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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.

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.

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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Who Shot “Spider” Raper? 1926

February 4, 2017August 4, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / Leave a comment

The shooting of a notorious criminal at Highgate Hill made big headlines in 1926. Was the man who pulled the trigger guilty of murder?

Highgate Hill Reservoir 1889

December 17, 2016January 15, 2021 / Paul's Blogs / 6 Comments

Problems with water reticulation in Highgate Hill were solved by the building of a reservoir in 1889. It was gravity fed from Gold Creek dam which had the world’s first concrete stepped spillway.

Glenview – A Highgate Hill House circa 1883

June 24, 2016May 16, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 14 Comments

If you’re lucky, a search through Trove digitised newspapers can reveal much about a house’s history, especially in the period when houses were known by their names. Here's what I found out about our house.

Recent Posts

Recent Posts

  • Kurilpa – Water, Water, Everywhere
  • Alfred Hockings and his “Rosaville” Nursery
  • “Dorra Tor” – Plywood, Politics and Punters
  • The Fascinating Story of the First Victoria Bridge
  • Omnibus Families of the Southside
  • Brisbane’s Omnibuses
  • Holy Hawthorne Street
  • Vulture Street – From Dotted Line to Bitumen
  • The Origins of Orleigh Park
  • Daphne Mayo – Brisbane Sculptor
  • More Tales from Musgrave Park
  • Musgrave Park – The Early Days
  • Sankey Street, Steeped in History
  • South Brisbane War Memorial Park and the Disappearing Ridge
  • A Mystery Murder of Married Lovers
  • Ernie and Mabel Lane – Radical Activists
  • Doctor A. Jefferis Turner – “Gentle Annie”
  • Mon Abri – Brighton Road
  • The Battle of Highgate Hill
  • The Pastor’s House
  • The Mistresses’ House
  • Brisbane Prepares for Air Raids
  • From Telegraph To Telephone
  • The Blakeneys of Highgate Hill
  • Children on the Loose
  • The Forlorn Death of Mary Emmett
  • Of Tobacconists, Brewers and Other Things
  • Gloucester Street Railway Station
  • Douglas Price – Tragic Modernist
  • Toonarbin

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