. Alderley is bordered by Newmarket and Enoggera in modern Brisbane, and in recent decades, Alderley’s proximityContinue reading “A-Z of Old Brisbane: Alderley and Annerley.”
Bridal Fashion in old Queensland.
Ruffles, flounces and tiny waists never went out of style. Miss Hirst, pictured on her wedding day in 1872, is the very picture of the Victorian bride. She is veiled and ruffled, with butterflies embroidered on the netting over the skirt. In the original photograph, her headpiece had details hand-painted in, and I suspect thatContinue reading “Bridal Fashion in old Queensland.”
The A-Z of Old Brisbane: Adelaide Street
One of the main thoroughfares of Brisbane’s Central Business District. Established before Brisbane had a business district. 1842 – Adelaide Street is named. Moreton Bay had been proclaimed as a place of free settlement, and Lieutenant Owen Gorman and his Regiment had been recalled, handing over management to Dr Stephen Simpson until Captain Wickham couldContinue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane: Adelaide Street”
The A-Z of Old Brisbane -Albion
From a bush hotel on the way to the beach to an inner-urban suburb. In 1864, Thomas Hayselden advertised for a Publican’s License to turn his property on the Sandgate Road into an “Inn or Public House” under the sign of the Albion Hotel. Sandgate was a popular seaside hamlet, but it was a deucedContinue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane -Albion”
The Wedding Party.
There’s nothing like a big family wedding. It’s a chance to get everyone you love together to celebrate the happy occasion of your wedding. It’s a chance for future in-laws to carry out minute social inspections of each other. (The results of which will inevitably be damning, and will be aired after any occasion atContinue reading “The Wedding Party.”
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