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Daphne Mayo – Brisbane Sculptor

May 16, 2020September 14, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 13 Comments

Daphne Mayo is most famous for her work on Brisbane's City Hall. She was highly successful in both an artistic and commercial sense thriving as a women sculptor in the Depression years. She lived in Highgate Hill on and off for 40 years.

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More Tales from Musgrave Park

April 18, 2020September 14, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 11 Comments

After reaching a peak of social prominence in the early 20th century, Musgrave Park underwent many changes, survived numerous threats to its existence and has emerged with a new identity.

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South Brisbane War Memorial Park and the Disappearing Ridge

January 25, 2020July 4, 2021 / 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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Ernie and Mabel Lane – Radical Activists

November 23, 2019May 10, 2022 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

Ernie and Mabel Lane were both dedicated communists. After spending some time in an Australian socialist colony in Paraguay, they settled into a home in Dauphine Terrace, Highgate Hill. Both continued to be activists for social change.

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.

Children on the Loose

January 19, 2019May 13, 2022 / 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.

Inigo Jones Long Range Weather Forecaster

May 20, 2018November 6, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 14 Comments

Inigo Jones, at one time a resident of Highgate Hill, was famous around Australia as a long range weather forecaster.

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.

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

The Tamarind Trees of Dornoch Terrace

August 27, 2017September 14, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

Dornoch Terrace is lined with productive tamarind trees. Their history dates back to the 1850s.

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