Residents pride in their town or city is influenced by many factors. Whether it be its historic past or even from those citizens past and...

Born in Douglas on the Isle of Man to English parents, Hugh and Barbara (nee Pass) the Gibb brothers, Barry (born 1st September 1946) twins Maurice and Robin (born 22nd December 1949) older sister Lesley (born 12th January 1945 in Manchester) and younger brother Andy (born on 5th March 1958 in Manchester) lived in their Dad’s hometown of Chorlton, Manchester, England, where in 1955, where Barry Gibb formed the skiffle/rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes (aka Wee Johnny Haye

The three men are attributed as being the first Europeans to live in the Moreton Bay region. Thomas Pamphlett (Also known as James Groom) and fellow "ticket of leave" convicts Richard Parsons and John Thompson , along with full convict John Finnegan , were hired by settler William Cox to fetch cedar from the Illawarra District, or the Five Islands , now known as Wollongong , 50 miles (80 km) south of Sydney. They set sail on their maiden voyage on 21st March 1823 in an o

Before European settlement in 1824, the area now known as Redcliffe was home to the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) and the Ningy Ningy people...

William Hobbs was born on 23rd March 1822 in London. He married Anna Louisa Barton, (sister of Sir Edmund Barton - Australia's first...

Duane Hart was born in Hawera, Taranaki New Zealand, and after leaving school at 15yrs he gained a trade as an engineering draughtsman. He also spent 10 years training and racing as a 400m sprinter in New Zealand and competing for Taranaki and Waikato, then moving to London to race for Croyden and then 1st division club Belgrave in the UK. (His pb for 400m is 47.3 sec) Living in London for 2 years, he worked for the engineering department at the London Underground and Harrod

Charles Frederick Bell was born on the 28th March 1829 in Middlesex, England. The eldest son of Charles Bell Esq. of 29 Stanley Gardens,...

Harold Sleight “Jack” Beedham was born in January 1881 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. (Father was George Beedham (1850-1900) Mother was...

George Corscadden was born in 1854 in Londonderry Northern Ireland. He married Kate Browne in Coleraine, Northern Ireland in 1883 and...

John Sutton was born in 1817 at East Hanney, Berkshire, England. From the book ' Redcliffe 150 Years ' by Leslie E Slaughter : "When...

The Redcliffe Historical Society Inc was formed in I967 to preserve and document the history of Redcliffe and District. Founding...

Percy Southwell Frost was a prisoner of war, a baker, zoo owner, council alderman and city stalwart. He was involved in the Redcliffe...