Sammy Bell (Boama)
Boama, also known as Sammy Bell, worked for the Redcliffe pioneer Harriet Bell. Mrs Bell a landowner, encouraged local aboriginals to...
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fuji321
- Mar 27, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 9, 2023
- 1 min
Vic Morris
Retired school principal Vic Morris known to many peninsula residents as a dedicated volunteer, grew up on the Atherton Tableland town of...
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fuji321
- Feb 21, 2023
- 2 min
Mavis Filmer
Mavis Filmer arrived on the Peninsula in 1937 as the 16 year old daughter of a police sergeant who was transferred to Redcliffe. She met...
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fuji321
- Jan 12, 2023
- 3 min
Scott Hocknull
Woody Point resident Scott Hocknull is a vertebrate palaeoecologist, passionate science communicator and 3D digitisation and virtual...
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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 24, 2022
- 1 min
2023 Pictorial History Of Redcliffe Calendars now available.
The team at the Photo Restoration Studio have just released a 2023 calendar showcasing the best 12 images from the 2 Pictorial History...
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fuji321
- Nov 20, 2022
- 14 min
"Old House That Watches Out to Sea" Victoria House -Woody Point.
Fountain Pikett built the four storey timber house on the hill at 44 Victoria Ave, Woody Point, for Jacob Pearen in 1881. With views...
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fuji321
- Oct 11, 2022
- 7 min
Gunboat Gayundah history
HMQS Gayundah was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS...
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fuji321
- Apr 23, 2022
- 1 min
Sea Spray Estate land sale map c. 1920s Clontarf - Woody Point
Sea Spray Estate land sale map c. 1920s - A wonderfully detailed map showing land at Woody Point .Featuring streets including Victoria...
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