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1880 – 1900

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, 2019February 29, 2020 / 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, 2019October 1, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 18 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, 2018January 7, 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, 2018October 28, 2020 / 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, 2018January 4, 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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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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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

Torbreck

November 5, 2017December 29, 2019 / Paul's Blogs / 1 Comment

Since the early 1960s, the Torbreck apartment building on Highgate Hill has been a Brisbane landmark. It stands on the site of a colonial era house of the same name.

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