Vintage Tea Lounge Friday Flick's in the Comino's Arcade. Blog post in progress
Friday Night Flicks in the Comino's Arcade. Every month we will have a themed movie night in our small shop theatre and the following...
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fuji321
- 12 hours ago
- 1 min
Vintage Tea Lounge and Redcliffe History Collection in the Comino's Arcade. Blog post in progress
Shop 12a in The Comino's Arcade 133 Redcliffe Parade. Opened in May 2023. blog post in progress
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fuji321
- 13 hours ago
- 3 min
Charlie Chaplin featuring at Woody Point Pictures in 1930
Woody Point School Of Arts advert in the Humpybong weekly January 30th 1930: In 1930, Woody Point Pictures played a silent movie called...
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fuji321
- Mar 31
- 5 min
Gibb Family in Redcliffe and Cribb Island
Born in Douglas in the Isle of Man to English parents, Hugh and Barbara (nee Pass) the Gibb brothers, Barry (born 1st September 1946)...
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fuji321
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Andy Gibb
Andrew Roy Gibb was born on 5 March 1958 in Stretford, Lancashire. He was the youngest of five children born to Barbara and Hugh Gibb. He...
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fuji321
- Mar 27
- 14 min
1936 RACQ Reliability Trials and 1935 Speed record attempts at Woody Point.
Telegraph Tuesday 28 July 1936, page 24: "SPEED RELIABILITY TRIAL. Where Contest Will Be Held. The R.A.C.Q. Speed Reliability trial will...
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fuji321
- Mar 27
- 4 min
Terry and Rhonda White AO.
Born in 1936 in Nundah, Terrence Anthony White, grew up to become a pharmacist, politician and a successful businessman. Attending the...
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fuji321
- Mar 26
- 2 min
Janice Charlish
After a lengthly career in the corporate world, Janice Charlish has spent the last decade dedicated to volunteering across the creative...
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fuji321
- Mar 25
- 3 min
Don Argus AC, SF, CPA.
From humble beginnings, Don Argus arguably became the finest business and banking brain in Australia. He was the son of a linotype...
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fuji321
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Graham Higham
Graham Higham was born in Margate on the Peninsula in 1928, Graham Higham was Redcliffe's first Olympian. He began boxing at the age of...
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fuji321
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Dr Clifford Pollard AM
Dr Clifford Pollard worked as a surgeon at the Redcliffe Hospital for over 25 years, from 1982 to 2008. A Member of the Metro North...
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fuji321
- Mar 21
- 4 min
Mary Nairn
Mary Nairn was responsible for introducing and fostering the game of hockey in Redcliffe. Affectionately known as "Mrs. Hockey," Mary...
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fuji321
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Petero Civoniceva
Petero Civoniceva is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin...
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fuji321
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Vaughan Bullivant
The colourful businessman, Vaughan Bullivant always loves a challenge. Discovering the sport of water skiing in the 1960's, he became a...
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fuji321
- Mar 18
- 3 min
Shane Nicholson
The internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter hails from Redcliffe, where he attended Clontarf Beach State High School. During his...
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fuji321
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Rupert McCall OAM
Rupert McCall is an Australian poet of international renown. His tributes to special events and occasions have become highly sought-after...
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fuji321
- Mar 13
- 5 min
HMS Mermaid
HMS Mermaid was a single masted, copper-sheathed, iron-fastened cutter of 84 tons. It was a small vessel at just 18 metres, but was to...
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fuji321
- Mar 13
- 7 min
John Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British...
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fuji321
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Trevor Barsby
A keen cricketer from a young age, Trevor Barsby was born in 1964 and attended Humpybong State School. He commenced his cricketing career...
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fuji321
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Dame Joan Hammond
One of the great opera stars of the two decades following World War Two, Joan Hammond established a wide international following as a...
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