Redcliffe Wall of Fame in the Jetty Arcade

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 present, who have achieved fame in their chosen profession or activity. Redcliffe has been blessed with many such citizens from all walks of life. Some dating back to Redcliffe’s inception in 1824, others are modern day achievers and many in between.

In 2013, at the initiation of local Redcliffe identity Richard Lancaster, a group of business people approached the Moreton Bay Regional Council seeking permission to create a `Walk of Icons in the Redcliffe CBD. To add substance to the request, support was sought and obtained from the Redcliffe Chamber of Commerce.

The `Walk of Icons` would be located on the footpaths of Redcliffe Parade and would consist of a series of metal plaques set into the pavements, at intervals. Each plaque would have the name of a Redcliffe icon inscribed on it and would also be numbered. These numbers would be cross referenced to a `Redcliffe Icons` booklet, which would detail the numbered name and history of all of the icons activities. The booklet would be free and available from Council Information Centres. Thus the `Redcliffe Icons` would be instrumental in providing both residents and tourists with a visual history of Redcliffe and be complementary to Bee Gees Way.

As it was considered that the project should be self- funded, local businesses or individuals would be encouraged to sponsor the icons. A committee under the auspices of the Redcliffe Chamber of Commerce, of which Richard Lancaster was Patron, was established. A series of meetings were held between September and December 2013 and progress towards the establishment of the Walk was well under way.

Finally, a complete plan, which included design plans for the icon plaques and total costings and time frame was presented to Council. However the Council rejected the project due to possible traffic disruption and uncertainty as to pedestrian safety relating to the pavement plaques.

Due to the generosity of the landlord of the CBD’S Jetty Arcade, Dennis Austen, `The Walk of Icons` became `The Wall of Fame`, now located in the Jetty Arcade.

We will be posting up on our blog, the entire collection in the order they appear from the Suttons St entrance of the arcade. https://www.redcliffebook.com/blog

A complete list of people listed in the Redcliffe Wall Of Fame:

1.Rene Arnfield 1a. Don Argus 2. Sammy Bell (Boama) 3. Arthur Beeston 4. Trevor Barsby 5. Robert Biancucci 6. Thomas Joseph Byrnes 7. Darrell Butcher 8. Greg Browning 9. Bee Gees 10. Vaughan Bullivant 11. Maroochy Baranbah 12. Stephen Comino 13. Michael Croker 14. Neville Cullen 15. Arthur and Mary Comino 16. Stan Dye 17. Monsignor Frawley 18. Rod Frawley 19. Damien Frawley 20. John Frawley 21. Matthew Flinders 22. Mel Gibson 23. Bill Goode 24. Sir Samuel Griffiths. 25. Ray Hollis 26. Graham Higham 27. Sir Manual Hornibrook 28. Dame Joan Hammond 29. Geoff Huegill 30. James Houghton Snr 31. Marle Juster 32. Leisel Jones 33. Snr Sgt. Darryl Keyes 34. Brian Krause 35. Martin Kent 36. Kerry Lopez 37. Vic Morris 38. Jeff Miller 39. Adam Mogg 40. Ric Morgan 41. John Morgan	42. Kate McShea 43. William McInnes 44. Rupert McCall 45. Craig Moore 46. Lt. Henry Miller 47. Shane Nicholson 48. Ningi Ningi First Nations 49. Private Felix O'Neill 50. Ian 'Bunney' Pearce 51. Stephen Pronk 52. Dr. Clifford Pollard AM 53. Pamplett, Parsons and Finnegan 54. Thomas Petrie 55. Glenn Patching 56. Barry Parnell 57. Graham Reid 58. Rev. John Sutton 59. Jessicah Schipper 60. Tracey Spicer 61. Alex Smith 62. Serge Testa 63. Karin Van Wirdum 64. Norman Von Nida 65. Dick 'Tosser' Turner 66. Tarnee White 67. Terry White 68. Ken Wood 69. Walter Horatio Wilson	​70. Kim Wilkins 71. Myrtle Troyahn 72. Bob Jones 73. Craig Feuerriegel 74. Sean Gordon OAM 75. Tony Murphy 76. Meade Murphy 77. Madeleine Johns 78. Richard Lancaster Fellow AHRI (Life) 79. Santo Perna 80. Janice Charlish 81. Gabi Mika McNaughton 82. Annette Herbener, 83. Leanne Francis 84. Serge Paggiaro 85. Duane Hart 86. Tom Richards 87. Cheryl Jenkins 88. Jaclyn Narracott 89. Kerry Nicholson 90. Jodie Bowering 91. Mary Wood 92. Mary Nairn 93. Des Webb 94. Neville Pask 95. Mavis Filmer 96. Lorraine Fischer BEM 97. Jim Fenwick 98. Bill Hoogwaerts 99. Petero Civoniceva 100. Melissa Gorman 101. Trilby Misso 102. Travis Norton 103. Nikki Osbourne 104. John Oxley 105. Alan Rivett 106. Colin Petersen 107. Andy Gibb 108. George Lipman 109. Brent Tate 110. Norman Thurecht 111. Martin Jonkers OAM 112. Rhonda Thorne-Clayton 113. Dane Carlaw