OVER 110 people attended the year’s first meeting of the New Farm & Districts Historical Society on Saturday 24 February. Guest speaker Wal Bishop, grandson of the founder of this famous Brisbane jewellery firm, and ably assisted by his daughter Virginia, had the audience enthralled. There will be a full report in the March Newsletter […]
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BRISBANE jeweller Wallace Bishop turned 100 last year. Come and hear the founder’s grandson, Wal Bishop (aged 83), relating the story of this venerable family firm. This will be the first meeting in 2018 for the Society. All are welcome to attend at 2-4pm on Saturday 24 February at Merthyr Road Uniting Church Centre. Afternoon
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THE new year starts on a very positive note for the Society, with the arrival of more copies of Reflections on New Farm. This is the book’s third reprint since 2008, and marks the milestone of more than 4,000 copies having been sold. “The steady demand for this book is simply amazing,” says President Ross
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TO all at the New Farm & Districts Historical Society, here’s wishing you a very happy start to 2018. Thanks to SW for this great snapshot from the Queensland State Library Bookshop. It looks as if New Farm & Teneriffe occupy a key spot in Queensland History!
At the Merthyr Road Uniting Church Centre polling station, the History Society’s display and book-selling benefitted from a high-visibility position in front of those queuing to vote in the 2017 Queensland State Election. As a result, 39 books were sold, several joined as members, and many more signed up to receive the free online newsletter. The
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AT our November meeting, we will again take a moment to think of others for whom life can be a bit of a struggle. Our chosen charity this year is Trinity Pantry and your gifts of non-perishable food and toiletries will be passed on to the Pantry soon after our meeting so they can bring
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OUR SOCIETY is the “Featured Historical Society” in the latest E-bulletin of the Canberra-based Federation of Australian Historical Societies, which represents around 1,000 historical and heritage societies in Australia. Dr Bernadette Flynn, the Federation’s Online Outreach Officer, happened to stay at Teneriffe when she was attending the Federation’s AGM at the Royal Historical Society of Queensland
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This post is the last for 2017, and haven’t we had a feast of information throughout the year! It also announces our last meeting for 2017 and I do hope that you have found that the variety of speakers and topics has inspired you to learn more about this historic peninsula which is a marvellous
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18th November 2017 | 10am-12noon 1864 was such a terrible year for Brisbane. If you could ask a Brisbane oldtimer about 1864, he would tell you that it was a dreadful year: “The town endured a cyclone and flood, then an outbreak of typhoid, not forgetting three major fires that destroyed most of Queen Street.”
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28th October 2017 This year, the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital celebrates 150 years of nursing and midwifery, so the timing is perfect for Dr Cliff Pollard to recount some of the highlights of this venerable institution. The first public hospital in Brisbane was established on 12 January 1849 near the site of the recently-demolished
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