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25.01.2022 Information supplied by julie hynard My 1st job was at KB Welding Works Bulimba. The boilermakers and welders would go and do repairs MV John Burke and MV Alangna when they came into port fix broken pallets when then docked back in Brisbane.

24.01.2022 I have just got off the phone from fr Leo Burke and we discussed re reunion next year pending what happens with virus etc its pending only

23.01.2022 These latest photos are from John Hetherington,

23.01.2022 Does anyone no how I can reach father Loui Burke I believe he has helped in the past with reunions etcDoes anyone no how I can reach father Loui Burke I believe he has helped in the past with reunions etc

23.01.2022 I have just promoted this page so it reaches persons on fb in Ireland who may be related... just waiting on approval by fb that I can do this

23.01.2022 It has been asked does anyone know who the pipers where st the opening of capt John Burke park 1978 does any of the Burkes no?

22.01.2022 News paper article that I have from 17/r.i.p britha barker - 14/2/1919 - 22/9/2007

22.01.2022 15 years today I married at captain John Burke park to Trevor clark

21.01.2022 I’ve been thinking more re the reunion and I need a committee so that this can come together Please show your interest in please

20.01.2022 Now here is some great history https://www.flotilla-australia.com/jburke.htm

19.01.2022 Burke Reunion I have a suggestion 12/7/2020 this is the closest date to when the park was opened could I get feed back please

19.01.2022 Ive been thinking more re the reunion and I need a committee so that this can come together Please show your interest in please

18.01.2022 1978 - opening day and me Sharon carrying Burke flag chosen by uncle Jim Burke cause I was the oldest of my late father Michael John Burkes generation

17.01.2022 On Air now!! tune in, yeah!

17.01.2022 Just putting this date 3/6/2021 out there for Burke reunion. Can I some feed back please

15.01.2022 Thank you to everyone for contributing to the Burke ancestry page Im very excited with all the pictures and literature that is been received. I started this page to find out more about my heritage as a hobbie but it is now going far and beyond Keep adding to this page as I no everyone I see on here is learning more n more about our heritage ... God bless

15.01.2022 Photos contributed by rob n Suzanne toreaux, waiting for a bit more information Hope you enjoy the photos Apparently this ship is the Sydney McGrath photos just after gateway bridge made ... Have a look anyways

14.01.2022 Colour footage of the Story Bridge's opening ceremony from 1940 (no sound, sadly, but fantastic footage nevertheless)! IID: 1763097

12.01.2022 Just for your interest. The SS Kallatina. http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/106787

11.01.2022 Thank you Rossi Tyson for sharing

10.01.2022 Happy st paddys day to the Irish 17/3/2019 if your looking for something to do full of singing, dancing go to the Sherwood services club from 5,30 pm til late buffet $25 , Bernadette gill (Burke) & band playing Ive been told it will be amazing... tonight

09.01.2022 I am going to contact council to find out about bookings etc, I’ve been briefly chatting to Bernadette Gill bout having her band play as well I need to speak to Bernadette further as would be a fee. Stay tuned

09.01.2022 What a beautiful way to embark on the journey that is marriage

07.01.2022 Opening day of captain John Burke park - kangaroo point, I had the privilege of carrying the Burke park very proud moment

07.01.2022 Hi, I worked on the John Burke and Sid McGrath in the 80s as a boilermaker, refurbishing the JB when she was in port. We replaced a lot of rusty parts,bent han...drails, engine bulkheads, fan systems and hatch covers. I crawled around that ship from top to bottom painting, chipping welding up deck holes and loved every minute of it. She had soul and a beating heart of a true coastal carrier. The SM was a different ship, always busy, always active and a very strict senior crew. We spent time on that ship doing repairs and dockside maintenance such as cutting the eyebrows off over the portholes, slung over the side on a bosuns chair. Problem was, when the crane slung another container off the deck onto the wharf the ship would tilt, and you were stuck against the hull until it righted itself, and sometime you swung out and slammed back into the hull until it settled. I moved on to Melbourne shortly after Dillinghams took over but loved the time at the wharf, the workshop in Northgate, and on the ships. See more

05.01.2022 I do have some more information from people that have worked on the ships I just need to post themI do have some more information from people that have worked on the ships I just need to post them

04.01.2022 Happy Australia Day to all the Burkes... history we should all be proud of

02.01.2022 Therese Burke posted- Just watched Ch 7 Flashback and they were talking about the spanish flu back in the early 1900's. They mentioned about John Burke dying and buried at Toowong cemetery.l Just wondering if any of the cousins knew about this as i don't recall ever being told that. I do know a lot about the Burke history but don't recall this.

01.01.2022 Contributed by Ben Hamilton