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The Battle of Highgate Hill

July 27, 2019December 29, 2019 / Paul's Blogs / 6 Comments

In the late 1870s, fears of a Russian invasion led to increased spending on defence. On a hot February afternoon in 1879, volunteers were running all over Highgate Hill firing at each other and letting off their cannons in a military exercise. A crowd gathered to watch the spectacle.

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Brisbane Prepares for Air Raids

April 25, 2019April 13, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

In 1941, fears of aerial attacks led to the instigation of black-out exercises in Brisbane. The first casualty was in Highgate Hill and inflicted by a dog! In 1942, householders were being urged to construct back yard air raid shelters.

From Telegraph To Telephone

March 31, 2019September 6, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 1 Comment

Nowadays the internet and mobile phones are our preferred technologies for telecommunication. However the introduction of the automatic telephone to Brisbane in the last century was a great leap forward at the time.

Children on the Loose

January 19, 2019February 26, 2019 / Paul's Blogs / Leave a comment

How much society norms regarding the rearing of children have changed is brought home by these stories from not that long ago.

Roosters in the High Court of Australia,

April 15, 2018March 27, 2018 / Paul's Blogs / Leave a comment

In a classic case of how disputes between neighbours can escalate, in 1930 a problem with crowing roosters ended up in the High Court of Australia.

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The Yodelling Milk Money Thief and Other Scoundrels

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 / Paul's Blogs / Leave a comment

Over the years descriptions of a number of unusual Highgate Hill thefts have appeared in newspapers including a yodelling milk money thief and an audacious gas meter thief.

Animals on the Loose in Highgate Hill

February 10, 2018July 30, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 9 Comments

In Highgate Hill a little over a hundred years ago there was a real risk to life and limb from loose animals.

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The Golden Casket Art Union

January 6, 2018January 20, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 6 Comments

Queensland's Golden Casket Art Union supported our health system for 90 years

Tennis

December 9, 2017August 21, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

The first night tennis tournament in Brisbane took place in Highgate Hill in 1924

Lest We Forget – Highgate Hill

April 25, 2017August 9, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 9 Comments

Moving personal stories of the impact of war on our little suburb of Highgate Hill give us a glimpse of what the nation went through in those difficult years.

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