April 13, 2024
Prisoners of War working on the Burma Railway. Grandchester History Sergeant James Miller Stewart At the end of World War 11, in October 1945, all Australians […]
April 7, 2024
Rosewood History Domenico PEDRAZZINI, Mary GRIMLEY, Winifred HOGAN Name: Domenico Giuseppe Antonio PEDRAZZINI Occupation: Farmer Birth: 5th March 1837, Campo, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland Immigration: 19th September, 1855, […]
April 5, 2024
Circus elephants and riders at Rosewood, ca. 1928 Photo: State Library of Queensland Rosewood History Roll up! Roll up! The Circus is in town. Can you […]
April 1, 2024
Rosewood History Unveiling Rosewood’s War Trophies In November 2021, at a Rosewood History Group gathering, I was shown the photo above. It had appeared in the Moreton […]
March 30, 2024
Marburg History GERMAN SAILORS VISIT MARBURG & BOONAH One of Germany’s most modern warships, the German Cruiser “Karlsruhe”, reached Brisbane on 18th January 1934 after a journey […]
March 20, 2024
This photo of the Moran family was taken in 1889 outside of their home in Railway St, Rosewood. L-R: Patrick on the horse, Mary, Ellen, James […]
March 14, 2024
Rosewood History William PERREM and Elizabeth WINDSOR Name: William PERREM Aka: PERRIM, PERRAM Occupation: Farmer – “Epsom Farm” Birth: 22nd November 1836, Pitney, Somersetshire, England Immigration: […]
March 9, 2024
Rosewood History Wilhelm DÖLLING and Mary Georgina NICHOLL Name: Wilhelm DÖLLING Occupation: Grocer; Boarding House Proprietor; Storekeeper Birth: 29th March 1874, Rosewood Scrub, Queensland Death: 7th July 1942, […]
March 7, 2024
Rosewood History Some of the Farrell/Potts clan. Taken c.1936 at one of their homes in Mill Street, Rosewood. (Photo courtesy of Karen Schumacher) Mary Farrell née […]
March 2, 2024
Rosewood History Rovers rambled from Rosewood in 48 hours, and rain. On Saturday night 28th March 1959, two weary Boy Scouts limped down Jeffrey Street, Redcliffe, […]
February 27, 2024
Rosewood History Fred EVANS and Edith May DAVIES Name: Fred EVANS Occupation: Coal Miner; Under-Manager of the Caledonian Colliery at Walloon; Mine Inspector; Manager Lanefield Colliery […]
February 24, 2024
Rosewood History W. E. Thomas Aerated Water Manufacturer – 19th March 1923 Walter Thomas is 1st on left, Jim Wyatte, Col Temperley. The woman is his […]
February 21, 2024
Rosewood History Walter Edwin THOMAS and Johanna Agnes FARRELL Name: Walter Edwin THOMAS Occupation: Proprietor of the Rosewood Aerated Water and Cordial Factory Birth: 13th January […]
February 21, 2024
Grandchester History Bigge’s Camp -1867. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg 996. Jockey Club Inn – Grandchester’s First Hotel Brothers Frederick and Francis Bigge […]
February 20, 2024
Rosewood History John Henry JACOBS and Caroline Elizabeth DUTNEY Name: John Henry JACOBS Occupation: Cheese Maker, Drover, Stockman, Horsebreaker, Carter, Dairy Farmer; Grazier Birth: 27th February […]