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"Old House That Watches Out to Sea" Victoria House -Woody Point.
Jessie Hiller ( born Gloustershire) and his wife Emma (nee Gregory) were some of Redcliffe's early settlers after arriving in Humpybong...

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Oct 13, 202414 min read
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Lorneleigh Pictures and Guest House at Woody Point.
The Lorneleigh is a guest house located at St Leonards St (Now Alfred St) at Woody Point and was built by W.S. Martin in 1890. Travelling...

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Feb 26, 20243 min read
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Gibb Family in Redcliffe, Cribb Island and Northgate.
Born in Douglas on the Isle of Man to English parents, Hugh and Barbara (nee Pass) the Gibb brothers, Barry (born 1st September 1946)...

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Feb 16, 20246 min read
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Humpybong School History
The first provisional school in Humpybong was erected and opened on February 1st 1876 on a southern section of the site fronting Duffield...

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Jan 6, 20243 min read
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Large Sawfish, Groupers and Sharks caught off Redcliffe
Comparing catches - Woody Point Jetty c.1913 - Photo John Oxley Library The giant grouper has a wide distribution throughout the tropical...

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Dec 31, 20236 min read
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Redcliffe Drive-In Kippa Ring 1965 - 86 and Pierre's Mill.
The Redcliffe Drive-In opened on 15th December 1965 by the Sourris brothers. Movies playing in October 1967 included: The Dirty Dozen...

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Nov 17, 20231 min read
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"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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Nov 11, 202311 min read
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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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Jul 25, 20232 min read
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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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Jul 21, 20233 min read
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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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Jun 24, 20238 min read
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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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Jan 18, 20238 min read
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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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Jan 7, 202311 min read
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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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Dec 31, 202211 min read
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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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Dec 30, 20222 min read
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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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Dec 29, 20224 min read
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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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Dec 28, 202221 min read
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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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Dec 8, 20226 min read
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Olympic Pool, Shark proof fence and pavilion - Clontarf 1938-1960s
The Shark proof fence, promenade deck, diving boards and a bathing pavilion were constructed in Clontarf in 1938 by Manuel Hornibrook....

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Dec 6, 20224 min read
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Koch Ave Scarborough street history
Koch Ave (formerly Koch St and Helen St) was named after Colonial Felix Bernard Theodore Wilhelm Koch VD, who had decorated military...

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Nov 26, 20225 min read
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Kate St history and the attempted assassination of Prince Edward at Clontarf (Sydney).
Robert T. Scott first purchased portions 110 and 111 in the Redcliff Agricultural Reserve on 12th December 1864. paying 1 pound per acre...

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Nov 23, 20227 min read
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