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Nundah & Districts Historical Society Inc.

Locality: Nundah, Queensland

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Address: 1A Bage Street 4012 Nundah, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 "The Pink" "The Pink" has recently undergone a spruce-up and a name change, now known as the Trade Coast Hotel. The first Pinkenba Hotel was originally built at the corner of Prior Road and Main Myrtletown road eastside as a one-story building. The hotel was later shifted and then rebuilt as a two-story timber structure.... No idea when this fabulous photograph was taken. A copy is held at the archives. I think the photograph was originally sourced from The Courier Mail archives.

25.01.2022 The name "Westaway" was written often on the maps of early Moreton Bay settlement. News of the opening up of the former convict settlement of Moreton Bay for farming prompted John Westaway to tender for land when the first auctions were announced in 1842. John Westaway's block of 100 acres fronted the Brisbane River at Eagle Farm and today is part of the Royal Queensland Golf Club with the approach to the Gateway Bridge above it. John Westaway later purchased two other farms..., one of 170 acres and another of 69 acres divided between himself and the former missionary Carl Gerler. Part of the smaller farm is now a section of the Doomben Racecourse. Source: NDHS files

25.01.2022 Nundah Colliery, Kedron Brook, Kalinga Park Traces of coal were first noticed on the northern bank of Kedron Brook in the 1880s. Charles Gardner purchased this land in the 1890s and opened Nundah's only coal mine in 1906. The mine shaft was situated in the cliff face below his property. In its first year of operation, four men produced 70 tons of coal. The pit closed in 1910. It re-opened again in 1913. In 1914 and 1915, three men worked it with Mr Gardner as manager, ...but due to the depressed price of coal at the time, it was not a viable proposition. It re-opened again briefly in 1929 and 1930, closed again, and has not worked since. Source: NDHS

24.01.2022 Wilhelmine Kruger Park, Tenalga Court, Nudgee The name of this park honours Wilhelmine Kruger nee Kunde (1858-1889) who together with her husband Herman and the surviving five of their six children lived and worked this land. Their farm extended from the corner of St Vincents and Red Hill Roads, producing small crops and pineapples.

24.01.2022 Ernest Wenzel and son ploughing their Myrtletown patch I found this wonderful photograph posted on "Lost Brisbane" courtesy of a family member. Myrtletown should not be forgotten. It was once a fruit and salad bowl for the residents of Brisbane. ... Photo source: Courtesy of "Lost Brisbane" and the family member who posted the photograph to that site.

24.01.2022 For Deborrella I think this might be the shop that once was in front of the lovely little renovated cottage at 17 Carew Street, Nundah.

24.01.2022 I was known as "Tregenna" What is left of "Tregenna" still stands proud and optimistic at 858 Sandgate Road, Clayfield. It was the residence of the 1906 Mayor and Mayoress of Brisbane, John and Rebecca Crase. "Tregenna" was built for iron founder, John Crase, in 1886 whose foundry produced most of early Brisbane's attractive iron lace work. ... It was a large house sprawling over an entire block and included servants' quarters, stables and a tennis court. Information source: NDHS archives

24.01.2022 Tram service to Clayfield Prior to 1899, transport to the city was by omnibus from Hamilton and Clayfield and horse-drawn trams from Breakfast Creek Bridge. The horse-drawn trams from Breakfast Creek to the City and to Logan Road on the south side were introduced in 1886 as the first tram service in Brisbane.... In 1897, the first electric tram service was opened between Logan Road and the south end of Victoria Bridge. Two years later, Ascot received electric tram service and, in 1901, the line from Breakfast Creek to Clayfield was completed. This improved transport was responsible to a large extent for the rapid progress of the area. Information Source: Extract from An Australian Post Office History, written and researched by Malcolm Rea, Historical Officer in the ?1970s Photo Source: SLQ

24.01.2022 Remembering the Cribb Island Methodist Church The first Methodist service of worship to be conducted at Cribb Island was led by the Reverend Thomas Brassington on 15 February 1914. The service was held in the residence of Mr and Mrs Jackson on Jackson’s Estate, and there were 23 people present. Mrs Jackson and Mrs E Hooper were the organists of the early years. A Sunday School was opened on 12 April 1914, again in the residence, with 15 children attending. On 26 April 1914..., Mr G Stegman for his first time led the congregation in worship. The church was built and opened on 21 September 1918. The erection of the building was by voluntary labour, with practically all the work done on one day, using materials cut and prepared beforehand. The total cost of the building, organ and seats was 200. In May 1927, the church was extended a further 14 feet, and the addition of the vestry was completed by 27 November 1949 at a cost of 406.10.0. The Christian Endeavour Society was commenced on 4 August 1928; the Ladies’ Guild in July 1945; the Young Worshippers’ League on 27 July 1952; the Rays (Girls’ Comradeship) on 17 March 1956; and, the Youth Club during September 1958. The Kindergarten Hall was opened on Sunday, 6 December 1959 at a cost of 1,820.10.0. The last service in the Cribb Island Church was held at 3.00 pm on Sunday, 11 September 1977. Source: NDHS archives

24.01.2022 Snippet from Clayfield as I have seen it Let me start by saying that there appears to be some doubt about the origin of the name Clayfield. Like many others, I thought it was so named because of the clay deposits at Albion (Burdett Street off Crosby Road) and also because of the existence of the Old Pit between Oriel Road and Reeve Street, but later I have been told by some of the older residents that there was a farming family called Clayfield and that their farm was ne...ar the site of the present Clayfield Railway Station. One of the Clayfield boys went to Eagle Junction State School early in the century and I am told there was an old Mrs Clayfield who later lived in the Nundah area. I do, however, remember there was a move again early in the century to have the name of Clayfield changed to Woodsville, after an old general storekeeper named Woods, whose shop occupied the north eastern corner of New Sandgate Road and Wagner Road. Our family moved into the area at the top of Enderley Road late in 1899 or early in 1900, and as I was only two years old, my memories before school age are somewhat vague. Information source: Clayfield as I have seen it by Frank Charlton who spent almost his entire life at Clayfield. A copy of this document is held at NDHS archives

23.01.2022 Nundah: Mission to Suburb is a Nundah & Districts Historical Society Inc. 97 page publication researched by the late Joe Egan, commencing with the Mission and the Missionaries and detailing the crown land sales in the vicinity of the Old Zion Hill Mission Station, north and south to and beyond today’s Nudgee Road to the east - including Melton Hill, the Oaks, Garfield, Carrington, Marston and Spring Farm Estates. Cost $20.00 plus $7.50 postage and handling. Copies can be purchased messaging the Society via Facebook or by email to [email protected]

23.01.2022 First Post Office - Clayfield The first Post Office was a Receiving Office opened at the Railway Station in 1896. Mail, including parcels, were received and collected at the office. Stamps were sold as well. Mail was carried by rail to and from the Brisbane GPO. Mr J W Wood, well-known early identify, established the first Post and Telegraph Office in private premises about the turn of the century at the Clayfield tram terminus.... Information Source: Extract from An Australian Post Office History, written and researched by Malcolm Rea, Historical Officer in the ?1970s

23.01.2022 Did you know ... The German missionaries were allocated one square mile (640 acres) of land in 1838. If you lived or currently live in Nellie Street (only part of), Little Jenner Street, Vernon Street (part of), York Street (part of), Franklin Street, Amelia Street, Killeen Street, Bligh Street, Wally Street, Ivo Street, Hedley Avenue, Alicia Street, Wattle Street, Wallaby Street, Walkers Way (part of), Nudgee Road (part of), then you lived or live on Zion Hill land.

23.01.2022 Banyo State High School School commenced at Banyo High in January 1954 with an enrolment of 320. That year the first three perimeter high schools were built - Banyo, Indooroopilly and Salisbury. The existing high schools in Brisbane at that time were State High, Industrial High, Cavendish Road, Wynnum, Commercial and Domestic Science High. The foundation principal was Milton Sallaway and he was provided with a staff of 10 experienced teachers who were very proficient in the...ir own fields. The school consisted of two buildings - the main class room block which was burnt down in September 1978, and a Manual Arts Block consisting of a Woodwork and Metalwork room. The spacious grounds of 40 acres (unheard of in previous high schools) were originally a farm and, in many places, the furrows existed. Information source: Banyo SHS 40th birthday 1954-1994 Photo: Banyo SHS 1958 Athletics Team source unknown

23.01.2022 Street Lighting - Clayfield area I think I can remember the streets being irregularly lit by a type of oil lamp which was, in turn, replaced by the Kitson Pressure lamp. Arthur Parsons was the district lamp lighter and, except on moonlight nights, he had to make his rounds twice a day. The lights had to be filled with kerosene, pumped up for the pressure and lit at night and turned off in the mornings.... Information Source: Extract from Clayfield as I have seen it written by Frank Charlton (1898-1982) who lived just about his entire life in Clayfield. Copy given to NDHS

22.01.2022 The Society is re-opening its archives The Society will re-open its archives to the public from Tuesday, 6 October 2020. Please note that entry to the Society's archives will be via the Library front entrance. The library back entrance is still closed to the public at this stage. Library staff will require your contact details, and they will show you the way to the Society's archives from inside the library.... At this stage, re-opening hours will be: Tuesdays - from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm Thursdays - from 12 noon until 4:00 pm Saturdays - from 9:30 am until 11:30 am If the above opening hours are not convenient, please email the Society at [email protected] as an alternative opening time may be possible. The Society's archives are expansive. To assist Society volunteers locate information for you and to save time by having records ready and waiting for you, please email the Society in advance at [email protected] This said, it is also okay to just pop in if you are in the area or if this is preferred. The Society is totally reliant on the sale of its publications and donations to meet its operating expenses. We are happy to undertake limited research and copying on behalf of members and non-members. All we ask in return is a small donation.

22.01.2022 Third snippet in The History of Northgate State School March 1952: A public meeting was held in St Peter’s Church Hall, Toombul Road, Northgate, to discuss the establishment of a school in the area. At this meeting, Messrs Goss, Klink, Grammitz, Carricks, Harvey, Thomas and Mesdames Jiggons and Geraghty were elected members of a Building Committee, for promoting the establishment of a State School.... From a census taken by voluntary workers in the previous month, it was found that there were 203 children between five and fifteen likely to attend the proposed school, and that there were 40 pre-school age children who would turn five in 1953. The Committee named the proposed site as five acres of land situated at Patterson Parade and O’Farrell Avenue, and the proposed name would be Northgate East State School. The Meeting agreed that the erection of a State School in the area was an immediate necessity. June 1952: Herbert Rahmann, the District Inspector investigated the proposed site for the Northgate East State School. He found that children in the area were suitably catered for at schools in the area, but parents of pre-school age children did have a case for the erection of a new school because of their increasing numbers and the possible dangers of travelling distances to local schools. He also found the site of Patterson Parade unsuitable. He suggested that a more suitable location would be across Nudgee Road near the Toombul Road Nudgee Road intersection, but only if settlement spread across Nudgee Road would ultimately necessitate a school to house Prep to Year II. If no such spread was to occur, in his opinion, there was no case for the provision of a school. August 1952: The Secretary for the School Building Committee was informed that the request for the establishment of a school was again not approved. The Brisbane City Council would not permit residential subdivision east of Nudgee Road because this was a proposed Green Belt. For the next five years similar correspondence went back and forth between the Department and the Progress Association, but no action for the erection of a State School was taken. Information source: Northgate State School Silver Jubilee, 26 May 1984, compiled by Mrs Christine Tuck, once a teacher at Northgate State School. Photo source: author’s own photograph

22.01.2022 Extract from Memories of Pinkenba 1850-1920 by Mr G F Prior Prior's Road, Myrtletown, leading to Boggy Creek, was named after Ben Prior, who was a bachelor resident in this street for many years, dying there in 1908. Ben Prior was the brother of Richard Prior, who came to Australia as an immigrant in 1877. Richard Prior of Cambridge, England, married Maria Louise Wenzel of Boggy Creek in 1882, later farming at Eagle Farm and raising a family of six sons and one daughter. Th...e site of the entrance to the farm was marked by two camphor laurel trees near Banour Station. When I commenced at Pinkenba School in 1898, Stephen Robert Foote was the schoolmaster. About 1905, Miss Duhig, sister of Archbishop Duhig, taught at the school. Others attending the school were Dan Wenzel, Fred Wenzel, Charlie and Harry Emmity. Main families in the district, including what is now known as Myrtletown, were Allnutt, Chapman, Harris, Lihou, McBride, McLeod, Marlow, Miers, Naumann, Rowlingson, Schluter. Boggy Creek was known as the Front Creek and the Serpentine was known as the Back Creek. Sunday swimming parties were popular on the Serpentine up till World War II, before water pollution occurred. Information source: NDHS archives "Pinkenba State School Celebrating Centenary 1975 - from the collection of Frances Hudson resident of Pinkenba" Photo source: Richard Prior's headstone at Nundah Historic Cemetery from NDHS archives

22.01.2022 Once the Myrtletown home of Percy Allnutt* I found this photograph on Lost Brisbane courtesy of Paul Newman. This house once stood proud and optimistic and it is very sad to think it might never be rescued/restored to its former glory. Wayne Petty posted on Lost Brisbane a snippet of information about this Myrtletown house and was of the opinion that it was once the home of Cliff and Norma Allnutt:... This was Leedawn Orchard the farm of Cliff and Norma Allnutt a very well known local farming family.. people would travel from far and wide for their delicious fruit.. The old house rested beneath huge Jacaranda trees, there were packing sheds at the back beneath mango and macadamia trees, all surrounded by thousands of peach and nectarine trees.. *Information correction by a long-time Myrtletown resident - Cliff Allnutt had a low-set house built for him when he married making this house that of Percy Allnutt. Information and photo source: Courtesy of Lost Brisbane, Paul Newman and Wayne Petty.

22.01.2022 Another snippet from Clayfield as I have seen it Roads The main arterial roads such as Breakfast Creek Road, New Sandgate Road, Old Sandgate Road (now Bonney Avenue, so named to commemorate the memory of Mrs Harry Bonney who gained considerable fame as an aviatrix) had some semblance of being formed, but the subsidiary roads were more or less reservations, 66 feet wide and with a plough furrow down each side to act as a gutter and water table the centre was more or less ...of the old three track style now very rarely seen, even in the country. The two outside tracks were made by the vehicle wheels and the centre track made by the horse. The advent of the grader for roads has obliterated these old roads. Before the present bitumen tar-sealed roads, a good construction method was used known as Macadam roads formed by excavating the surface some 8 inches to a foot in depth, and such being filled by stone (later blue metal) and rolled down with a heavy steam roller. These roads were naturally very dusty and so an occasional water cart was used in an endeavour to abate this nuisance. One seldom travelled on any road in any type of vehicle without a dust coat. The Clayfield area was controlled and locally governed by three Councils. The area west of the main road from The Fiveways up to Albion and on the western side of Bonney Avenue down to the railway was in Windsor Shire. Adelaide Street down in line to the Nudgee road going east was in Toombul Shire and the remainder of the area was in the Hamilton Shire. Hamilton Shire Council was the first outside local authority to attempt tree planting in the streets and roads. I believe the first attempt to improve the road surface was the sealing of Breakfast Creek Road from the Bridge to Albion and the work was one of the first big contracts undertaken by M R Hornibrook. As late as the first war, Enderley Road was a three furror road and when our family moved to Enderley Road, Crombie Street was only a reservation over the hill, and three times in my memory it was lowered to improve the grade, the original gradient being 1 in 3. Information source: Clayfield as I have seen it by Frank Charlton who spent almost his entire life at Clayfield. A copy of this document is held at NDHS archives

21.01.2022 Banyo SHS 1968 Left: Mick Bourke (Principal) Right: Norm Hunter (Deputy Principal)... Photo source: copy held at NDHS

21.01.2022 The fifth snippet in the History of Northgate State School After nine years of community persistence April 1958:... The Brisbane City Council agreed to surrender the Park and Pound Reserve so that the site would be available for the establishment of a school to serve children in the Northgate and Nundah East areas. May 1958: The Provisional Public Workers ‘Loan’ Programme for the 1958/59 financial year made provision for the expenditure of 30,000/-/- for the State School building with the approved loan for the financial year for expenditure of 1,200/-/-. It was recommended that the proposed new school be known as the Northgate State School, with the following accommodation found necessary: 8 classrooms, 1 library, 1 office, 2 staff rooms, 1 health services room, 2 storerooms. The building was to be erected on high blocks and concreted underneath. The School was built in two sections the rear wing constructed of timber and steel beams, and brick and concrete foundations with face bricks and plastered features employed as focal points. A feature of the building was the large open area beneath the classrooms and the large, well-lit classrooms. The Staff accommodation in this wing was of a temporary nature with permanent staff provisions included in the forward section of the school. The furniture consisted of dual desks and tables with each classroom being provided with cupboards. Information source: Northgate State School Silver Jubilee, 26 May 1984, compiled by Mrs Christine Tuck, once a teacher at Northgate State School. Photo source: 1936 BCC aerial photo kindly sent to the Society by a supporter of this page

20.01.2022 Banyo SHS Student of the Year 1961 - Ivan Storey The Banyo High School Song was written by Ivan Storey in 1961 while he was still a student at the school. The song was the winner of a competition to select a "School Song". Ivan came to Banyo from Nudgee State School in 1958. He became a prefect in 1961 and was named Student of the Year in the same year.... He went on to university and later taught science in a number of Queensland high schools. Ivan loved writing poetry and had several books published. Unfortunately, Ivan Storey's life was cut short when he died of cancer in 1988 aged 45 years. Information & photo source: Banyo SHS 40th Birthday, a copy of which is held at NDHS

20.01.2022 I once was loved ....then I lost hope ... then I became a six-pack I once stood proud and optimistic at 29 Cavendish Street, Nundah. Photo source: copy given to NDHS courtesy of Mark Ellem

20.01.2022 Northgate State School July 1959 This wonderful State Archives photograph of the second wing was sent to the Society by a person who started at Northgate SS on opening day, being 27 January 1959. This is the second wing that looked out to Schulz Canal and to Northgate.... As can be seen, no trees to shade oneself from the brutal noon-day sun. I am not aware that there was much emphasis on the wearing of hats during little lunch or big lunch, as it was referred to in those days. Photo source: State Archives, and kindly provided by a first day pupil.

20.01.2022 The Childs Family David Joseph Childs was born on 24 March 1844, the son of Thomas and Mary Childs, at Springstone, Somersetshire, England. In 1849, the parents with their six children arrived in Brisbane aboard the Fortitude which, through the patriotic efforts of Dr John Dunmore Lang, brought the first shipment of middle-class immigrants to Moreton Bay. Thomas and Mary purchased land on the Brisbane River near New Farm establishing what was to become a prosperous farm an...d orchard which they named ‘Beulah’. Their children received the best possible education, attending several private schools. After leaving school, David Childs spent two years on properties along the Burnett River and then drove flocks of sheep to the Suttor River district in central Queensland. On his return to Brisbane, David Childs purchased 43 acres [17.4 ha] of land at Nudgee from John Sands and established a vineyard. The land was considered excellent for grape growing, and inspired by the success of the vineyards of Carl Gerler at Eagle Farm, he experimented with crops. He became the first vigneron in Queensland to produce champagne and a range of sparkling wines, ensuring his Toombul Vineyards a steady and reliable market for years to come. On 25 March 1879 David married Lucy Jane Deagon who was born at South Molton, Devonshire, England, on 8 January 1855. Her father was an early councillor of Sandgate. Toombul Vineyards stood close to the Nudgee Waterholes where members of many native tribes met to feast and debate, years before the arrival of European settlers. It is said that David Childs had cordial relationships with the Aborigines, respecting their culture. A collection of native weapons was displayed at his homestead. For over a hundred years, Childs’ Toombul Vineyards was renowned for the quality of its wines and champagnes and, even after David’s death on 24 November 1918, the vineyards continued to be run by his children. Lucy died on 4 March 1919. The old colonial homestead was the meeting place for friends and the venue for social events. Now the homestead and vineyards have gone to be replaced by fairways of the Nudgee Golf Club. Information and photo source: NDHS archives

19.01.2022 Banyo SHS - 1977 Staff vs Seniors Football Game From left to right: Michelle Kelly (School Captain), Norm Hunter (the one and only), Robyn Sullivan and Cheryl Ferris... The wing behind Cheryl Ferris (the girl with short hair at the right) was the first wing from 1954. This was burnt down in 1978. Photo source: copy held at NDHS

19.01.2022 A snippet on Tufnell Home, Nundah The history of Tufnell Home began on 9 December 1892 with the arrival from England of Sister Caroline Amy Balquy and a deaconess Sister Minnie. So began the missionary work of the Society of the Sacred Advent, a title chosen before Sister Caroline left England. In May 1893, the Sisters offered to provide one year's training and preparation for domestic service to orphan girls of 12 and 13 years. This was to be supported through government g...rants and donations. To care for the homeless girls, the Sisters purchased the recently-closed Eton Boys School at Nundah located on land bounded by today's Bishop Street, Buckland Road, Wand Street and Olive Street. The home was known as "Home of the Good Shepherd" and was officially opened in July 1893 by Lady Norman, wife of the Governor of Queensland. The work began with 15-30 State children and expanded the next year with the Sisters offering to receive, for private payment, orphans or children with one parent living. Information source: One Hundred Years of Ministry - A History of the Society of the Sacred Advent 1892-1992 Photo source: NDHS archives

18.01.2022 Old names for railway level crossing gates in Northgate (late 1930s) Deschamps’ Gates Northgate Road, Northgate (North Coast Railway) Lee’s Gates Toombul Road, Northgate (Sandgate Railway)... McQuitty’s Gates Flower Street, Northgate (closed 1979) (Sandgate Railway) Daisy Maria Lee, gatekeeper, was shown in the electoral roll for the Federal Division of Lilley 1936 as living at the Gatehouse, Toombul Road, Northgate. In the same roll, Jane Jamieson McQuitty is listed as a gatekeeper residing at the Railway Gatehouse, Flower Street, Nundah. Information supplied by Douglas Halliday (Doug) Boran 2 November 1979

18.01.2022 A snippet of history on "Nyrambla'

18.01.2022 A rough map of of Eagle Farm and Myrtletown This rough map, given to the late Joe Egan then president of the Society by Stan Prior in 1983, identifies the first and second sites of the Pinkenba Hotel. It also marks out Boggy Creek. A poster to this page recently visited Boggy Creek and has given permission for me to post up this wonderful photograph of Boggy Creek from the end of Prior Road taken in early October 2020.

18.01.2022 Maurice and Wilhelmina Brown (nee Fritsch) In Nudgee, the first dairyman to set up business was Maurice Brown. The original site was on the corner of Nudgee Road and Crockford Street (once known as Blinzinger Road). After many years, he moved to another site on Nudgee Road about two hundred yards on the eastern side of Tufnell Road. Information and photo source: The Fritsch Family 1833-1988, a copy of which is held at NDHS archives

18.01.2022 Prior’s Shop on the Eagle Farm Road Prior’s shop was a popular stopping place in the early days, and until 1992 was still there, located on the corner block adjoining the two allotments originally owned by Joseph Lihou. Margaret Ethel Prior ran the shop for many years whilst Richard grew flowers and bananas from properties at Virginia, and had horses which were bred for trotting on land behind the Meeandah house.... In early 1992, the shop and adjoining house were sold, and the house was removed to Windsor. The shop was replaced with a larger building with a frontage to Orsova Street. Information and photo source: Extract from Guernsey to Australia the Lihou Story by Judith Gensch, copy held at NDHS.

18.01.2022 If 'Nyrambla's' walls could talk, what would they say?

17.01.2022 Looking for information on Nundah Horse and Cattle Pound I have never forgotten Nundah Horse and Cattle Pound. In 1959, it was still in operation to the right of Northgate State School in Amelia Street. To this day, my older brother's love of horses and cattle came from his experience in hanging around Lou Butterworth at the pound. My pound memories are of hanging around Thelma Butterworth and the three little girls around the house and house yard. I cannot find much info...rmation on the pound nor can I recall when it was demolished/removed/relocated. There is no stored information at the Society's archives, and this is a shame as it was an important part of the district's history. Nundah Pound deserves to be showcased. If anyone would like to share with the Society pound stories, photographs or information on Nundah pound keepers, please email the Society at [email protected] or message the Society.

17.01.2022 The coal mine at Nundah Traces of coal were first noticed on the banks of Kedron Brook in the 1880s. Charles Gardner, who had purchased land in the 1890s and eventually built his home on the site of Tufnell Home, opened his pit in 1906. In that year, four men produced 70 tons of coal. The coal was supplied to various local industries, including Brisbane Gasworks, Eagle Farm Meatworks and Virginia Brickworks. The coal was loaded onto trains at a site near the Buckland Road... bridge over the railway line (on the Union Street side). The coal seam was not of sufficiently good quality (bands of stone and impure coal also contained therein) to compete with that from the cleaner seams of the Bundamba district, making it costly to mine from the seam. At one stage, Mr Gardner employed 12 men on the site. The longest tunnel was 790 feet reaching to where Tufnell Home stood, and several test bores found small quantities of coal to a depth of 380 feet. The pit closed in 1910 by which time 1,803 tons valued at 466 had been extracted. Annual reports of the Department of Mines show that the Nundah Colliery was reopened in 1913 with one man (Mr C H Gardner) working it. In 1914 and 1915, three men worked it with Mr Gardner as manager but, due to the depressed price of coal at that time, it was not a viable proposition. It reopened again, briefly, in 1929 and 1930 and closed again for the same reasons. It has not operated since. Information and photo (mine cliff face) found in NDHS archives

17.01.2022 Northgate State School Rugby League Team of 1962 This group of fine young men were the Undefeated Metropolitan Open Premiers for 1962 and were the winners of the Duncan Cup and Fostar Shield. Back Row (L to R): Allan Waldron, Maxwell Keegan, Michael Richards, Glenn Stein, Ross Whitehead, Bruce Woods, M (?Michael) Blain, Graham Allison, Colin Scott, David Rees... Front Row (L to R): Alexander Dalton, Cliff Green, Coach school teacher Frank Melit, Ronald Beasley, Rodney Air Coach Frank Melit was a first day staff member of the newly-constructed Northgate State School. Frank was an outstanding and well-known Brisbane football player (winger) at the time the little school at the other end of Amelia Street opened in 1959. He played for Brothers League Club, went on to become a coach and shares a place in the history of Brisbane Rugby League. Information source and photo: NDHS

17.01.2022 John Crase 1837 - 1919 John Crase was born at St Ives, Cornwell, England, where he was educated and apprenticed to his trade as an ironworker. A year after completing his apprenticeship, he left England in the ship "Red Jacket" arriving in Victoria in 1858. He spent some time mining in the Victorian goldfields where he married his first wife, and in 1872 resumed his trade at an iron foundry. After the death of his wife, he remarried in 1885 and moved to Brisbane commencin...g business in Warren Street, Fortitude Valley, as John Crase & Co, Architectural and General Ironfounders. He built his home at 858 Sandgate Clayfield, which incorporated iron lace from his own firm. In 1904, John Crase was elected an Alderman for the North Ward of the City of Brisbane and, in 1906, was elected Mayor of the city serving one term. He died on 25 May 1919 and is buried in the Nundah Cemetery. Information source: NDHS archives

17.01.2022 More on Lihou the fisherman of Myrtletown It may have been that the Lihou family were the only fishermen at Myrtletown in the early days, although apparently the Crystal family had a fishing fleet later on. Joseph Lihou had a market in town for his fish, particularly the boney bream which were popular with the Chinese. In the very early days, Joseph’s fishing boats were sailing vessels or they could be rowed, and he would travel up the Brisbane River with his catch. This was... before the days of the Fish Markets, and very often the local fishermen would bring in more fish than the Chinese were prepared to buy. Joseph would offer three pounds a boat load to purchase the excess catch, and would smoke these fish and sell them smoked. Joseph caught mainly mullet, tailor and bream, and smoked the boney bream in a smoke house at the rear of his Myrtletown property using a mixture of orange mangrove and cow manure. He had a series of wire racks at the rear of the property on which he used to dry his fish. He also had a market for roes and pickled cockles which he sold in jars. He drove weekly to the Fish Markets in South Brisbane to sell his crabs, and also sold fish to Barry & Roberts at times. Information and photo source: Extract from Guernsey to Australia the Lihou Story by Judith Gensch, copy held at NDHS.

16.01.2022 Eddie Gilbert, one of Australia’s finest fast bowlers Eddie was born at Durundur Aboriginal Reserve (near Woodford) either in 1905 or 1906. His birth was not registered and his parents, believed to have come from north Queensland, are unknown. While still an infant Eddie and his brother were separated from their parents when Durundur was abolished and sent to Barambah (now Cherbourg). It is thought Eddie began to play cricket in 1917 when the Barambah Aboriginal cricket club ...was formed. Eddie played Sheffield Shield for Queensland. For a time, he also played metropolitan cricket - for Toombul at Nundah and for Warehouse at Doomben. In 1937, Eddie married Edith Owens of Pialba. In 1949, Eddie developed signs of mental instability and was admitted to Goodna Psychiatric Hospital in 1949 where he remained until his death on 9 January 1978. Leading sportsmen, including Sir Donald Bradman, attended his large Cherbourg funeral. In 2007, Queensland Cricket erected a bronze statue of Eddie in Greg Chappell Street, outside Allan Border Field, Albion Information source: mainly from various early newspaper articles

16.01.2022 Lukey's General Store Before the coming of supermarkets to Australia in the 1960s, general stores did a roaring trade. One such general store was Lukey's at 278 Junction Road, Eagle Junction (now Clayfield). Lukey's employed 10 people during the war years and used to do home deliveries all around the local area. Because of the strict food rationing during the war, it was difficult to get much. You had to be a regular customer to stand a chance of getting even more readily ...available products. Lukey's General Store was where the now-closed Campo dei Fiori Restaurant traded. Information Source: NDHS from the "Memories of Hazel Noakes" Photo Source: Internet

16.01.2022 Hamilton Road (later renamed Kingsford Smith Drive) between Grays Road and Riverview Terrace, ca.1887. SLQ photo coloured by David Dart.

16.01.2022 Snippet from Clayfield as I have seen it Farms Before my memory, one Mr William Hudson had a pineapple farm on Bonney Avenue and Mr Tom Bond who owned the southern side of Windermere Road, Hamilton, bought the area when it was under pines.... The pineapple farms gradually moved north to around the Nudgee area and, even when going to school from 1912 to 1914, I can remember the German wagon loads of pines going to Market. The prices were so low that on occasions I have seen the wagons turn back and feed the produce to the pigs. Franz’s Farm was the last farm in the area and was bounded by Bennison Street, Alexander Road (previously Franz’s Road) and the railway line with the swamp near the corner of London and Alexander Roads. Information source: Clayfield as I have seen it by Frank Charlton who spent almost his entire life at Clayfield. A copy of this document is held at NDHS archives

15.01.2022 33 Nundah Street, Nundah This was the home Johann Friedrich Kunde bought when he arrived with his family in 1874. Sadly, it no longer stands proud and optimistic. Further, I did a drive-by down Kunde Street today and cannot locate street number 33. Either the street house numbers have changed or possibly the street was once longer. ... Source: NDHS

15.01.2022 Eagle Junction State School memorial gates restored to their former glory to celebrate the school’s landmark 125 year anniversary

15.01.2022 Remembering Charles Gardner, Nundah's coal mine owner Charles Gardner was born in Waldon, Victoria, in 1860. He came to Brisbane in 1883 with his wife Matilda (nee Carew) residing at Red Hill and Eagle Junction for short periods. He moved to Nundah where he lived until his death on Wednesday, 1 June 1932. He was buried the next day in Nundah Historic Cemetery.

15.01.2022 The Pit The Pit was bought by one William McGregor, head of the local Calendonian Society, who opened it as a dry refuse tip. Being so filled with paper, tins and rubbish, it became a harbour for rats and like vermin. Even in 1926, we in the vicinity, were over-run with rats in particular. Old Bill McGregor occasionally got dressed up in his full kilt and paraded in the streets playing his bag pipes. He was a rough carpenter and specialised in buying houses for remova...l which he re-erected on the Oriel Road frontages. These houses were dismantled and rebuilt with the usable timber and, Arthur Parsons, the handyman of the district was employed to solder up the holes in the iron roofing. The final result was a regular hotch-pot. Old Bill, as he was called, was a widower with one son and one daughter, and I never remember seeing the daughter dressed other than in tartans. Bill became quite a wealthy man and became a director of Castlemaine Perkins. Information Source: Extract from Clayfield as I have seen it written by Frank Charlton (1898-1982) who lived just about his entire life in Clayfield. Copy given to NDHS

15.01.2022 I am 43 Killeen Street, Nundah Photo 1 is my 1950s/1960s look Photo 2 is my 2016 look after a reno... Photo sources: Photo 1 - copy given to NDHS courtesy of Mark Ellem Photo 2 - courtesy of realestate.com.au

15.01.2022 The next snippet in the History of the Northgate State School August 1951: Frank Roberts informed the Northgate East Progress Association that the Director of Education was prepared to consider further suggested sites for a school in the Northgate district. The Association suggested, after survey, that the Nundah horse and cattle pound and Reserve would suit the purpose because of its position, being handy to the Northgate area and East Nundah area. Mr Amalric for the Asso...ciation requested that this site not be condemned as unsuitable because of the drain which ran through the area. He states: If you decide against this site, we would like to know what provision you intend making for the children of this district, when lack of planning has deprived of convenient facilities an oversight for which, we feel, your Department must bear some of the blame. October 1951: The reply from the Department of Buildings and Sites found the area unsuitable because of the drain and that the educational picture in the area had not changed since 1949 that is Secondary and Vocational classes had not been established in the area. The Progress Association took a degree of offence at the Department’s reply. They were not satisfied with the brusque treatment their correspondence was receiving and the seeming neglect for the increasing number of school age children in the area. The schools these children were attending were nearing saturation point, both Nundah and Virginia schools having approximately 1,000 pupils each. By 1951 also, it was nearly impossible to buy land in the area. The parents in the area were becoming more concerned, as their children approached school age, about the proximity of the schools in the area and the dangers of sending their young children to school by train. December 1951: The Department of Building and Sites made it clear that the land was unsatisfactory and considerable expenditure would be needed to bring it above flood level. They also considered the site was too close to Nundah State School. But nevertheless, they were prepared to give further consideration to the request for the establishment of a State School, and providing the site suggested was centrally situated in relation to the present and future residential expansion of the district and to the Nundah and Virginia State Schools. Information source: Northgate State School Silver Jubilee, 26 May 1984, compiled by Mrs Christine Tuck, once a teacher at Northgate State School. Document source: My dear Mother was the school cleaner from when it opened to whenever she retired. Mother loved Northgate State School, and she must have been invited to the Silver Jubilee. I am so pleased Mother kept this wonderful little gem of a document. Photo source: State Archives, photo kindly provided by a first day pupil.

14.01.2022 Alfred Tainton and Nundah Bakery Alfred Tainton was almost nine years of age when he arrived with his parents at Moreton Bay on the "Gauntlet" on 8 February 1876. After working on his father's farm for a time, he trained as a baker and, in 1898, bought a business facing Buckland Road, Nundah. In 1900, he married Clara Stuckey, a member of a pioneering family from Clayfield. In 1911, he purchased an adjoining piece of land, formerly a farm, where he built a large brick baker...y. In the early days of machinery, he installed a mixing machine driven by a gas combustion engine. In 1913, to accommodate his growing family, he built a large colonial-style home with splendid timbers provided by Attewell and Proctor Sawmills. He had a number of horse-drawn delivery carts and served customers in the areas extending from Kedron and Chermside to Cribb Island, Myrtletown, Pinkenba, Hendra, Nudgee and Geebung. As time went on, he changed to motor driven vans. Alfred was a hard worker, a good citizen highly respected by the community, and loyal worshipper and worker in the Nundah Methodist Church. Alfred died on 11 November 1941 aged 74 years. He was helped in all his interests by his loyal and support wife, Clara, who died in October 1954. Source: Nundah & Districts Historical Society Inc.

14.01.2022 Bartley's Folly, Albion, ca.1914. This home, originally called Bartley's Hill, was erected in the 1860s by Nehemiah Bartley on the highest point in Hamilton. Th...e land on which it stood was bought for 2 an acre and sections of the original land package were sold off in 1864 to J. R. Dickson for 60-70 an acre. The house was so isolated that townspeople called it Bartley's Folly. The house was pulled down and the top of the hill is now the site of a reservoir. (Description supplied by State Library Qld.) See more

14.01.2022 Christian Peter and Mette Marie Gronning A while back, I posted up a snippet on small crop farmers, Christian Peter and Mette Marie Gronning who lie in eternal peace at Nundah Historic Cemetery. The Gronning family arrived at Moreton Bay in 1872 from their homeland, Schleswig-Holstein. Two children accompanied Peter and Mette Marie on the long voyage, and a third was born at Bundaberg where the ship was docked for a brief stay.... Their ten acre holding was on land today occupied by Geebung State School. Christian Peter died in 1906 at the age of 69 years, while Mette Marie lived until the age of 90 dying in 1927. Until now, the only photograph held at the Society’s archives to remember the Gronnings was a photograph of their vandalised headstone at Nundah Historic Cemetery. A poster to this page recently visited the Gronnings’ gravesite and sent in this wonderful photograph of Christian’s and Mette’s headstone beautifully restored and optimistic that vandals might in future show more respect. Source: Background information NDHS archives

13.01.2022 Remembering Christian Friedrich Wenzel Christian was born in Westphalia, Prussia, in 1858 and arrived in Australia on the "Johann Cesar" in 1866. He married Katharina (Maria Catherina) Benfer in Brisbane 1882 and the couple farmed at Myrtletown. Christian also served as a Toombul Shire Councillor. This wonderful photograph is of Christian surrounded by his eight children at his 90th birthday celebrations.... Christian joined the great majority on 1 October 1950 and lies in eternal rest beside his beloved Katharina who died in 1913. Photo sources: Wenzel family courtesy of Trevor Wenzel (grandson of Christian) and cemetery photo - NDHS archives

13.01.2022 Postcard mailed as a birthday message for 1st April 1910. From Annette Eldershaw.

12.01.2022 Drowned in a waterhole at the German Missionary Station 22 January 1848 The Rev John Gregor arrived in Brisbane in the year 1843. His spiritual guidance style was somewhat controversial and confrontational for the Brisbane of that time, and the subtle effects of ostracism saw him living as a guest of the kind-hearted German missionaries at Zion’s Hill. where he busied himself teaching the children. The unfortunate Rev Gregor had no relative to smoothe his limbs and lay him... in his coffin on the day he joined the great majority, as his brother, Andrew Gregor, along with his housekeeper, Mrs Mary Shannon, had been murdered in late 1846 at his station at Caboolture Creek, North Pine. About 11.00 am on Saturday, 22 January 1848, the Rev Gregor called out to Theodore Franz who was working in his garden that he had a headache and he was feeling the heat. Franz saw him go the waterhole which he imagined was for the purpose of bathing. About 10 minutes later, German missionary John Peter Niquet, also working in his garden, called out to Franz to enquire as to whether the Rev Gregor could swim as he saw him undress, swim in the water and then disappear under the water. German missionary, John William Gerricke, was working in the stockyard at the time. Messrs Franz, Niquet and Gerricke got over the fence and hurriedly went down to the waterhole. Franz and Niquet dived in the waterhole which was about 15 feet deep and succeeded in recovering his lifeless body. As soon as news of this distressing event reached Brisbane town, the Police Magistrate immediately proceeded to German Station where a coronial enquiry was held and the three witnesses - Franz, Niquet and Gerricke - gave depositions. The next morning, the body of the late Rev John Gregor was carted off to town in a vegetable cart which served as a hearse followed by a couple of the kind-hearted Germans who owned the cart. He was given an unceremonious service, and his coffin had a miserable scrap of black rag thrown over it with no other ornamentation. The Rev Gregor was conveyed to his last resting place by four working men followed by a small body of soldiers under the command of Lieutenant De Winton, bringing up the rear. Today we remember the unfortunate Rev John Gregor and would like to think that he lies in eternal rest maybe somewhere peaceful on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. Information Source: Brisbane Courier 29 Jan 1848 and RACQ Journal Vol 14, No 12, page 517 Photo Source: anglicanfocus.org.au, Records & Archives Centre, Anglican Church, Southern Qld

12.01.2022 Where am I now? I once stood proud and optimistic at 24 Bage Street, Nundah. In my hey-day - whenever that was - I would have been a modern and comfortable house of my times. The children who laughed and played on my front verandah most likely were educated across the road at Nundah State School. Some time in the late 1970s/early 1980s or thereafter, the winds of good fortune did not blow warmly in my direction. It looks like my land space became part of next door's Baptis...t Church expansion. I hope I was relocated somewhere where I was appreciated, and I now stand loved, beautifully renovated and admired. Photo Source: Copy given to NDHS courtesy of Mark Ellem

12.01.2022 A snippet on Tufnell Home, 230 Buckland Road, Nundah The history of Tufnell Home dates from 9 December 1892 with the arrival from England of Sister Caroline Amy Balquy and a deaconess Sister Minnie. So began the missionary work of the Society of the Sacred Advent, a title chosen before Sister Caroline left England. In May 1893 the Sisters offered to provide one year’s training and preparation for domestic service to orphan girls of 12 and 13 years. This was to be supported t...hrough government grants and donations. To care for the homeless girls, the Sisters occupied the recently closed Eton Boys School at Nundah, located on just over 10 acres [4 ha] of land bounded on the east and south by today’s Bishop Street and Buckland Road. The home was known as ‘Home of the Good Shepherd’ and was officially opened in July 1893 by Lady Norman, wife of the Governor of Queensland. The work began with 1530 State children and expanded the next year with the Sisters offering to receive, for private payment, orphans or children with one parent living. From 1895, the Sisters endeavoured to raise funds to purchase their own building. A gift from Mrs Tufnell, in memory of her late husband, Bishop Edward Wyndham Tufnell, the first Anglican bishop of Queensland from 1859 to 1875, was put aside for this purpose. A further donation in 1900 from Mrs Tufnell resulted in a property, with a good house, being purchased from Mr Charles Gardner, owner of the Nundah Coal Mine. The new home, to be named Tufnell Home, was adapted to accommodate about 50 children and was already full when it opened on 6 February 1901. Sources: Elizabeth Moores ‘One Hundred Years of Ministry’ and Anglicare Office

12.01.2022 The Menagiere Keeper Charles Higgins joined the great majority on 14 July 1894 in his 76th year, the result of a road accident on Ipswich Road near Chardon’s Corner, when his horse became unmanageable and bolted. As the horse turned a street, the dog cart capsized and fell on top of him. He lies in eternal rest in an unmarked grave at Nundah Historic Cemetery. Charles Higgins is of Toombul Tigers fame and kept two pet Bengal tigers, Jimmy and Sammy, along with a menagiere... of other exotic animals at his Northgate (previously known as Toombul) property in 1886. In 1888, Higgins kept his menagerie at a location at the corner of George and Turbots Streets in Brisbane where a man dashed out of Turbot Street followed by a huge Bengal tiger that pounced on him causing injury. More alarming stories of wandering wild animals followed, and eventually the mayor responded to public pressure and ordered Higgins to remove his menagerie beyond the boundaries of the municipality. Information Source: NDHS collection of various early newspaper articles Photo Source: SLQ

11.01.2022 Snippet from Clayfield as I have seen it Shops The main Clayfield store was Woods Store on the corner of Wagner Road and Bayview Terrace, while on the opposite side was Voyseys Butcher Shop. There must have been another shop or two, as I can remember it was considered an honour to go to the shop and buy lunch for one of the Masters of the State School. ... There was a shop including Shows the Butcher of Adelaide Street and the small shop at the top of Arthur and Jolly Streets in Adelaide Street and run by the Cross family. The next shop as a general grocery store was at Oriel Road and one Bert Smoothy operated it. At one time it was situated on the opposite side to the present small shopping centre. Smoothy did well and built the house at the corner of Crombie Street and Oriel Road. He was burnt out and then became a bookmaker. In Oriel Road and opposite the site that is now St Agatha’s Church was an old Scot bootmaker who had tooled lace up boots for his customers. There were a few shops around accident corner as it was commonly called at the junction of New Sandgate and Junction Roads, below the railway station. Information source: Clayfield as I have seen it by Frank Charlton who spent almost his entire life at Clayfield. A copy of this document is held at NDHS archives

11.01.2022 Here's a flashback to 1943 when then-operator of the Virginia Bus Service on the north side of Brisbane, Charles Henry Haberman, took delivery of this brand new... Watt Brothers of Woolloongabba, bodied Ford V8. The Virginia Bus Service of Haberman's was compulsorily acquired by the Brisbane City Council, effective 1 May 1952. Lost Brisbane

10.01.2022 "Toomba" 287 Junction Road, Clayfield "Toomba" still stands proud and optimistic that some-one will love the property enough to not ever demolish it. "Toomba" was the home of Hermann and Emilie Goeldner and their family.

10.01.2022 Northgate State School - first 20 day one enrolments Michael Whalley - Sidney Street, Nundah John Whiting - Cooper Road, Northgate Barry Jardine - Lang Terrace, Northgate... Lynette Tipping - Ryans Road, Northgate Lilia Jones - Nellie Street, Nundah Sandra Roy - Amelia Street, Nundah Robert Roy - Amelia Street, Nundah Wayne Eckersley - Olive Street, Nundah John Moorhead - Nudgee Road, Northgate Neil Thiedke, Elwin Avenue, Northgate Neville Allison - New Ivo Street, Nundah Kenneth Marmin - Killeen Street, Nundah Michael Sharkey - Wally Street, Nundah Eric North - Vernon Street, Nundah David Campbell - Nudgee Road, Nundah Robert Carius - Allworth Street, Northgate John Stein - Dethridge Road, Northgate Trevor Holborn - New Ivo Street, Nundah Michael Nolan - Vernon Street, Nundah See more

10.01.2022 Lihou the fisherman Joseph arrived in Australia in 1863 with his parents and step-brother. In 1878, he married Margaret Maloney who had emigrated from Ireland in 1877. Joseph and Margaret settled in Myrtletown after their marriage, on land on the main Myrtletown Road adjacent to the Priors Road corner. The Lihou family were fishermen, and their property backed on to Serpentine Creek (Back Creek). In Joseph’s days, fish and seafood were a little more plentiful, and he and ...his boys made a good living from fish, crabs, roes and cockles as well as smoked fish. Joseph and Margaret had nine children, and the youngest of the family, Ivy Florence, was only five years old when her Mother died on 24 June 1900. The older girls took the responsibility of looking after Joseph and the household until they married and left home. After daughter Caroline Esther remarried and moved to New South Wales, Joseph was looked after by several local families, the first of which was the family of Alex Crystal who lived on the corner of Prior Road and Main Beach Road, opposite Ben Prior’s. The next family to come into the Lihou house were the McNaughts, then in the 1920s the Herringtons moved in. After Joseph died on 13 March 1928, the Herrington family purchased the Lihou house and property, and they remained there until the area was redeveloped for the airport. Information and photo source: Extract from Guernsey to Australia the Lihou Story by Judith Gensch, copy held at NDHS

10.01.2022 Remembering Mrs Kenyon of Eagle Farm Amy Elizabeth (nee Missing) and Charles Joseph Kenyon's home was situated at the corner of Schneider Road and Hockey's Lane (Reservoir Road). Their home was originally the Commandant's quarters at the Eagle Farm Female Prison and was built by convict labour. The family purchased the house and 10 acres from a Mr John Stewart for 500. The house was demolished during World War II by the Americans and the area became part of the old Eagle F...arm airport. Information and photo source: NDHS

09.01.2022 The Nundah & Districts Historical Society Inc. was founded in 1984 and aims to maintain records, photographs, maps and documents of the Nundah districts, and of the pioneers of the district. These records include a wide range of photographs, maps and documents pertaining to the area covered by the 1883 Toombul Divisional Board. Support the Society in its endeavours to share the Nundah districts’ history with the community by purchasing one of its publications (listed under photo section Publications for Sale or by joining the Society. Membership is $20 pa for singles and $35 pa for couples. Anyone wishing to become a member or purchase a publication, please email [email protected] or Facebook message the Society.

09.01.2022 Aerial View of Nundah Horse and Cattle Pound 1936 A kind supporter of this Facebook page sent this wonderful 1936 aerial photograph of what is now Northgate State School, and in its previous life Nundah Horse and Cattle Pound and the Nundah sports ground. Nellie Street did not join up to Nudgee Road in 1936.

09.01.2022 Today we remember Mette Marie Klatt (nee Willadsen) Mette lies in eternal rest at Nundah Historic Cemetery, having joined the great majority on 4 November 1902. Sadly, I can find no information in the Society's archives on Mette, so I had to go to ancestry.com.au.... Mette was born to Iver Petersen Willadsen and Eline Masserine Kirkegaard on 20 November 1875 at Warwick. She married Paul Frederick William Klatt on 31 March 1902, whose occupation in 1905 was auctioneer of Upper Edward Street, Brisbane.

08.01.2022 1179 Sandgate Road, Nundah Still standing proud and optimistic and currently up for lease. Last traded as The Ivory Tower fabric and wallpaper online shop. Around 1906, the premises was known as Pumpfrey & Kyle, Wholesale Retail Grocers. Photo Source: SLQ Negative No 85268

08.01.2022 Laying tram tracks on Kingsford Smith Drive, Hamilton. 1953. BCC photo.

08.01.2022 His native name was Yilbong meaning one-eye In the early days of Brisbane and its environs, Millbong Jemmy (as he was known) was one of the fledgling colony’s worst nightmares. If only he could have seen into the future, he may have considered himself up there with Che Guevara or Giuseppe Garibaldi. Yilbong had only one eye, a result of rolling into a fire as a small child. He belonged to the Brisbane tribe. That one eye served him well and never held him back in his relen...tless drive to reclaim loss loss of land, rights, way of life, culture, respect, dignity and the rest. With colonisation, the new arrivals shot game and trespassed anywhere without permission. They took up land and expected the custodians of that locality to move back into other territory, unconscious that this would be an unpardonable violation of tribal laws, and involve immediate deadly warfare with the adjoining tribes. It was rare for the new arrivals to attempt to learn a dialect or understand the customs of those who were the custodians of the land on which they now claimed as their land. Yilbong lost no time in finding his way to the newly-established Zion Hill mission. The German Missionaries were kind-hearted and thinking they had a convert, Yilbong played the game with them not realising he was eyeing off where they kept their flour, sugar and other supplies. Over time, Yilbong and his chums helped themselves to the missionaries’ crops, cattle, anything and everything that was eatable or not nailed down, as they did elsewhere. From theft, Yilbong turned to murder and was among the murderers of Andrew Gregor and Mrs Shannon at North Pine in October 1846. Tom Petrie relates in his reminiscences that he often met Yilbong in the bush at Bowen Hills, and would give him tobacco. He never admitted having killed anyone, but said he had often stolen, saying he did not see any harm in taking flour when he was hungry. The white man had taken away his country, and he thought they should give something in return. Source: Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences, Archibald Meston and various early newspapers Photo source: Courtesy of SLQ

08.01.2022 Northgate State School Northgate State School is located at 128 Amelia Street and opened on 27 January 1959 to students from Years 1 to 8. The first head teacher was Mr John Wengert. The school was built on land that was once part of Nundah Pound. In 1959, the horse and cattle pound was still operating next door to the school. Lou Butterworth was the Poundkeeper. There were two wings joined by a covered walkway. There was not one tree in the school yard, yet the land th...e other side of the school fence was covered in wattle trees all the way down to the creek edge. The creek and the creek edge must have been cleaner in those days, as it was the best fun to play for hours in the creek or along the creek edge. The attached photograph is 1959 Grade IV students, local children from the catchment area who up until the opening of Northgate State School would have attended Virginia, Nundah and Hendra State Schools. As can be seen, wearing shoes to school was still optional in 1959, and the school was so new that school uniforms were still to be decided. These lovely little people whose whole lives in 1959 were still in front of them responded to roll call as: Lad seated in front: cannot recall First row L-R: Margaret Carius (Allworth St, Northgate); Maxine Rees (Little Jenner St, Nundah; Gloria Ayr (Oates Pde, Northgate); cannot recall; ?Irene ???; Cheryl Dossetto (Earnshaw Rd Northgate); Glenda Minshull (Vernon St, Nundah); Annette Forbes (Little Jenner St, Nundah). Middle Row L-R: Graham Crook; cannot recall; Janice Gramenz (Lang Tce, Northgate); June Kliese (Jenner St, Nundah); Lorraine Rix (Jenner St, Nundah); Jill Sutton (York St, Nundah); Caroline Lacey (Oates Pde, Northgate); Shirley Kruger (Raubers Rd, Nudgee); Carol Simpson (Cnr Vernon & Killeen Sts, Nundah); cannot recall; John Sweeney (Killeen St, Nundah). Top Row: Stewart Moorhead (Northgate); Allan ? (York St, Nundah); Neil Armstrong (Oates Pde, Northgate); Allan Veneris (York St, Nundah); cannot recall; cannot recall; cannot recall.

08.01.2022 Lottie Warburton, a once long-time Little Jenner Street, Nundah, resident The house in the background of the attached photograph was her home. To us children, the neighbours across the road, her home was spooky, lacking in everything 1950s modern, had no bathroom, was dark and dingy on the inside and in need of a makeover. I have never forgotten Mrs Warburton and, to this day, I can still see her in my mind’s eye her kindly face, her beautiful clear milky-white complexion,... her hair tied back in a bun and the roundness of her body. I can still hear her talking to me. She would sit on her front verandah for hours at a time. Sometimes, Mrs Warburton would invite me over.to her home or sometimes she would hang over her front fence and talk to me. I remember my Mother saying that Mrs Warburton had a very hard life. Mother said that Mr Warburton had been cruel to her, had booted her out of her home and she was only allowed to return to her home after his death. Lottie Warburton was born on 26 September 1892 to Arthur Harris and Maria Knight. She married Edward James Warburton on 11 May 1917. Edward was born on 20 November 1891 to William John Warburton and Mary Frances Graham and died on 10 June 1951. Lottie joined the great majority on 20 October 1964 and lies in eternal rest with Edward and other family members at Nundah Historic Cemetery.

08.01.2022 St John's Northgate St John’s Convent School, under the care of the Presentation Sisters, was opened on 9th December 1951 and the first classes commenced on 29th January 1952. Kevin John Allen of York Street, Nundah, was the school’s first enrolment. Due to declining enrolments, the school closed on 31st December 1995. St John’s Church was built in 1962. This church is the only non-military place of worship that was built specifically as a Royal Australian Navy War Memoria...l. The church contains a Roll of Honour of the sailors who enlisted in Brisbane during World War II and later died during that conflict. Information Source: NDHS and BCC Heritage Section Photo Source: BCC Heritage Section

08.01.2022 Banyo SHS 1960 House Captains The four houses at Banyo SHS were: Oxley (Green)... Petrie (Red) Flinders (Gold) Cook (Blue) Back Row (L to R): C Miller, P Quinn, R Coombs Front Row (L to R): M Weaver, H Hickling, R Cooper, L Hakansson Photo source: copy held at NDHS

07.01.2022 19 Prince Street, Virginia This house was built about 1912 as a family home for Major William John Clatworthy, Manager and Engineer of the Virginia Bricks and Pipes Limited. Major Clatworthy was born in North Devon, England in August 1863 and at the age of nineteen left for Australia. On arrival, he accepted employment of various kinds, eventually establishing himself as a contractor in Brisbane. In 1885 he was appointed manager of the Brisbane Depot of the Queensland Brick ...and Tile Company which was liquidated about eight years later. The Virginia Brick Company, operating at Virginia, was floated by Major Clatworthy and several others as a new concern, and in 1911 the Virginia Company, with additional capital, was renamed the Enoggera and Virginia Bricks and Pipes Limited. A second factory was erected at Alderley, both being managed by Major Clatworthy. Between the 1930s and 1950s the house was used as the Virginia Private Hospital operated by Matron Griffin. She was followed by Matron Henrietta Smith, who continued to reside there after the closure of the hospital. The property was sold in 1994, following Matron Smith’s death. Information and Photo Source: NDHS archives, Anne and Craig Deitch

07.01.2022 The fourth snippet in the History of Northgate State School The community refused to be dismissed May 1957:... The Director General of Education agreed that it was necessary to establish another school in the Nundah area, to eliminate the overcrowding in the existing State Schools and to make educational facilities more readily available to the children in the Northgate and Nundah East areas. He requested that the Park and Recreation Reserve requested on two former occasions be transferred to the Education Department for the purposes of a school. The Reserve (6 and a half acres) was not being used for recreational purposes, nor was the adjoining Pound area (1 and a half acres) being used. November 1957: The Brisbane City Council resisted the Education Department’s attempts to acquire Nundah and Northgate Parkland for school purposes, because the Finance Committee wanted the area for a park reserve. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Groom, said that the Council was willing to have discussions with the Department about other land. Unfortunately other land in the area was residential. The area east of Nudgee Road was not going to be subdivided. The Reserve and Pound area was the most suitable site. Information source: Northgate State School Silver Jubilee, 26 May 1984, compiled by Mrs Christine Tuck, once a teacher at Northgate State School. Photo source: author’s own photograph

07.01.2022 Hamilton Road, ca.1908, now Kingsford Smith Drive. Can anyone spot the house that's still standing?

06.01.2022 Swimming holes that once were In Kedron Brook were two well-known swimming holes The Isleton and The Muscle, the former was at now Kalinga Park and the latter close to the bridge at Toombul Shopping Town. The Isleton was about 25 yards across with deep water right up to the bank most of the boys in the area learned to swim there, and during the lunch break at Eagle Junction State School, it would be a common sight to see the boys hurrying off for a swim, although i...t was the best part of a mile distance. The Muscle was for some reason considered a danger area and very few ever swam there. I don’t know, I was never in it. There were two other accepted swimming holes in the area Tuckers and The Pit Tuckers was at the rear of Tuckers Stables in Bowley Street, Hendra, and in the middle of which was a tiny island the habitat of all vermin. It was filled in and became part of Hendra Bowling Club. The Pit was that area between Oriel Road and Reeve Street from about Montpelier Street to Bartley Street, and was not fenced in until about 1911 when a small boy was drowned. This area was originally a clay pit and was said to be 30 feet deep, and water filled in during the 1893 flood, leaving the old gear machinery, etc, still at the bottom. On the Reeve Street side was a big gum tree from which some enterprising boy had suspended a long rope attached to a single bar from which the swimmers could swing out over the water and fall in. Information Source: Extract from Clayfield as I have seen it document written by Frank Charlton (1898-1982) who lived just about his entire life in Clayfield. Copy given to NDHS Photo Source: SLQ 35707 Tree-lined banks of Kedron Brook, Toombul ca 1910

06.01.2022 Move to "Toomba" - from the "Memories of Hazel Noakes" "During World War 2, there was a chronic shortage of housing in Brisbane. Thus, rather than risk having nowhere to live, Roy and I decided to buy "Toomba". Completion of the sale was effected in January 1945 and we paid 840 which seemed like a fortune at the time. Initially, I knew nothing of the history of the home. However, shortly after moving in, a lady knocked on the door to see if one of the flats was available.... She later told me she was a grand-daughter of the original farming family who had built the home in 1889. I also recall her mentioning her grandfather (who I now understand was Hermann Goeldner) died in the front room in the 1890s. I also found out some of the history of the home through Mr Marshall, an elderly gentleman who had grown up in the area. Mr Marshall used to run dairy cows at the bottom of Jackson Street in what is now Kalinga Park. He delivered warm milk by horse and cart to the local residents. This was in the days before chilled, pasteurised milk became available. Mr Marshall told me that the Goeldner family had originally lived in the slab hut on the corner of Junction Road and Park Avenue. When they built their now home next door, Mr Marshall had lived in the slab hut for a number of years. One thing I never found out was the reason for the name "Toomba". This was the name of the house when I arrived and I continued on with it. Structurally the house has not changed materially since we bought it. The only significant alteration made was when we closed in the western verandah in the 1950s and converted it to a sleepout." Document Source: NDHS archives Extract from "Memories of Hazel Noakes" Photo Source: Clark Real Estate

06.01.2022 Ascot State School, 1928. BCC photo.

06.01.2022 First Telephone Office - Clayfield As early as 31 December 1904, a telephone office was functioning at Clayfield at Mr Wood's shop near the tram terminus. Information Source: Extract from An Australian Post Office History, written and researched by Malcolm Rea, Historical Officer in the ?1970s

06.01.2022 Pinkenba memories from long ago Every year in the Spring the gypsies would arrive by ship at Pinkenba Wharf and pitch their tents (large and small) between Meeandah and Pinkenba. Needless to say all children were warned to keep away and not go near them (in fact we were all too frightened) and that was the only time the children from Eagle Farm and Meeandah kept in groups walking to school.... The young gypsy girls used to stop the farmers going to market with their produce in horse-drawn waggons, and for a silver coin would tell the men's fortunes. In those days nearly all people kept poultry, and during the night the men would raid the fowl houses and steal the fowls. They were very quick and cunning and we all sighed with relief when they packed up and went back to where they had come from. Information Source: NDHS archives - from the memories of Sine (Larsen) McGrath

05.01.2022 History of the Northgate State School This morning, I stumbled across this wonderful little gem in a box of documents at home. It is my pleasure to share same. as its difficult locating historic documents on the little school built on the surrendered Park and Pound Reserve at the other end of Amelia Street. I will post up a series of snippets over time, as the information is too great for one post.... April 1949: On 26 April 1949, representation was made to Mr Edwards, the Director General of Education, by Mr Frank Roberts, MLA for the Northgate East Progress Association, the Nundah ALP and local parents for the erection of a State school at Northgate East. With the return of servicemen following the War and the availability of land, the district was expanding rapidly. Children in the locality were attending either Virginia School, Nundah or Nudgee, each of which was rapidly becoming overcrowded. It was suggested that the Department might be able to obtain one of the Commonwealth buildings off Toombul Road, occupied by the Commonwealth Police, to be utilised as a temporary school, particularly for children up to third or fourth grade levels. Thus began the 10 year persistent campaign for the erection of Northgate State School. September 1949: Further correspondence by Frank Roberts to the Department of Public Instruction revealed the residents of the area preferred the site for the new school to be somewhere on the left hand out-bound side of Nudgee Road, about half to three-quarters of a mile past Toombul Road. Mr Roberts suggested a more suitable location would be on the right hand out-bound side of Nudgee Road, either facing Toombul Road or on the East Nundah side of that intersection. Later that month the application was investigated by G Chadwick, the District Inspector of Schools. He recommended that the establishment of a school at Northgate East be temporarily deferred until the whole question of the provision of educational facilities in the district resolved itself more definitely. He found that most children living in the area travelled little distance to the schools they were attending, either by rail or bus or bicycle. The site he suggested was totally unsuitable as it was very low and subject to flooding from the Lagoon area. Besides it was too close to Virginia. More of this little gem of a document to follow Information source: Northgate State School Silver Jubilee, 26 May 1984, compiled by Mrs Christine Tuck, once a teacher at Northgate State School.

05.01.2022 The home Johann Friedrich Kunde bought There may have been some confusion with a previous post referring to the home that Johann Kunde bought at Nundah when he arrived with his family in 1874. The Kunde home still stands proud and beautifully renovated and is now known as 35 Nundah Street, Nundah. A previous reference was made to the home being located at 33 Kunde Street, Nundah, and apologies for this incorrect information.

04.01.2022 Faces of 57 Nellie Street, Nundah, over the past 60+ years Photo Sources: Photo 1 - copy given to NDHS courtesy of Mark Ellem Photos 2 and 3 - taken off realestate.com.au

04.01.2022 A peep into Jackson's Estate, Cribb Island One would be hard-pressed to find a once Cribbie resident who said they did not enjoy living there. Rumaging through the Society's archives, I found this wonderful 1958 photograph showing a view of Jackson's Estate. By the late 1960s, Jackson's Estate still had no street lighting, running water, sewerage or paved roads. Yet, Cribb Island was a strong, vibrant, unique community where residents looked out for each other and took the ...time to talk to each other. Photo Source: Brisbane City Council Archives

04.01.2022 "Remembering Cribb Island" The story of Cribb Island (in text and photographs) from 1863 to 1980 is back in stock at the Nundah & Districts Historical Society Inc. Cost $15.00 plus $7.50 postage. Copies can be ordered via the Society's Facebook page or by email to [email protected] Cribb Island was unique in that it was a beachside suburb and holiday destination, a forerunner of the Gold and Sunshine coasts.

04.01.2022 The Banyo SHS 1958 - Basketball A Team Back Row (L to R): M Duel, D Roberts, N Andrew Front Row (L to R): S Gray, S Walz, Mrs Budtz-Olsen, J Bellotti, D Masters.... Photo Source: Copy held at NDHS.

04.01.2022 Dalaipi, a great tribal leader Dalaipi was decades ahead of his time, an elder who agonised over the treatment of his people yet reached out for conciliation. He co-authored with Dalinkua (professional historian, Ray Kerkhove, considers he may have been Dalaipi’s relative, Delaiko), five long letters published in the Moreton Bay Courier in 1858 and 1859. The letters were a plea for decency and co-operation between the two races. The letters were signed Dalipie, Dalinkua,... Delegates for all blackfellows, Camp, Breakfast Creek. At that time, Dalaipi had based himself at Breakfast Creek, an Aboriginal village comprising several camps that lay opposite Newstead House. Dalaipi was born c1795 in the Pine Rivers area and died c1863 at Bulimba after catching a cold. Dalaipi and his family frequented the Zion Hill mission and assisted the missionaries with their needs. In December 1841, Dalaipi and his brother, Wugon, showed the Zion Hill missionaries their country, enabling them to explore and conduct missionary work between the Pine Rivers area and Redcliffe. Professional historian, Ray Kerkhove, describes him: Stocky and not tall, Dalaipi had a reverent and authoritative bearing and ‘his word was law’ (Petrie 1904, 182). A reliable, gentle, and courteous man, his character was upright, honest, and trustworthy His reputation was so extensive that his death caused mourning across a large part of southern Queensland. He formed an enduring association with Andrew Petrie, one of Brisbane’s first free European settlers. When Andrew’s son Tom married, Dalaipi offered part of his own country between Sideling Creek and Redcliffe, and his people helped build Murrumba and its stockyards. This great tribal leader’s story to be continued in later posts. Information Source: http://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/dalaipi-29713 by professional historian, Ray Kerkhove Moreton Bay Courier 17 Nov 1858 one of Dalaipi and Dalinkua’s letters to the editor The Courier Mail, 7 October, 2010

03.01.2022 Bretts Wharf viewed from Racecourse Rd, Hamilton. 1953. BCC photo.

03.01.2022 Hamilton Ferry Terminal, Kingsford Smith Drive, 1978. BCC photo.

03.01.2022 The Myrtletown home of Martin and Emily Wenzel This photograph is a wonderful example of a Myrtletown house and was built for farmer Martin Wenzel and his wife Emily (nee Young). Martin was early pioneer settlers of Myrtletown, Christian and Marie Catherine (Kate) Wenzel’s (nee Benfer) first born. Martin and Emily’s home and farm was off Dickson Road. Photo source: Ken and Trevor Wenzel, and a special thank you for allowing NDHS to reproduce this fine example of a Myrtletown home.

02.01.2022 J D Postle & Son, General Store, Eagle Junction Mark Ellem has kindly provided the following information on the general store at 278 Junction Road, Clayfield: "not sure when Mr. Lukey took over the business but this store in the early 1920's was taken over by a man named J D Postle, having moved from Pittsworth where he also ran a general store. There is a photo of the shop that was found on the website Bonzle of the store under Mr. Postle's ownership, circa late 1920's."... Melissa Kerwin has kindly provided the information that Postles, Lukeys, Campo dei Fiori Restaurant now trades as the Wooden Horse Restaurant & Bar. That once humble general store lives on. Photo Source: Bonzle

02.01.2022 Remembering William Lumley Henzell William was the eldest son of John Harrop Henzell and Ann Lumley of Stockport, England. William and his two brothers Thomas Smith Henzell and John Harrop Henzell (Junior) sailed from Plymouth on the "Montmorency", and after 91 days arrived in Moreton Bay on 7 April 1862. William was the first of the three brothers to die, the result of a drowning accident at Burnett Swamp (now Stones Corner) on 31 January 1863 only ten months after his arr...ival. William was described in the "Montmorency" passenger list as Acting Assistant Surgeon; however, it is not known if these skills were used as a means for income resources in the colony. William Lumley Henzell was buried in the Milton Cemetery, and when this became Lang Park his headstone was removed to the Henzell plot at Nundah Historic Cemetery. Source: NDHS

02.01.2022 Northgate State School - Grade 6B 1964 Boys seated on ground: ??? First Row: L-R ?Pettit; ?; Lyn Harley (lived next to the school); ?; Teacher ?; Pamela Clifton (cnr Nudgee Rd & Nellie St); ?;?; Judith Rix (Jenner St)... Second Row: L-R ?;Kevin Rees (Little Jenner St)?; I think this litle girl is Marilyn Benkhe; Shirley Jones (Nelli St); Barbara Ayr (Oates Pde);?;?; Pauline Whiting (Cooper Rd, Northgate); Pam Kliese (Jenner St); ?? John Kliese; John Booth (Nudgee Rd, Nundah) Top Row: l-R ?;?; Charles Kleator (Nudgee Rd, Northgate);??Ian Edwards (Nudgee Rd, Nundah); ? GregoryDevine (Northgate); ?Nolan (?Franklin St); ?; ?; ?

02.01.2022 The Goeldners Daniel Gotthelf (always known as Hermann) Goeldner and his wife Emilie Caroline (nee Jakob) lie in eternal rest at Nundah Historic Cemetery. The Goeldners and their two small boys arrived in Queensland in April 1858. Other members of the Goeldner family, who also came to Queensland, were the brothers Johann Carl Gottlieb and Wilhelm Moritz Robert Goeldner (assumed to be cousins of Hermann).... Like many other new settlers, they were lured to Queensland by the promise of land the commodity so dear to German immigrants. Hermann bought land in the Banyo, Northgate and Toombul areas in partnership with Wilhelm Moritz Robert Goeldner; the young men turned their talents to farming. The area, however, in which the Goeldners were to make their mark, and leave tangible evidence of this in the form of street names, was in the Kalinga district. The Goeldner land was bounded by Junction Road, Kedron Brook and Kalinga Estate. The Kalinga Estate joined the Melrose and Goeldner holdings and faced Rose Street and Lodge Road. Six streets were named after members of the family. Some of the names were changed during World War I, but two streets retained their original names. The streets were: Goeldner Street now Keith Street, Clayfield Goeldner Road now Lodge Road, Kalinga Carl Street now Nelson Street, Kalinga Adolph now Henry Street, Kalinga Emma Street, Kalinga Bertha Street, Kalinga Source: NDHS archives 150 Years Nundah Families

01.01.2022 The establishment of Pinkenba State School Pinkenba School was established under the name of Boggy Creek. This name was later changed to Myrtle before the school took its name. Boggy Creek State School was opened on 22 February 1875. Thomas Tomlins was the probationer and Frederick Baker was the trained teacher. ... The name Boggy Creek was changed to Myrtle some time in 1888. The annual report for the year 1888 showed an annual enrolment of 83 pupils with the average daily attendance of 52. The name Myrtle was changed to Pinkenba some time in 1900. The annual report for the year 1900 showed an annual enrolment of 168 with an average daily attendance of 114. Information and photo source: NDHS archives

01.01.2022 It seemed even the skies wept for Wilhelmine Wilhelmine Henriette Kunde, the first lamb of the flock which her father had shepherded from Prussia, was committed to Australian soil at Nundah Historic Cemetery by Pastor Egen on 14 December 1889. Wilhelmine, the youngest daughter of Johann Friedrich and Johanna Louise Kunde (nee Stern), was born in Pomerania, Prussia, on 14 May 1858. The family arrived in Moreton Bay on the Herschel on 16 July 1874 and settled at Nundah.... At age 18, Wilhelmine married Carl Herman Otto Kruger, aged 25, farmer and countryman of her native land in the Lutheran Church at South Brisbane. This dainty, petite, golden-haired girl, with her golden-haired Herman (as he preferred to be known), commenced married life on his farm somewhere in Nudgee. Wilhelmine gave birth to four sons and two daughters, with the younger daughter dying in infancy. Prosperity enabled Herman to build a large homestead for his growing family on acreage which extended from St Vincents Road down past the natural spring in Red Hill Road, Nudgee. The rich red virgin soil yielded an abundance of small crops, fruits and first grade pineapples which were destined to find a ready market in Sydney. Wilhelmine was a frail slip of a girl and, despite illness and frequent child-bearing, followed the Prussian tradition of working the fields beside her husband. The year of 1889 was to bring the winds of change blowing around the frail, gentle young woman: the little mother fell ill with an exhausting stomach complaint. On 12 December 1889 at aged 31 years, Wilhelmine became part of the history of Queensland and joined the ranks of Women of Substance. Source: NDHS archives 150 Years Nundah Families Wilhelmina photo source: Copy given to NDHS by grand-daughter I Cruse