28th March 2020
Here’s something very different for the meeting of the New Farm & Districts Historical Society on Saturday 28 March.
Come to enjoy an historic film in an historic theatre.
The main event is the 1940 classic comedy ‘Dad Rudd M.P.’ which includes familiar themes:
22nd February 2020
Mrs Lores Bonney, wife of Harry Bonney, a wealthy leather goods manufacturer, appears a to have led a fairly conventional life in their comfortable home in Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills— until she met her husband’s cousin, Bert Hinkler.
The year was 1928 and Bert had just landed at Eagle Farm after the […]
23rd November 2019
Jacarandas are pictured in bloom at Sir Samuel Griffith’s grand residence, Merthyr, which had frontages to Moray Street (between Merthyr and Sydney Sts) and the river.
The man who was to be twice Premier, then Chief Justice of Queensland, arrived in Queensland in the 1850s. He was responsible for important social and legal reforms.
To […]
5 October 2019
Gerard will conduct an Historical Walk around Teneriffe on Saturday, 5 October, 9-11.30am.
Meet from 8.30 onwards at Dot210 Cafe at 53 Vernon Terrace.
It will include a look inside a wool store, a leisurely climb to the heights of Teneriffe Hill, a mini bush walk, and a survey of the Submariners Heritage Walk, plus […]
26th October 2019
A new book entitled Brisbane Bricks by local authors Joanne Heath and Virginia Russell has had people looking afresh at an astonishing variety of the city’s landmarks.
Joanne and Virginia will be the guest speakers at the October meeting of the New Farm and Districts Historical Society.
Virginia, a former Sydney architect, thought that most […]
28th September 2019
But for urban renewal in Teneriffe, the pleasing lines of buildings such as the London Woolstore (pictured above) may have been reduced to rubble.
The 1991 federal government initiative “Building Better Cities” prompted the creation of the Urban Renewal Task Force in Brisbane.
“It coincided with the city fathers wanting to find the buzz […]
31st August 2019
Interested in a walking tour around the streets of New Farm?
Here’s a chance to view a selection of local landmarks and to hear a little of their architecture and social history, from society member Gerard Benjamin.
The event is planned for Saturday 31 August, commencing at 9am and finishing at 11.30.
The walking pace will […]
24th August 2019
The late Dr Harry Windsor—who once lived in a house on Merthyr Road—recalls as a child accompanying his father on his medical rounds.
Pointed out to him were the red crosses on the front doors of some houses during the 1919 pandemic.
The Spanish Flu that year was the biggest killer in history and the […]
27th July 2019
At our July meeting we welcome back George Symons with more stories about his Greek background,this time from the other side of the family in Melbourne.
“My grandfather ran the Mangos Cafe in Chapel Street, Windsor for 42 years. It became famous,” George said. The cafe’s classic fare reputedly included eggs, […]
22nd June 2019
This suburb’s crime past…
New Farm hasn’t always been the suburb that rates a nine out of 10 for tranquillity.
Go back 30 or more years and the reaction was likely to be, “New Farm? Why on earth would you want to live there?”
What they really meant of course was, “What about the unsavoury characters, […]
