Formerly known as One Tree Hill, the Indigenous People had two names for Mt Coot-tha, “Gootcha” meaning honey and “Mappee” the closest English translation being “backside”...
Kelvin Grove is a residential and educational suburb 3km north-west of Brisbane CBD. It was named after the house built by Dr Joseph Bancroft in 1864...
Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade was established in 1892, but at first did not have a telephone because of lack of funds. In 1893 Elliot Brothers presented...
Cribb Island received its name from J.G. Cribb, the son of Brisbane Council Alderman, Robert Cribb. 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land was bought from the...
Top: Witton Township real estate map, Indooroopilly, ca.1886. Bottom: Between 1916 and 1919, Witton Manor was moved from its original site in Bridge Street to the...
The name Indooroopilly is a corruption of either the local Aboriginal word nyindurupilli, meaning ‘gully of the leeches’ or yindurupilly meaning ‘gully of running water’. Locals...
This picture of the corner of Woodcliffe Crescent and Oxley Avenue 1940 shows Cambridge House which had operated as a boarding house from 1891 and the...
A woman of great character and presence, Brisbane Nursing Matron-in-Chief, Grace Margaret Wilson, 1916. The top image shows her at the Military Base Hospital at Lemnos...
William Edward (Billy) Sing DCM, born in Clermont, Qld, 2nd March 1886, is believed to be the first person of Chinese descent to enlist in the...
Sister Grace Wilson, who was formerly matron of Brisbane Hospital, was awarded the Royal Red Cross “First Class” in 1916. My aunt Grace seemed to be...