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20.01.2022 The Sydney to Brisbane Reliability Trial - as the name suggests, a test of the reliability of motor cars - was brought to a successful end on 21 October 1920. 32 cars left Sydney on Monday 18 October and arrived in Albert Square on Friday. After the trial, the visiting motorists were entertained in and around Brisbane, including this trip to Cleveland’s Pier Hotel on Sunday 24 October. (Sources: The Brisbane Courier 22 October 1920 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20486768, The Telegraph, 25 October 1920 p11 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179276979). Image via State Library of Queensland, negative number 32388.
19.01.2022 For the Queen’s Birthday holiday here is the cover of the Woman’s Weekly from her visit to Brisbane in 1970. Fun fact... it includes a photo of my Grandmother.
18.01.2022 The railway line from Brisbane to Dayboro was officially opened on 25 September 1920. The line had taken six years of planning and building. Over 400 passengers booked for the first trip from Brisbane, and a second train had to be run to pick up additional passengers along the way. The opening was celebrated at Dayboro with a lunch for 500 people. (Sources: The Week 1 October 1920 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186529063 and State Library of Queensland, negative number 147274)
17.01.2022 The Graceville Recreational Reserve’s WWI memorial was unveiled on 29 November 1920. War memorials were constructed all around Brisbane and Queensland, funded mostly by local communities, to commemorate those who had served and died. Graceville’s memorial - pictured here in 1969 - names 51 soldiers and 1 nursing sister. (Image via Brisbane Images, Brisbane City Council Archives, number BCC-B54-31062)
12.01.2022 Happy 100th Birthday - Glen Kedron South Estate - Gordon Park! --- Today, one hundred years ago, on Saturday 18th September 1920, the Glen Kedron South Est...ate was available for sale on the ground. --- "There is no land in the market so good, so cheap, so convenient, and so picturesque, and the district is going ahead with leaps and bounds." --- Glen Kedron South Estate, Gordon Park includes the following streets: - Suez Street (map shows as First Avenue) - Swan Street (map shows as Second Avenue) - Goulburn Street (map shows as Third Avenue) - Jack Street (map shows as Fourth Avenue) - Barron Street (map shows as Fifth Avenue) - Little Barron Street (map shows as Sixth Avenue) - Rose Lane (map shows as Seventh Avenue) - Groom Street (map shows as Rose Street) - Shamrock Street - Rentoul Street (map shows as Lane) - Tyson Street - McCord Street - Gympie Road (map shows as Main Gympie Road) - Lasseter Street (map shows as First Avenue) - Lutwyche Road (map shows as Unnamed Road) - Stafford Road --- Happy Birthday Glen Kedron South! --- Check out the Glen Kedron South Estate map, Newspaper article and compare 1936 Aerial Photos of Gordon Park with Google Maps today. --- More information available at https://suburbmaps.com//100-years-old-today-glen-kedron-so --- See more
11.01.2022 Then and now: Edward Street, 1920 and 2020 (images via State Library of Queensland and https://www.google.com//data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4SbXR_Gunx5L6h)
10.01.2022 The perfect spot on a warm day! Swimmers and promenaders gather at the Wynnum Jetty No 2, one of the coolest spots in town in the early 20th century. Baths were built at the end of the jetty in the early 1900s, before the Wynnum Wading Pool was built in 1932 under the Unemployment Relief System, adding to Wynnum’s appeal. (Photos via Brisbane Images, Brisbane City Council Archives, BCC-WYN-451 and BCC-WYN-311).
10.01.2022 Some people may remember Cribb Island, the suburb which was swallowed up by the development of the Brisbane airport in the early 1980s. Back in 1920, the island (not fully separated from the mainland) was a small suburb with around 250 people, and provided a pleasant day trip for Brisbane residents. Further information on Cribb Island at https://queenslandplaces.com.au/cribb-island. Images via State Library of Queensland, negative numbers 24257 & 24258.
05.01.2022 Private hospitals were plentiful in Brisbane 100 years ago. This image shows the St Mary’s Private Hospital in Wynnum in 1920. The site, on the corner of Bay Terrace and Edith Street, is now a commercial property. (Image via John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; further information available in the Wynnum Manly Historical Society newsletter at http://www.wmhs.org.au/wp-content//2017/02/2014_October.pdf)
02.01.2022 The Queensland Government Savings Bank building - Brisbane’s first high-rise government office - was under construction when the bank's functions were transferred to the Commonwealth Bank, on 8 December 1920. The building’s original name is visible in this photograph. The building was repurposed for the Queensland Government Insurance Office and finally completed in 1922. It still stands on the corner of George and Elizabeth Street. Image via John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; further information on the building available at https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/detail/
