Family History Association of North Queensland Inc. in Townsville, Queensland | Community organisation

Family History Association of North Queensland Inc.

Locality: Townsville, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4728 2833

Address: 5 Baker Street, Hermit Park 4812 Townsville, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.fhanq.org

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24.01.2022 Three omnibus drivers, Willian John Hughes, Albert Dawe and Jack Douglas, appeared before the Police Magistrate on Tuesday morning for failing to adhere to thei...r time-tables. Sub-Inspector O'Connor said the time-tables were drawn up by the proprietors, and if the drivers did not adhere to them, there was friction among them. There had been a lot a of wrangling and the police had decided to put a stop to it. A fine was inflicted in each case. - Townsville Daily Bulletin, 3 November 1920 See more

22.01.2022 Who remembers these Stubbies?

22.01.2022 Did anyone have barley water in their childhood?

20.01.2022 A little bit of history.

18.01.2022 Were your German ancestors in this group?

17.01.2022 How true if you are purchasing certificates, document copies from archives, taking courses, buying books, travelling to near and far places, taking photographs, electronic equipment for digitisation and record keeping, storage places at home, internet and phone calls... I am not game to add up what I have spent over twenty years and I have not travelled internationally.

17.01.2022 As we have all found out no doubt during our research.

16.01.2022 Finding our past hidden away.

16.01.2022 This happens when you hit that proverbial brick wall.

16.01.2022 Three heritage chimneys in Ravenswood are being restored by a Brisbane-based team of specialists, more than 100 years after they were constructed. The chimneys... were attached to the dozens of mines in the area at the turn of the century, where steam power drove the excavation and processing of thousands of tonnes of gold ore. "They were all probably used for a different purpose, I believe this one, Sunset Number Two, was used for steam so it was more or less a chimney for steam to escape," restorer Alek Potrzeba said. Mabel Mill will also be restored: Mr Potrzeba says the strength of the lime mortar and the skill of the 1800s bricklayers has ensured the structures are still in great condition. "Occasionally you'll find a brick that has a thumb print in it from when they pulled it out of the mould, which is really cool."

14.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday "All the way with LBJ!" Townsville enthusiastically welcomed American President Lyndon Baines Johnson on the 23rd of October 1966. Do you rem...ember the visit? Were you in the crowd that greeted him at Buchanans or lined the route of his motorcade from the airport? Do you know who coined the slogan? The president had stayed at Buchanan’s Hotel when he visited Townsville during 1942 (anyone read Khaki Town by Judy Nunn?) and returned for brief visit during his 1966 trip to thank Australia for our ongoing support in the Vietnam war. His 4 day Australian visit was the first time a serving American President had visited Australia.

12.01.2022 So Halloween is not American in origin!

12.01.2022 What an amazing example.

10.01.2022 Who remembers Dawn and her fellow Olympians training at the To rum Pool in Townsville prior to the Olympic Games? Can you remember the name of her ex husband who also came from Townsville?

10.01.2022 The same for death and funeral notices or if lucky obituaries. With any source look at all the information not just the name you were looking for.

10.01.2022 Women entering the legal circle almost a century ago.

09.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Here’s a challenge for you. Our local history photograph today depicts a lone worker on Castle Hill with a wheelbarrow and a shovel. The phot...o is dated 22nd November 1935, and the information recorded on the back reads Constructing Castle Hill Road at chainage 7500. Can anyone pinpoint this location in line with the current markers on the hill?

09.01.2022 May be useful site for checking for burials in this part of Ireland if your ancestors lived or prayed in the Loughrea area.

08.01.2022 The National Archives of Australia has signed contracts totalling $4.4 million for the bulk digitisation of more than 650,000 Second World War service records. ...Minister for Veterans' Affairs Darren Chester visited the Second World War Project Digitisation Centre at the National Archives Preservation Facility to see the important work being carried out by staff. Read more: https://bit.ly/36jIdw2 Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

07.01.2022 What a philosophy!

06.01.2022 Around 113 years ago. Can you imagine wearing clothing like this to work in a mill? What would these ladies think of work waesr today!

06.01.2022 Ready for an outing?

04.01.2022 This site is one I have used to find recent deaths or funeral notices especially if they are not local. It is information that won’t be available in BDM’s for another 30 years.

04.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Another great photograph from our Philip Leong Collection. On the 15th November 1962, Philip Leong hosted the grand opening of his Flinders Str...eet Foodland store with Radio Station 4AY in attendance. I wonder if anyone recognises either of the two young ladies looking at the camera?

03.01.2022 Here is a webinar that may interest some of our members.

03.01.2022 Teaching Island style Miss Beryl Margaret Johnson was head teacher at the Picnic Bay School from April 1929 until September 1936. The late Annie Bowerman cla...imed that Miss Johnson was ‘lovely, very kind, much too kind to be a good teacher’ and another pupil, John (Jack) Tulley, remembered ‘we did nature study at low tide down at the beach with Miss Johnson’ where we would ‘pick up beche-de-mer and throw them at each other’. Another pupil also recalled Miss Johnson as ‘an avid collectorvery interested in shells and once a month the children would have a science lesson at low tide’. Photo: - Beryl Johnson photographed pupils, families and friends at Rocky Bay c1929 Back L>R: Mrs McQueen, Josie Cox, Bob McQueen, Harold Horn, Charlie Olsen, Mrs Anderson, George Cox, Joan Dickensen, Mrs Dickensen Seated L>R: Dulcie Olsen, Peggy Anderson, Ron Tulley, Gladys Dickensen, Charlie Dickensen Front L>R: Mr Bob McQueen, Annie Olsen, Mr Fred Walker, Miss Gwen Eyre Photograph: gift of C Olsen

02.01.2022 Some may remember Conscription during the Vietnam War but did you know that there were attempts made to have it in WW1?

01.01.2022 The result for this photograph bought at a Bendigo Op shop.