Protected: The Bavas Story as told by Jim Bavas
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New Farm Bowls Club
New Farm Bowls Club is said to be the fourth oldest bowls club in Brisbane. The beginning of the New Farm Bowls Club at 969 Brunswick Street dates from 1905, when the Turner’s paddock part of the Kinellan Estate was bought by Messrs G. G. Muller and J. N. McCallum. They then sold the land …
New Farm Volunteer Fire Brigade
The first meeting of the New Farm Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on 11th September 1889 at James Campbell and Sons’ sawmill near where Julius Street is. Campbell offered land for the Brigade and a fire station was built for 50 pounds. It is thought that the fire brigade was placed where it was needed …
Jeffrie Garnett Remembers
I was born in 1949 and spent the first 20 years of my life living with my parents at the rear of their grocery shop (Garnett’s store) at 152 James Street, New Farm. I attended the New Farm State School which was just up the road, as was the Church our family attended twice every …
New Farm Library
In 1960, the Brisbane City Council planned to build a Library in Brunswick Street and two buildings were demolished to make way for the construction. It was to be called the New Farm District Library. At that time local residents had to travel all the way to Hamilton Library or into the City to borrow …
Story Bridge
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 …
Ed Rosenstengel – Cabinet Maker
When one thinks of fine furniture, the names of Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton spring to mind, but prewar New Farm had its own fine cabinet maker in Ed Rosenstengel, whose factory was at 524 Brunswick Street. Edmund Rosenstengel, born of German immigrant parents in Toowoomba in 1887, travelled the world to hone his skill in …