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Daphne Mayo – Brisbane Sculptor

May 16, 2020October 11, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 8 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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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.

Ernie and Mabel Lane – Radical Activists

November 23, 2019December 11, 2019 / 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.

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 Battle of Highgate Hill

July 27, 2019December 29, 2019 / Paul's Blogs / 6 Comments

In the late 1870s, fears of a Russian invasion led to increased spending on defence. On a hot February afternoon in 1879, volunteers were running all over Highgate Hill firing at each other and letting off their cannons in a military exercise. A crowd gathered to watch the spectacle.

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The Pastor’s House

June 23, 2019December 9, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 8 Comments

After the unusual beginnings of this house as a home built for a man estranged from his family and his new companion, it was sold to the Lutheran church. From here the Church’s missions in New Guinea were run, with some unexpected episodes.

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The Mistresses’ House

May 25, 2019September 14, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 6 Comments

A distinctive old house on Dornoch Terrace was built by a man, estranged from his family, for his new companion but it was taken from her after his death by the Supreme Court.

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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.

From Telegraph To Telephone

March 31, 2019September 6, 2020 / Paul's Blogs / 1 Comment

Nowadays the internet and mobile phones are our preferred technologies for telecommunication. However the introduction of the automatic telephone to Brisbane in the last century was a great leap forward at the time.

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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