Separation from New South Wales occurred in 1859, and the new Colony of Queensland was proclaimed. It was a time of rapid social and economic change, and intrepid photography enthusiasts set about capturing and preserving daily life with an authenticity never seen before. Go west! Goondiwindi, on the border with New South Wales, was whereContinue reading “How we lived and worked – 1859-1865”
Category Archives: Brisbane hospital
Death of Dr Ballow – 29 September 1850
THE MORETON BAY COURIERSATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1850 WITH deep regret we record in this issue the death of Dr. Ballow, who expired at the Quarantine Station at about eleven o’clock on Sunday morning last, after a few days’ illness from typhus fever, which disorder he had contracted in the performance of his duty, as ActingContinue reading “Death of Dr Ballow – 29 September 1850”
A New Hospital announced – 16 September 1866
If you were ill or injured in Brisbane Town between 1842 and 1866, this was the place you went. A relic of the convict settlement, it opened its doors under Dr Henry Cowper, and was stewarded into free settlement by Doctors Kinnear Robertson, David Ballow and Stephen Simpson. By 1860, as the picture shows, the place was run-downContinue reading “A New Hospital announced – 16 September 1866”
