Tag Archives: Queensland

Taringa History Group June Meeting

Posted on 20 May, 2024 by BHW Editor

3pm Saturday 1 June at the Community Meeting Place, Josling Street, Toowong. This month Andrew Darbyshire will give a talk on aspects of the history of Witton Barracks and the adjacent Tignabruaich. The property was requisitioned during the 1939-45 War, … Continue reading →

Posted in What's on | Tagged 1939-45, Allied, Andrew, Darbyshire, history, Interpreter, Military, Police, Queensland, Regiment, Taringa History Group, Translator, University, War, Witton Barracks | Comments Off

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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Voluntary Aid Detachments

Posted on 9 December, 2017 by BHW Editor

On 5 December 2017 Red Cross Queensland launched Maids of All Work a booklet that documents the history of Queensland Voluntary Aid Detachments. VADs, mainly young women (only 5% were men), volunteered in hospitals across Queensland to do tasks such … Continue reading →

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Biography of Henry William Mobsby (1860-1933) by Kaye Mobsby

Posted on 17 March, 2017 by BHW Editor

As a resident of Indooroopilly for many years in the early part of the 20th century, Henry Mobsby would have been quite well known within the area due to his community involvement. He emigrated to Australia from England in 1883 … Continue reading →

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