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Inigo Jones Long Range Weather Forecaster

May 20, 2018August 2, 2022 / Paul's Blogs / 15 Comments

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

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, 2018October 11, 2022 / Paul's Blogs / 8 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

A Highgate Hill Con Man

October 2, 2017July 28, 2025 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

A con man is caught out selling a widow a Highgate Hill grocery business with fake stock.

The Tamarind Trees of Dornoch Terrace

August 27, 2017January 17, 2024 / Paul's Blogs / 4 Comments

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

The Dornoch Terrace Bridge

May 21, 2017October 22, 2025 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

The original bridge on Dornoch Terrace passing over Boundary Street was built in the 1880s. The current bridge was the first stage of a river crossing that was never built.

Lest We Forget – Highgate Hill

April 25, 2017November 24, 2021 / 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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