Charles Julius Jones survived leg injuries from a shark attack in the Brisbane River as a boy, and shrapnel wounds to the legs on the Somme in WW1, only for tragedy to strike on his return home to West End, Brisbane.
History
Brisbane Prepares for Air Raids
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.
Of Tobacconists, Brewers and Other Things
A house in Franklin Street, Highgate Hill, has connections to France, the gold rush in Victoria, an early Brisbane tobacconist, a Brisbane brewery and philanthropic women. Find out about a remnant of the long forgotten brewery.
Highgate Hill and Its History 