[Although there is a suburb in Brisbane called Upper Brookfield, the only images I’ve been able to find of it in the early days are included in the Brookfield post.] Upper Kedron Tucked alongside Keperra and Ferny Grove is a beautiful semi-rural, semi-residential suburb called Upper Kedron. It is, Wikipedia helpfully informs me, 13 kilometresContinue reading “The A-Z of Old Brisbane in colour: Upper Kedron to Zillmere.”
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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: 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.”
Moreton Bay and More 