13th March 2025 (Thursday) Join Society President, Desley Garnett , and other committee members for a special afternoon tea. Held monthly on the Thursday of the week following the newsletter mailout, this event is open to all members (whether new, long-standing, or former). Everyone is welcome but we particularly wish to get to know our […]
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22nd Feb 2025 including the launch of the new Society logo Presented by: Michael Moy Vicki Howard Ben Pritchard Gerard Benjamin We have quite a number of interesting speakers lined up for our public meetings this year. Part of the decision making about topics is “What is the connection to New Farm and Districts ?”.
15th March 2025 Join this historical tour setting out along Oxlade Drive to walk a half-circle of the peninsula.. MEET US at the bus stop adjacent to the New Farm Park Ferry Terminal. This is the starting point for a 90-minute walk along Oxlade Drive as well as Griffith, Maxwell and Moreton Streets in New
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22nd March 2025 St James College and My Journey – Some personal reflections on a lifetime of learning | Speaker: Ann Rebgetz – recently-retired Principal, St James College, Spring Hill Due to illness, Ed Mian is unable to proceed with his planned presentation about the Queensland Water Police. We wish Ed well in his recovery
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23rd November 2024 WHO remembers the Christmas window displays at McWhirter’s, Waltons and T. C. Beirne—or the end-of- year workplace and children’s parties in New Farm Park? At our November meeting, Robert Allen will guide us through some holiday images from Brisbane Christmases past, with a particular emphasis on Fortitude Valley and New Farm. 2:30
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26th October 2024 | by Miriam King Uncovering the fascinating story about a trail-blazing young woman was initially and literally like“pulling teeth”! Martha Burns, who was born and bred in New Farm, was relatively unknown in 2013;her inclusion on a WWI Honour Board in Saint Andrew’s Uniting Church, however, prompted a fascinating research journey. Who
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9th November 2024 MEET US at the bus stop adjacent to the To Be Thai restaurant, 92 Merthyr Rd. This is the starting point for a 90-minute walk which will focus on Moray Street, and also take in Merthyr Rd and Bowen Tce in New Farm. Moray Street was likely named by George Raff, a
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Please note : This event is now CANCELLED, due to family reasons. 16th November 2024 The walk will wander in and around the woolstores of Teneriffe. Attendees will be afforded special access inside the lobby of at least one of the iconic Teneriffe woolstores where they will be able to fully appreciate the form and function
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14th November ( Thursday) Join Society President, Desley Garnett , for a welcome afternoon tea for all new members. Held monthly, this event is open to anyone, whether new, long-standing, or former members, newcomers to the suburb wanting to know about the history of their home, or anyone interested in finding out about the Society
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28th Sept 2024 | presentation by Claire Moore Brisbane’s oldest house has recently re-opened after a $6.6 million renovation. The grand 1846 building was previously home to the fabulously wealthy merchant George Harris, who decorated the house with lurid floral and pineapple wallpaper. Today, the house-turned-museum is run by a Board of Trustees, chaired by
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