18th November 2017 | 10am-12noon 1864 was such a terrible year for Brisbane. If you could ask a Brisbane oldtimer about 1864, he would tell you that it was a dreadful year: “The town endured a cyclone and flood, then an outbreak of typhoid, not forgetting three major fires that destroyed most of Queen Street.” […]
November Meeting – Year of Disaster: Brisbane 1864 – date change to 18th Nov Read More »
28th October 2017 This year, the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital celebrates 150 years of nursing and midwifery, so the timing is perfect for Dr Cliff Pollard to recount some of the highlights of this venerable institution. The first public hospital in Brisbane was established on 12 January 1849 near the site of the recently-demolished
October meeting – The Brisbane Hospital (RBWH): 150 years at Herston Read More »
by Ross Garnett Many thanks to those who attended the Annual General Meeting in August. I have listed below the new committee for the 2017-2018 year. Special thanks to Barry Martin as he retires from the committee. Barry has meticulously kept the membership list up to date for several years— however, you will be pleased
Presidents Report – Your office holders for another year Read More »
RAVENSWOOD, Casa del Rio and Casa del Mar were conceived in 1930 as part of a group of four apartment buildings, or “flats”, around a common courtyard, with a tennis court, gardens and a garage, to be built in the thirties. Today a tennis court has been reinstalled, but is now owned by the more
Brisbane’s first local government power station was an early project of the Jolly Council (the first Council of Greater Brisbane) built on land that had been purchased by Brisbane Council in 1915 for a park – the site of the former first racecourse of Brisbane. The new Greater Brisbane Council resumed part of New Farm
Brisbane Powerhouse Read More »
This article draws on the excellent history by Michael Moy, Story Bridge: Idea to Icon, as well as articles and information. This fine structure is an icon for many New Farm residents as well as Brisbane and Queensland people. In 1926 the new Brisbane City Council recommended the building of a bridge linking Kangaroo Point
27 August 2008 IN 1935 Jack lost his father, who passed away in the General Hospital from peritonitis. He was survived by his wife Ruth and two children, a girl named Joyce and a son two years younger, Jack. (Jack was born in the Craigneish Private Hospital on Moray Street. It was owned and operated
A Conversation with Jack and Judith Read More »
Excerpts From Discussion – March 9, 2002 DURING World War Two, Brisbane, as the largest city in the northern part of Australia and General Macarthur’s Headquarters, was vulnerable. New Farm was considered especially endangered being close to the River and wharves, naval base and American activities. Shell Co had an oil storage base at Montpelier
New Farm in the War Read More »
1888 – Grandfather Marchant joined Mr. J 0’Brien in setting up a paper bag manufacturing business. It opened in Roma Street and later moved to the corner of Barry Parade and Gipps Street, Fortitude Valley. This business was named O’Brien and Marchant. 1923 – William Marchant retired and established his two sons, John Scott Marchant
Marchant Bros: Paper Bag Manufacturers and Paper Merchants Read More »
By Phil Russell AS a boy, Phil Russell grew up in New Farm in the 1950s; here are some of his memories of that era. My father Roy Russell was a Master Carrier having commenced his business in Macquarie Street, New Farm, in 1925. By 1928 the business had grown to three trucks as depicted by
