Tag Archives: Carmody Road

Thomas Lodge Murray Prior – early 1860s St Lucia land owner

Posted on 19 June, 2022 by BHW Editor

By the early 1860s the majority of the land in what are today’s inner western suburbs had been surveyed, auctioned and sold with freehold title. A continuation of the ‘terra nullius’ doctrine. As part of a larger government offering of … Continue reading →

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Land Resumptions – UQ’s move to St Lucia

Posted on 15 April, 2020 by BHW Editor

It was generally accepted that when the University of Queensland (UQ) was established in its first home at Gardens Point, based in the 1860s Government House, this was an interim arrangement. It didn’t take long for teaching space to become … Continue reading →

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St Lucia Farm School- ‘The gate of opportunity is wide open to the boy who passes through St Lucia’

Posted on 22 September, 2019 by BHW Editor

The St Lucia Farm School was established as one of the state government’s responses to the 1930s economic depression brought about by the world wide slump in trade. Post Federation Australia was still reliant on its major trading partner the … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | Tagged 1930s economic depression, Canon Garland, Carmody Road, Fairbridge Society, Forgan Smith, Frank O Bosworth, Frank William Bulcock, Friary, John Maynard Keynes, Moggill, New Settlers League, Queensland Agricultural College and High School Gatton, St Christopher’s Lodge, St Lucia Farm School, St Lucia History Group, The Industrial School for Boys Indooroopilly, The Riverview Training Farm, University of Queensland | Comments Off

Tag Archives: Carmody Road

Thomas Lodge Murray Prior – early 1860s St Lucia land owner

Land Resumptions – UQ’s move to St Lucia

St Lucia Farm School- ‘The gate of opportunity is wide open to the boy who passes through St Lucia’

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