How ‘Melbourne Football’ found a home in Brisbane in the 1880s. As the Brisbane and Sydney teams prepare to play the AFL grand final next weekend, Melbourne footy followers have sensibly aligned themselves into South Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club supporters. (After all, they argue, both clubs were proudly Melbourne clubs before expansion.)Continue reading “Footy Fever, 1888-style.”
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School Holiday Ideas from Old Queensland.
Stuck for ideas for entertaining the little ones over the school holidays? Never fear, colonial Queensland has the inspiration you need. Swimming. Let your children run free in the surf. Preferably, yards from any supervising adults. Or, if it has been raining too much for the beach, consider alternative options. There’s nothing wrong with allowingContinue reading “School Holiday Ideas from Old Queensland.”
The English Cricket Team bowls over Queensland, February 1883.
Ah, Summer! Time to go to the cricket. Something rather unseemly had happened in the cricketing world in August 1882. An Australian side had won the test series against the English, on English soil! A mock obituary was printed in the Sporting Times: “In Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET, which died at the Oval onContinue reading “The English Cricket Team bowls over Queensland, February 1883.”
Holidays Ahoy!
Two weeks of sweet Spring freedom are drawing near for the State’s schoolchildren. Let Colonial Queenslanders be your guide to recreation and getaway ideas. So, let’s make sure we’re dressed as formally as possible, and remember to bring your paints and brushes or your new-fangled camera. In and Around Brisbane A Trip to the GardensContinue reading “Holidays Ahoy!”
The Fatal Effects of Intemperance.
It was 1847. The convict settlement was gone and free settlers had begun to come in to Brisbane Town. A few small houses and stores had begun to crop up on the main street – Queen Street – and at remote places like South Brisbane and Kangaroo Point. A few rough pubs and inns cateredContinue reading “The Fatal Effects of Intemperance.”
Recreation and family life in Queensland in the 1880s
Old photographs show a moment in time, places that are vanished or changed beyond recognition. How we used to live can show how much people have changed, or not. Sport A cricket team in an unidentified Queensland town in the 1880s. The sportsmen, attired in cricket whites with hats – bowler, wide-awake and cabbage-tree, ratherContinue reading “Recreation and family life in Queensland in the 1880s”
Moreton Bay and More 