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Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails

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25.01.2022 Wow... The Camerata Chamber Orchestra will be performing at our Linville Heritage Festival! How exciting. They have created a special performance that intertw...ines music and readings from the history of Linville and region. This is a morning event at the Linville Hall, breakfast is available from 7am with the concert starting at 9 on Sunday the 22nd November Bookings are essential and are made online https://www.trybooking.com/BMMJNA The concert titled ‘A Song With Words’ is an original work that intertwines words and music to commemorate Linville’s rich history. As a special treat, Camerata is joining forces with brilliant Australian actor, Barbara Lowing to bring residents and visitors this beautiful morning concert experience. Actress Barbara Lowing knows the area well. Her connection with the Brisbane Valley goes back to a time when her mother’s family owned a farm on Cressbrook Creek in the 1940’s. In the early 1980’s, her family moved to a farm on Fulham Road, outside of Toogoolawah and her brother still lives and works in the Valley. I am so happy to be part of the Heritage Festival. Many times my dad and I would spend time, driving and exploring The Brisbane Valley, and it’s beauty never ceases to amaze me Barbara said. For this performance a string quintet will be playing. So Linville welcomes: Violin: Brendan Joyce, Jonny Ng Viola: Anna Colville Cello: Katherine Philp Double Bass: Marian Heckenberg Experience Somerset Friends of Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Inc Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star southburnett.com.au Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Users Association Inc Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Ambassadors Toogoolawah History Museum Nanango History Room

25.01.2022 From Leonard J Matthews Flickr Esk Railway Station .... https://www.flickr.com//240002/in/album-72157603644718076/

25.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Ted Careys dozer

25.01.2022 Take a "Butchers Hook" {Look} at our new Webpage - Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails -https://brisbanevalleyheritage.org.au/

25.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes Ted Careys Dozer and Diamond T.

25.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes Doug Smith cutting near Blackbutt.

25.01.2022 "Harlin Rail". Available painting by Noela Lowien artist. #noelalowien #noelalowienartist #kilcoydistricthistoricalsociety #kilcoyartsociety #kilcoyhistory #ki...lcoy #railtrail #somersetregion #somersethistory #brisbanevalley #brisbanevalleyrailtrail #countryart #countrytown #harlin #harlinhistory #railtrain #railway #railstation #trainstation #trainpainting #toogoolawah #toogoolawahhistory #toogoolawahdistrict See more

23.01.2022 Uploading at Kilcoy Station - Pop Burt on the Gantry - Photo from the Burt Family photo collection

23.01.2022 Leonard J Matthews Flickr- double header C17 and PB15 passenger train a double header passenger train headed by a C17 "Brown Bomber" and then a PB15.https://www.flickr.com//35717/in/album-72157603644718076/

21.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes- Ted Carey near Blackbutt.

21.01.2022 TREASURES OF THE BRISBANE VALLEY RAIL TRAIL 2021 CALENDAR .. Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails Inc. 2021 Calendar entitled Treasures of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail- A bi-monthly Calendar featuring some delightful and interesting locations along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. Front Cover The Brisbane River at Harlin as viewed from the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. The Calendar will Cost $10 and can be purchased at the following Places:- Nanango History Room - Rin...gsfield House 41 - 45 Alfred St Nanango https://www.facebook.com/Ringsfield Yarraman Heritage Museum- 26 Millar St Yarraman https://www.facebook.com/Yarraman-Heritage-Museum-202642993108180 Moore Soldiers Memorial Hall - 9 Main St North Moore https://www.facebook.com/SupperRoomArtGallery To Purchase online via PayPal { Calendar $10.00 and $5.00 Postage & Handling} go to our Web page's Shop and scroll down .... https://www.brisbanevalleyheritage.org.au/shop See more

21.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes -Ted and John Carey loading the Diamond T.

20.01.2022 "Toogoolawah Rail". Available pen and wash painting by Noela Lowien. #noelalowien #noelalowienartist #kilcoydistricthistoricalsociety #kilcoyartsociety #railtra...il #railtrain #railway #somersetregion #brisbanevalleyrailtrail #brisbanevalley #trainstation #trainpainting #toogoolawahrailstation #toogoolawahdistrict #toogoolawah #toogoolawahhistory #queenslandrail See more

20.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Greensils truck on the old Monsildale Creek crossing.

20.01.2022 Start of road trip from Esk to Toogoolawah, Qld - 27 April 1912 by the St. Mels church choir. Today it would take you 12 minutes by car to travel 17.5 klms north on the Brisbane Valley Highway. I wonder how long it took these folk?

19.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes Bob Sparkes at his camp site Mt Stanley.

19.01.2022 Township of Esk/Gallanani, Queensland. The township of Esk can be traced back to 1830 when Captain Patrick Logan surveyed the area. This led to the establishme...nt of copper mines called Eskdale and Cressbrook Creek, which also led to the formation of the town. During the 1840s settlers were moving into the region, but it wasnt until 1872 that a township was established. This town was called Gallanani, which is believed to possibly be the name for the eastern swamp hen. In 1874 a post office opened and it was called Mount Esk Post Office. In 1875 Mount Esk State School had opened and in 1876 St Andrews Presbyterian Church was constructed, then the Post Office was renamed Esk in 1881. In 1884 two sawmills were established in the area, followed by the Brisbane Valley Railway being extended from Lowood to Gallanani in 1886. While the town was named Gallanani, the station was named Esk. Also in 1886 the Anglican Parish was formed and for their first few years they operated out of the non-denominational Union Church (St Andrews). The following year in 1887 the school was renamed Esk State School. In 1889 Ellen Webb donated land to the Anglican Church for the construction of St Agnes Anglican Church. The building was designed by Brisbane diocesan architect John Hingeston Buckeridge. In 1902 a rectory and hall were added to the St Agnes grounds. By 1904 the butter factory had just opened adding more industry and jobs to the area. Also in 1904 the Brisbane Railway was extended 19km from Esk Railway Station to Toogoolawah. By 1912 Gallanani had become a primary township in the Brisbane Valley region and the Esk Station was busy transporting freight to Brisbane such as pigs, cattle, timber and condensed milk. In 1913 the town was officially renamed Esk. Sadly by the 1920s the timber industry was declining. During the 1930s Esk and the Brisbane Valley Railway were heavily used during the construction of the Stanley River Dam (named Somerset Dam in 1958 after Henry Plantagenet Somerset). In July 1941 a Lutheran church was constructed. In the 1960s the dairy industry slowed in the area. I cant be 100% certain when construction began on the Brisbane Valley Highway, but reference to it appears on QIMAGERY in 1971. I believe it was an existing track possibly dating back to the 1800s that saw slight improvements at this time by removing bends and possibly surfacing it. Being in the early 1970s it is possible that this has also come from the Wilbur Smith Freeway proposal. As a result to this there was an increased reliance to the trucking industry and the inefficient, slow and hilly rail line of the 1880s became less favourable. In March 1993 the Brisbane Valley Railway finally closed. Since then much of the line has been ripped up with some portions converted into roads. Most of the trestle bridges remain, though some were washed away in recent floods. Since the early 2000s sections of the old railway line were being converted into a Rail Trail for hikers, cyclists and horseback riders. It was hoped that it would result in tourism and breath life into these old towns that have struggled since the railway has closed and industry has disappeared. Over the years one by one each section between major towns was being completed, with the final stage opening in 2018. With this section complete the 161km Brisbane Valley Rail Trail is now the longest in the country. In 2019 it was named Public Works Project of the Year at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Awards for Excellence. This park pictured above (named Pipeliner Park) is where the rail yards once stood. Somerset Regional Council opened Pipeliner Park in 2010 as a result to the construction of a drought busting Toowoomba water pipeline built from Lake Cressbrook to Lake Wivenhoe. The council recently have installed one of their pedestrian and cycle counters here to help gather statistics of just how many people are using the trail. I find this rather confusing as at the northern entrance to the park there are signs instructing cyclists to dismount. This would suggest that you cant cycle through the park but can ride a horse? In 2009 the Somerset Regional Council spent $1,700,000 on a library and museum project. The Somerset Regional Council were granted $490,000 from the Queensland Governments Q150 Legacy Infrastructure Fund to assist in its construction. It was constructed next door to the Somerset Regional Council Chambers on the corner of Redbank Street and Heap Street. **The time and effort put towards compiling these articles are unpaid. Any brands or business depicted in my postings are purely coincidental and are done without remuneration. (Taken: 1900/2018) (Source: SLQ/John Prpic) (Like/Share/Tag/Follow) See more

19.01.2022 Photo from the Linville State School Centenary 2001 - Pat Bradley, Dorothy Munro, Val Wheeler, Lois Gillis, Grace Kassulke, And Lelia Gillis

19.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes Ted Carey on Dozer . Bob Sparkes with chainsaw.

19.01.2022 Ron Leo asked DOES ANYONE KNOW THE BACKGROUND OR HISTORY OF HELL HOLE? That is Hellhole Creek in the Monsildale - Timm Creek district? HELhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Timm+Creek+Rd,+Monsildale+QLD+4515/@-26.7641702,152.2958913,2130m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b9445b122acf671:0x33b28218da8699a6!8m2!3d-26.7650086!4d152.3010236Ro

19.01.2022 Main Street, Toogoolawah, Qld - taken from Randalls pub - circa 1914

18.01.2022 Today, we held our Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails meeting at the brilliant Yarraman Heritage Museum... Due to COVID 19 virus, we have had very few meetings this year so it was nice to get back to some sort of normality :) Our meetings are normally held on the first Thursday of the month at different locations along the Heritage Trail.. The following are some Photos of the Yarraman Heritage Museum --See Link below for more information the Main Photo is of the Rocky Creek State School which the museum obtained earlier in the year https://www.facebook.com/Yarraman-Heritage-Museum-202642993108180/?ref=page_internal

18.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Allan Greensils truck on the flat about 2klms north of Linville.

18.01.2022 From Leonard J Matthews Flickr -mixed goods leaving Yarraman - https://www.flickr.com//255140/in/album-72157603644718076/

18.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes- Ernie Crowes Maple Leaf.

17.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Arthur Crowe taking 13509 Super feet over the old rail bridge to logging yard at Linville rail head 15/11/196

17.01.2022 The Hotel Metropole Esk - Can you imagine, what a spectacle the Hotel Metropole would be today? the Metropole Hotel and remains ...

17.01.2022 From little things big things grow.

17.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes - Ernie Crowes Maple Leaf.

16.01.2022 In the past, before health and safety legislation, construction sites could be a risky place to be no goggles, no helmets and no harnesses. Check out these am...azing photos of early work being completed on Somerset Dam during the 1930s including images of an Albion tip truck being lowered into the dam construction site via a crane running along a wire! Construction on Somerset Dam began in 1935 but had to be suspended in 1942 when workers were diverted to the war effort. Work on the dam recommenced in 1948 and was completed in 1953. These historical photos were supplied by Colleen Fitzsimmons, whose grandfather Anthony Fitzsimmons was an auto electrician who worked at the Somerset Dam and lived nearby the site with his family during early construction.

15.01.2022 WRITTEN NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, I LOVE THIS ARTICLE From THE LINVILLE STATE SCHOOL CENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE BOOK 1901 2001 entitled Echoes Sound Afar by Gael O’Brien nee Coghlan "Spending a Blissful childhood in Linville and attending the Linville State School are among some of the happiest memories of the three Coghlan girls, Denise Clare & Gael. The Teacher, Harry Prenzler, was a talented man who instilled strong habits of independent learning and self- reliance in his p...Continue reading

15.01.2022 Leonard J Matthews Flickr- https://www.flickr.com//355555/in/album-72157603644718076/

14.01.2022 Oh Thanks Cheryl

13.01.2022 Sharing family photos. My great grandparents/grandfather's early life was working with their bullock teams on the Bunya Mountains, carting logs for the Maidenw...ell timber mill. Their names were Ted and Catherine Potter (previously married to Robert Allen and maiden name Cherry) and my grandfather Tony Potter. See more

13.01.2022 "Linville Hotel". Available pen and wash painting by Noela Lowien artist. #noelalowien #noelalowienartist #kilcoydistricthistoricalsociety #kilcoyartsociety #...kilcoydistrict #somersetregion #somersethistory #linvillehistory #linville #linvillehotel #linvilledistrict #brisbanevalleyrailtrail #brisbanevalley #oldhotel #pioneerhotel #linvillestore #hotel #countryart #countrytown See more

13.01.2022 Thanks to Brian Carter for these great Pics Brian writes - Another one of Frank Bensons trucks with pine logs bound for the mill at Monsildale from Hell Hole. Driver unknown. This would have been about 1954-55.................................and another load of pine one one of Frank Bensons trucks bound for a ply mill in Brisbane. Driver was Merv Schmearer. Logs came from Hell Hole at Monsildale.

12.01.2022 Fridays Tagalong tour took us to Hill 60 and the Borra Rings in Benarkin Forestry then onto Taromeo to the Fire tower, Jesse's Well, Tractor Museum and Taromeo Station.

11.01.2022 Get ready to join us for the Linville Heritage Festival on the weekend of November 21st and 22, 2020 to celebrate 110 years since the first train arrival in Lin...ville! The whole village of Linville is celebrating with history talks and walks, heritage art classes, camp oven cook offs, live music, concerts, linville races photographic exhibition and great food! Mark it in your diaries and we’ll announce the full event line up shortly! Free camping is available in the centre of linville village! Friends of Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Inc Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Users Association Inc Experience Somerset Out There Cycling The South Burnett Times southburnett.com.au Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star Councillor Cheryl Gaedtke for a strong Somerset Region Deb Frecklington MP Old Church Gallery Moore See more

11.01.2022 Our Monthly meeting was held today at the lovely Kilcoy Visitor Information Centre at Kilcoy .... { next to the Hall of History} - Our meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at different locations along the Heritage Trail..- Our next meeting and Christmas Lunch will be held at Yarraman Heritage Museum...

11.01.2022 From Leonard J Matthews Flickr Yarraman Railway Station - https://www.flickr.com//246225/in/album-72157603644718076/

10.01.2022 Can anyone help Julie?

10.01.2022 DAguilar Hotel, near Caboolture, Qld - very early 1900s. Now called the Bushmans Arms Hotel. The original hotel was brought down by bullock teams from Gympie ...and placed at Waraba Creek where Buggies would stop from Caboolture. It was then moved to DAguilar. Information and more reading here: www.gdaypubs.com.au/QLD/d+aguilar/49018/bushmans-arms.html See more

10.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Ted Careys Diamond T at the Linville log yards.

09.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes - Ted Careys truck and dozer.

09.01.2022 From Linville State School Centenary 2001- George Browns Bullock Teams.

09.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes 9000 super ft cut by Jack and Allan Benson. Arthur Crowe driver.

08.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins 1965 Arthur Crowe with load of pine

08.01.2022 This will bring back memories :)

07.01.2022 TOWARDS NINETY. 89 years ago, on 5 October, 1931, I was born at a small cottage hospital in Toowoomba. Years later, the nurse who delivered me into the world to...ld me that I made a lot of noise on the way out, a fact that my mother readily verified. I will celebrate this year’s birthday quietly with Helen while playing out time until the great day next year when I will hit the big Nine Zero. For this memorable occasion, I invite you to join me at an ‘historic event’ in the tiny town of Linville where I began school in 1936. You will find Linville by driving towards Kingaroy via Kilcoy. When you reach another village called Moore, you turn right on to a side road to Linville, My plan is to stage a walk that day to raise funds for ACTS, which is the community service arm of the Aspley Uniting Church where Helen and I are long time members. We give cash grants to people anywhere in Australia who are doing it tough and last year our grants totalled 75000 dollars. I will meet you at the Linville Railway Station which is now an historic relic. Trains on the Ipswich/Kingaroy line used to stop there every day to deliver the mail and freight and a few occasional passengers. This old railway has now been removed and the corridor is a walking track. I hope you will join me as I walk 8 kilometres back to Moore where we will have a cold drink and then walk back to Linville. If we survive that 16 kilometre exercise, there will be lunch in the old community hall. It is famous because, at age 4, I was the star turn at a concert there where I sang ‘Little Mister Baggy Britches, I love you.’ I forgot the lines but was saved by my sister, Vivienne, who ran up to join me on stage. Those of you who are not joining me on the railroad can do an historical tour of the town led by Helen. It will commence at the school where I began my hopeless academic career in 1936. I remember it vividly because the teacher used to give me the cane for writing left-handed. You will then visit the nearby creek which I fell into in 1937 fighting a bigger kid who was trying to steal my 5-year-old freckle face girlfriend. I won and she told me she was pleased. The cavalcade will move on to see my home which still stands 85 years later and is currently occupied. Back in my day, it had no bathroom and the remote toilet was 50 yards away on a famous street called Dunny Can Lane which contained 12 toilets on either side of it. The toilet paper used by all was in the form of leaflets saying ‘Vote for Theodore’. My doctor reliably informs me that the imprint remains. Then you will move on to what was once the Methodist Church where at age 6 I signed a pledge in which I solemnly promised God I would never drink any wicked booze. The upshot of this is that when I get to the pearly gates of heaven, I have a hell of a lot of smart talking to do, Finally, you will get to the timber mill where my dad worked as a labourer through the years of the Great Depression, ever grateful that he had a job, miserable though the pay was. Finally, let me make another solemn pledge to those who carry me across the finish line at the end of our 16-kilometre jaunt. You will be rewarded by a wee dram of first-class whisky from the remote western isles of Scotland that is filled with the taste of peat and seaweed and is only to be savored by true believers. See you in 12 months. Salut Everald See more

07.01.2022 Leonard J Matthews Flickr-Linville war memorial standing in front of the railway station.https://www.flickr.com//299153/in/album-72157603948533293/

06.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Truck driver Arthur Crowe with 13509 Sup Ft cut by Brian Winkel with Kev Cole tractor driver. Frank Bensons White.

06.01.2022 I have recieved a message and photos from Colleen Fitzsimmons. Her Grandparents Anthony & Gladys Fitzsimmons lived at the Somerset Dam many many years ago.... Anthony & Gladys had 2 sons born while they lived at the Somerset Dam - Colin & Kevin. Colin Fitzsimmons was Colleens father. He was born in 1939. The boys attended the Somerset Dam School. The photos were taken during the construction of the Somerset Dam wall. Colleen would love to make contact with or recieve information from anyone who may have had connections with her father - Colin James , uncle - Kevin Anthony or her grandparents - Anthony Herbert & Gladys Mary Fitzsimmons. .

06.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes- 12098 Super ft at Linville log yards 1968.

05.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Early Maple Leaf of Ernie Crowes.

04.01.2022 Leonard J Matthews Flickr- C17 hauls cattle train a C17 class steam locomotive of Queensland railways hauls a cattle train over a timber trestle bridge on the Brisbane Valley branch - circa late 1960s. https://www.flickr.com//333397/in/album-72157603644718076/

04.01.2022 Deaths of George Voll, Edmund Voll & Fred Hitzke. March 1946

03.01.2022 The Linville Heritage Festival is on this weekend -https://www.facebook.com/pg/thelinvillehotel/posts/ Photo George St Linville late 1920's

03.01.2022 Yesterday Australia's oldest resident, Dexter Kruger, turned 111. Born in Queensland, Dexter was enrolled in Kilcoy Primary School in 1915. It's hard to believe... how much changed in 111 years! We've been able to locate Dexter's school register as well as a fantastic photo of Kilcoy's main street in 1909. See more

02.01.2022 Hi I hope you dont mind me sharing with you the programme for the Linville Heritage Festival in a couple weekends time.. November 20 - 22 please join us. More information on the events can be found at http://www.linvilleprogress.com.au

02.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins writes Ernie Crowes truck with piles going to rail yard, Linville.

02.01.2022 Sandra Hawkins Ted Careys Landrover .

01.01.2022 Leonard J Matthews Flickr Pompey and water tower on the Brisbane Valley branch line in southeast Queensland, Pompey sits at the water tower. photographed circa mid to late 1960s.https://www.flickr.com//333362/in/album-72157603644718076/

01.01.2022 the Hotel Metropole Esk -Photo from the State Library of Queensland https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deli/DeliveryManagerServlet