"Airships and electric trains mocking at time..." 1938 Queenslander preview of Redcliffe
On the 26th October 1938, a full page article by C.R.J Dahl in the Queenslander Newspaper wrote of Redcliffe: YESTERDAY: Redcliffe was...
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fuji321
- Nov 4
- 6 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
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Tristrams Soft drinks. Ice Works and the Redcliffe Bottled Water Company.
Thomas Tristram founded the company as T. Tristram Essences in 1875, almost a decade after arriving in Brisbane. Two years later, he...
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fuji321
- Jul 21
- 3 min
First Nations Toora Kerry Kerry/Humpybong/Redcliffe place names and c.1824 topography map
Before European settlement in 1824, the area now known as Redcliffe was home to the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) and the Ningy Ningy people...
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fuji321
- Jun 24
- 8 min
William Hobbs Homestead, Reef Point Estate Scarborough
William Hobbs was born on 23rd March 1822 in London. He married Anna Louisa Barton, (sister of Sir Edmund Barton - Australia's first...
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fuji321
- May 29
- 4 min
Charlie Chaplin movie featuring at Woody Point Pictures in 1930
Woody Point School Of Arts advert in the Humpybong weekly January 30th 1930: In 1930, School Of Arts , a now heritage listed building at...
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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 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 6
- 6 min
Thomas Pamphlett (aka James Groom)
James Groom (who is generally remembered as Thomas Pamphlett) was born in England in 1788. At age 12 years he became an apprentice in the...
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fuji321
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Arthur and Mary Comino
Athanasi (Arthur) Stavrou Comino, born on the Greek island of Kythera in 1880. His brother John S. Comino moved to Australia in 1901, and...
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fuji321
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Myrtle Troyahn (nee Burgess)
Myrtle Alice Burgess was born on 17th January 1913, into one of Redcliffe's early pioneering families. She was plagued by illness early...
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fuji321
- Jan 18
- 8 min
Bomb detonated on Redcliffe Parade in 1955
On Sunday the 10th July 1955 at 5.20pm, a bomb went off under a grey 1952 FX Holden utility on Redcliffe Parade outside Woolworths and...
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fuji321
- Jan 11
- 5 min
Sun Girl Quest, Suttons Beach Redcliffe
The Courier Mail Sun Girl Quest began in 1950/51with competitions held in major coastal Queensland towns and in northern New South Wales....
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fuji321
- Jan 7
- 11 min
James Robert Hughes architectural drawings, ca. 1940-1960
Moreton Bay Library has recently made available a collection of local architectural drawings, ca.1940-1960, drawn by James Robert Hughes....
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fuji321
- Dec 31, 2022
- 11 min
HUMPYBONG 1870-1883 (By D. H. Mitchell.)
The Daily Mail Saturday 15 May 1926 Page 16 : (Original Newspaper article on Trove at the following LINK) HUMPYBONG FROM 1870 TO 1883...
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fuji321
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
c.1881 O'Connell Town Estate map and James Mitchell family history
Portion 210 and 211 (119 acres) of the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve was first purchased by James Mitchell on the 19th July 1871....
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fuji321
- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
Woody Point to Scarborough Road in 1881
In October 1881, the Caboolture Divisional Board invited tenders for the clearing of the coastline road from the soon to be completed...
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fuji321
- Dec 28, 2022
- 21 min
THE LAST ABORIGINAL BATTLE SOUTH OF WIDE BAY. Nambucca and Bellinger News 1929
A 3 part article by James Grayson in the Nambucca and Bellinger News in October-November 1929 THE LAST ABORIGINAL BATTLE SOUTH OF WIDE...
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fuji321
- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
Percy Manley - Redcliffe's early hairdresser
Manley Street is named after Percy George Manley and his wife Agnes, who brought their family to Redcliffe in the early 1920's. Percy had...
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fuji321
- Dec 8, 2022
- 6 min
1942 crash of two P-400 USAF Airacobras at Queens Beach
On the 2nd July 1942, 26 year old, Lt. George L. Austin, Jr. (0-392733) was killed when his P-400 Airacobra plane crashed in Rossiters...
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