Jessie Hiller ( born Gloustershire) and his wife Emma (nee Gregory) were some of Redcliffe's early settlers after arriving in Humpybong with their children Isaac and Ellen Louise and squatting on portions 125 and 126. Their daughter Rosina was born on 26th August 1865, 18 months before Jessie purchased the land at a government land sale office on 2nd January 1867. The family lived on the land with Jessie cutting timber on their property and sailing the logs across to Sandgate

We have a large selection of Redcliffe historical books and downloadable ebooks in our collection including: 1904 Tom Petrie's...

Original footage of the day from the Paul F Ruckert collection at the Queensland State Archives. Competitors rounding a bend outside the Palace Hotel, in the RACQ High Speed Reliability Trials at Woody Point. At this stage Charlie W. Whatmore (Riley) is leading G.F.G. Lee (Wolsley Hornet), C. Coward (Chrysler) , A.P. Taylor (Deluge Sports) and V.P. Dear (Ford 10hp) "S. Butters who came second, sends up clouds of dust as he corners sharply in the RACQ high speed reliability co

Queensland’s first penal colony was established on the Redcliffe peninsula in 1824 by a group of soldiers, convicts and government...