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Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Brisbane Courier
15 March 1932

JUBILEE BRIDGE, SOUTHPORT.

After being out of commission for the last fortnight owing to a break In the main gear-wheel the lift span of the Jubilee Bridge has been repaired and the fiver is now open to navigation The Mayor of Southport (Alderman C II Steadman) stated yesterday that satisfactory repairs had been made the wheel had been welded and wrought Iron bands had been shrunk on the boss.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 171

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Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Johann Heussler, a wealthy Brisbane merchant purchases 22 acres of land from the Government in 1862 and made plans to build a house there. Local architect Benjamin Backhouse designed a house in 1865, to be constructed from stone excavated on site combined with a cement and lime mixture.

The Heussler family lived at Fernberg from 1865 until 1872 when the high cost of upkeep forces foreclosure on the property by the mortgagee.

Sir Arthur Palmer, Premier of Queensland (1870-1874), and later Lieutenant Governor resided in Fernberg from 1872 to 1881.

John Stevenson MP purchased Fernberg and commissioned the addition of a fine frontage to the building and considerably extended the grounds by purchasing adjacent land. He also installed the stained glass window depicting Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-1329) on the main internal stairway of the house.

The title to Fernberg was transferred in 1894 to Stevenson’s mortgagees,

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