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Musgrave Park – The Early Days

March 28, 2020March 7, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 9 Comments

Over time, Musgrave Park in South Brisbane has been perceived in many different ways, reflecting changes in our society and the demographics of the surrounding neighbourhood. Come with me on a journey through its past.

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Sankey Street, Steeped in History

February 29, 2020September 17, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 7 Comments

Sankey Street is one of the steepest in Brisbane and is named after a family who lived in the area well before the street was conceived. The family has connections with Queensland's early military history as well as optometry.

South Brisbane War Memorial Park and the Disappearing Ridge

January 25, 2020September 6, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 6 Comments

The little South Brisbane Memorial Park is not well known, but it sits in the centre of a late 19th century precinct, split by busy Vulture Street.

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Doctor A. Jefferis Turner – “Gentle Annie”

October 5, 2019March 6, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 9 Comments

Doctor Jefferis Turner made great contributions to children’s health in Queensland. He was also an expert in moths.

Mon Abri – Brighton Road

August 31, 2019March 13, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 1 Comment

The distinctive house "Mon Abri" in Brighton road, Highgate Hill cost thousands of pounds to build in 1890 and still today is a landmark in the suburb.

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The Blakeneys of Highgate Hill

February 24, 2019April 3, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 22 Comments

The Blakeney family owned two substantial houses in Highgate Hill located on huge blocks of land. Unfortunately neither have survived but memories of the family linger on as street names.

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Of Tobacconists, Brewers and Other Things

November 10, 2018November 6, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

A house in Franklin Street, Highgate Hill, has connections to France, the gold rush in Victoria, an early Brisbane tobacconist, a Brisbane brewery and philanthropic women. Find out about a remnant of the long forgotten brewery.

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Gloucester Street Railway Station

October 6, 2018February 2, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 7 Comments

For about 90 years, Highgate hill had its own railway station at Gloucester Street but it was out of the way and never heavily patronised.

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Toonarbin

August 5, 2018February 10, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 4 Comments

Stately Toonarbin built in the 1860s is one of the district's oldest houses and predates the creation of Dornoch Terrace on which it now stands.

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The Enigmatic Ebenezer Thorne

July 1, 2018March 10, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 9 Comments

Ebenezer Thorne was a newspaper man, politician and property developer who constantly generated controversy in the colony of Queensland. However he left the best until last.

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