Mark Bulley

24th February 2024 Fortitude Valley’s Centenary Place will be the subject of the society’s first talk for 2024. Located at the city end of Valley, the heritage listed park is home to statues, palm trees, lush gardens and mature fig trees. Society member and local historian Robert Allen will chart the park’s history from its

Sat 9th March 2024 Join the Princess Theatre’s historian Robert Allen for a behind-the-scenes tour of Brisbane’s oldest performing arts venue. Born as a community hall in 1889, the Princess had numerous names and identities before its rebirth as a world class performing arts venue in 2021. This tour takes in more than 130 years

23rd March 2024 Join this historical walking tour through the Heart of popular New Farm, taking a closer look at beautiful homes and landmarks. MEET your guide, Gerard Benjamin, near the entrance to NEW FARM LIBRARY, 135 Sydney Street, for this 90-minute walk to view sites in Brunswick St, Bowen Tce and Merthyr Rd, along

23rd March 2024 TradeCoast Central Heritage Park is at the heart of three heritage sites at the location of Brisbane’s former Eagle Farm Airport. Bob Tucker from the Interpretive Centre there, will tell us about the heritage-listed convict era Women’s Prison and Factory Site, the World War Two Allison Engine Testing Stands and Hangar 7,

25th November 2023 our backyards before sewerage… Laugh along with Denis Stirling Also –  Book signing – “New Farm: 50 Stories” When people heard that there was a new book about New Farm history in the pipeline, there was plenty of encouragement, along the lines of “Good old New Farm! Keep up the good work.”

Sat 18th Nov 2023 Join the Princess Theatre’s historian Robert Allen for a behind-the-scenes tour of Brisbane’s oldest performing arts venue. Born as a community hall in 1889, the Princess had numerous names and identities before its rebirth as a world class performing arts venue in 2021. This tour takes in more than 130 years

7th October 2023 MEET US in front of To Be Thai Restaurant at 92 Merthyr Rd, New Farm, for a 90-minute walk along the less-travelled streets of New Farm and Teneriffe. Bring your GoCard, since we’ll take the 199 bus, so as to begin our walk at the Hastings Street steps. We’ll pause beside two

23rd September 2023 Before multinational soda giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi dominated the market, Brisbane had its own thriving soft drink industry. Hauritz (or Horitz) drinks in Longland St, Newstead, was one of these, delivering to homes and businesses in the area. Lionel Hauritz, an old New Farm State School boy, will tell us about his