Late 1970s footage of traffic on the old Hornibrook Bridge during construction of the Houghton Highway. Opened on 20 December 1979, the Houghton Highway replaced the...
Soon to be lost. The following is a copy / paste from the Courier Mail dated 19 November 2020 as the story is behind a paywall....
Soon to be lost. The following is a copy / paste from the Courier Mail dated 19 November 2020 as the story is behind a paywall....
Top: The site of William Howard Smith and Sons Wharves viewed from Petrie Bight, 1881. Lower left: 19th century gate from Howard Smith & Sons Wharf,...
Top: Heslop Bros. Ideal Cash Store, 607 Lutwyche Rd, Wooloowin, ca. 1925. Bottom: Wooloowin Auto Supplies, 1935. The Ideal Cash Store is next to it on...
Kedron Park Service Station, on Lutwyche Road opposite the Kedron Park Hotel, was constructed in 1926, builder and first owner unknown. Alexander Herbert Symons bought the...
DID YOU KNOW that until the 1st World War the area now known as Teneriffe was considered to be part of Bulimba?? Trains on the “Bulimba...
The Indigenous name for Enoggera/Breakfast Creek was Yow-oggera or Yu-oggera. However the survey office misspelt the name of the creek on early maps, replacing the ‘u’...
The suburb of Windsor was named after Queen Victoria’s home, Windsor Castle. Lutwyche was named after Judge Alfred Lutwyche who built the first house in the...
Empire Hotel on Ann St, Fortitude Valley, ca.1940. Royal George Hotel is on the right, with All Hallows School in the background. The famous Castrol Globe...