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

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...

In December 1928, Bob Morgan built a picture theatre at Martins Estate, at the southern end of the Scarborough Camping ground near Jerry Klaassen's horse yard at 42 Landsborough Ave. Sea Breeze Estate Scarborough 1929 land sales map below showing the location of the new "Scarborough Picture Pavilion" The new theatre in Scarborough at 42 Landsborough Ave, was built in Nov/Dec. 1928 and was 90ft x35f. It seated up to 450 people and was built by Messrs. M Tilley and J.W. Symons

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 op

Thomas Tristram founded the company as T. Tristram Essences in 1875, almost a decade after arriving in Brisbane. Two years later, he...

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...

By Duane Hart (Harry was Duane's Grand great uncle) When Edward Henry Kerr (known as Harry) was born on January 28, 1879, in Waipuku Taranaki, New Zealand, his father, Edward, was 43 and his mother, Sarah, was 41. In 1902, he married Isabella Maria Foster at Beach Church, New Brighton, Christchurch at the age of 23yrs. Witnesses at their wedding were Chas. Foster, New Brighton (town clerk) and E.C. Winny, New Brighton. Harry was a champion shooter, loved rugby, and was good a

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

Hanlon Street history in Scarborough. An early 1929 land sale map showing Short St and the location of Morgans Picture Theatre which was...

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...

Moreton Bay Library has recently made available a collection of local architectural drawings, ca.1940-1960, drawn by James Robert Hughes....

The Daily Mail Saturday 15 May 1926 Page 16 : (Original Newspaper article on Trove at the following LINK) HUMPYBONG FROM 1870 TO 1883...

Portion 210 and 211 (119 acres) of the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve was first purchased by James Mitchell on the 19th July 1871....

Koch Ave (formerly Koch St and Helen St) was named after Colonial Felix Bernard Theodore Wilhelm Koch VD, who had decorated military...

Robert T. Scott first purchased portions 110 and 111 in the Redcliff Agricultural Reserve on 12th December 1864. paying 1 pound per acre...

From the 1949 Redcliffe Sesquicentenary book: "The Redcliffe Fire Brigade - New Station opened." "For many years Redcliffe struggled...

The Comino's building (Acropolis) is a three storey, heritage listed, brick building on Redcliffe Parade, built by Greek businessman...

Herbert Edward Dalton and his wife Ellen and family, moved to Redcliffe from Cairns in 1954 after purchasing 21 acres, part of portion...