Oxley The suburb is named after the Oxley Creek which was encountered by New South Wales Surveyor-General, John Oxley, in December 1823. Oxley named it Canoe Creek, but two years later Edmund Lockyer charted the Brisbane River and described the tributary as Oxleys Creek. Queensland Places Website Paddington Paddington, a quick hop, step and jumpContinue reading “The A-Z of old Brisbane in colour: Oxley to Pullenvale.”
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The A-Z of Old Brisbane: from New Farm to Nundah in colour.
New Farm New Farm is one of Brisbane’s oldest suburbs, close to the city and on the river. Many of the early New Farm residents were politicians. Sir Richard Jones, the first representative of Brisbane in the NSW Parliament to actually live in Brisbane, started the trend. Premiers Sir Robert Mackenzie, Sir Samuel Griffith andContinue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane: from New Farm to Nundah in colour.”
The A-Z of Old Brisbane in colour: MacGregor to Murarrie.
MacGregor In old Brisbane, the area that became known as MacGregor was farmland. The Henderson family settled at MacGregor, and built their farm there. But they didn’t call it MacGregor… Manly Manly is a bayside suburb of Brisbane, in Waterloo Bay. Just about everyone who went to Manly had their camera with them, providing usContinue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane in colour: MacGregor to Murarrie.”
The A-Z of Old Brisbane: I and J in colour.
Indooroopilly Indooroopilly’s name origin is a little obscure. It may be an indigenous term meaning “gully filled with leeches” (eww), but it may be a European invention based on Yindurupilly “gully of running water.” I’d go with the running water over the leaches, thanks. At first, it was a place for country homes and farmland.Continue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane: I and J in colour.”
The A-Z of Old Brisbane. Some of our “H” places.
Hamilton over the years. Houses and the riverbank, Hamilton. Herston’s beginnings. Highgate Hill then and now. Hotels in old Brisbane. The Brisbane Hospital. All images, unless otherwise credited, are from the State Library of Queensland.
From Governors to George Street.
More “G” Stories from Old Brisbane. Governors and their legacies. Sir George Bowen Sir George Ferguson Bowen (1821-1899) was the first Governor of Colonial Queensland. He took the usual route to success for a gentleman of his time – Charterhouse, Trinity College (Oxford), Lincoln’s Inn, the navy and the Colonial Service. One of his firstContinue reading “From Governors to George Street.”
“Poor devils like myself.”
Mentally Ill Prisoners at St Helena. John Haslem. Contemporary views of Muckadilla. On Monday 20 October 1879, the mail coach was on the outskirts of Muckadilla, a settlement between Roma and Charleville, when a man approached on foot. He presented a double-barreled gun and yelled, “Stop, bail up.” The coach didn’t immediately stop, apparently toContinue reading ““Poor devils like myself.””
The A-Z of Old Brisbane: Bardon.
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.”
The Early History of Maryborough in Photos.
The 1860s and 1870s. Few Queensland towns have had their infancy as carefully recorded in photographs as Maryborough. The State Library of Queensland’s digital collection has included a wealth of historical photographs from the Fraser Coast Regional Libraries, and we can now see Maryborough grow over the years in pictures. Early Homes. The contrast betweenContinue reading “The Early History of Maryborough in Photos.”
The Flood – 1893.
On this Day – Floodwaters rise to 6 feet over Edward Street. There have been so many catastrophic floods in Queensland – whether caused by tropical cyclones, low pressure systems or, in the elegant parlance of today’s news reports, “rain bombs.” The 1893 flood was the first natural disaster to be thoroughly recorded by photographers.Continue reading “The Flood – 1893.”
Moreton Bay and More 