Highgate Hill and Its History

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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.

Toonarbin

August 5, 2018April 12, 2019 / Paul's Blogs / 3 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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Recent Posts

Recent Posts

  • 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
  • The Telephone Becomes Automatic
  • 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
  • The Enigmatic Ebenezer Thorne
  • Inigo Jones Long Range Weather Forecaster
  • Roosters in the High Court of Australia,
  • The Yodelling Milk Money Thief and Other Scoundrels
  • Animals on the Loose in Highgate Hill
  • The Golden Casket Art Union
  • Tennis
  • Torbreck
  • A Highgate Hill Con Man
  • The Tamarind Trees of Dornoch Terrace
  • Fernando Papi Education Pioneer and Josephine Papi Community Activist
  • The Dornoch Terrace Bridge
  • Lest We Forget – Highgate Hill
  • Highgate Hill Park
  • John Sankey and Sankey Street

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