events

Sat 29th June 2024 Spend a Saturday afternoon exploring the fascinating history of Fortitude Valley’s oldest hotels. Most of Brisbane’s oldest pubs are long gone, but Fortitude Valley still retains a number that have survived the wrecker’s ball and reinvented themselves for the 21st century. Robert Allen is a professional historian who has researched the […]

Sat, 6 Jul 2024 Join this historical walking tour over Bowen Hills, for a closer look at where Cloudland was once top spot. MEET US in the Plaza at Newstead Gasworks within the Gasometer. This is the starting point for a 90-minute walk up and over Bowen Hills. For a certain generation, Cloudland ballroom evoked

18th May 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

25th May 2024 | by Mark (Brizzypix) Coleman Mark Coleman is a freelance photographer specialising in low light and night photography and is founder of Brizzypix. He will showcase his work, focussing on the city’s bridges, as he explains here: Brisbane, colloquially and fondly referred to by visitors and locals as the River City, has

Saturday, 1 June 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 identities before its rebirth as a world class performing arts venue in 2021. This tour takes in more than 130 years of the

20th April 2024 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 Farm. With its beautiful homes and gardens, Oxlade Drive is considered one of New Farm’s most

27th April 2024 | Speaker: Tamsin O’Connor 2024 marks the Bicentennial of Moreton Bay, a notorious penal station established on the northern fringes of the vast territory the British had claimed as New South Wales. By extension it is also the foundational moment for Brisbane Town the future capital of Queensland. My presentation explores how

Saturday, 20th April 2024 Come and explore the social and retail history of one of Fortitude Valley’s main arteries with professional historian Robert Allen. Beginning at Centenary Place Park and finishing at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, the tour will focus on the Valley’s social and retail history, comparing the past with what survives today. Points

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