News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Fortitude Valley and nearby suburbs.
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The industrial suburb of Rocklea in southern Brisbane. In the background is Rocklea Showgrounds. The road snaking into the distance is Ipswich Road, before it became the Ipswich Motorway.
Queensland State Archives Item ID436319, Photographic material
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Dairying was one of the major industries in this area around the turn of the century. The original Butter Factory was a timber structure built in 1906 and rebuilt in brick in 1932. By this time, the factory was producing 40 – 50 tons of butter per week.
The dairy company Peters took over the factory in 1958 and diversified into producing milk, cottage and baker’s cheese. The factory closed in 1983. The building was then acquired by Logan City Council and converted to a community centre as a Bicentennial project in 1988. The refurbished building now houses a community arts centre, theatre and museum.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1702
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Dairying was one of the major industries in this area around the turn of the century. The original Butter Factory was a timber structure built in 1906 and rebuilt in brick in 1932. By this time, the factory was producing 40 – 50 tons of butter per week.
The dairy company Peters took over the factory in 1958 and diversified into producing milk, cottage and baker’s cheese. The factory closed in 1983. The building was then acquired by Logan City Council and converted to a community centre as a Bicentennial project in 1988. The refurbished building now houses a community arts centre, theatre and museum.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 23180
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From the Queensland Heritage Register.
“Yungaba” is a two-storey brick institutional building designed as an immigrant depot in 1885 by John James Clark, colonial architect for Queensland. Following his dismissal shortly after, the plan was developed by Edward Henry Alder and Robert Henry Mills. Constructed by William Peter Clark, the building is described as being of Italianate/Queensland/ Institutional style.
Following the subdivision of Kangaroo Point in 1843-44, lots 21 and 22 were purchased by Judah and Isaac Solomon and Thomas Adams. Some time later John “Tinker” Campbell, a neighbouring land-owner, purchased a share in both lots and transferred his boiling-down works to that location to gain the benefit of the small stream which crossed the properties. Following a series of financial transactions, the land was eventually purchased by Robert Douglas in 1853 for £400. Douglas constructed a house on lot 21 which he named “The Willows”. Douglas
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
From the Queensland Heritage Register.
“Yungaba” is a two-storey brick institutional building designed as an immigrant depot in 1885 by John James Clark, colonial architect for Queensland. Following his dismissal shortly after, the plan was developed by Edward Henry Alder and Robert Henry Mills. Constructed by William Peter Clark, the building is described as being of Italianate/Queensland/ Institutional style.
Following the subdivision of Kangaroo Point in 1843-44, lots 21 and 22 were purchased by Judah and Isaac Solomon and Thomas Adams. Some time later John “Tinker” Campbell, a neighbouring land-owner, purchased a share in both lots and transferred his boiling-down works to that location to gain the benefit of the small stream which crossed the properties. Following a series of financial transactions, the land was eventually purchased by Robert Douglas in 1853 for £400. Douglas constructed a house on lot 21 which he named “The Willows”. Douglas
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
From the Queensland Heritage Register.
“Yungaba” is a two-storey brick institutional building designed as an immigrant depot in 1885 by John James Clark, colonial architect for Queensland. Following his dismissal shortly after, the plan was developed by Edward Henry Alder and Robert Henry Mills. Constructed by William Peter Clark, the building is described as being of Italianate/Queensland/ Institutional style.
Following the subdivision of Kangaroo Point in 1843-44, lots 21 and 22 were purchased by Judah and Isaac Solomon and Thomas Adams. Some time later John “Tinker” Campbell, a neighbouring land-owner, purchased a share in both lots and transferred his boiling-down works to that location to gain the benefit of the small stream which crossed the properties. Following a series of financial transactions, the land was eventually purchased by Robert Douglas in 1853 for £400. Douglas constructed a house on lot 21 which he named “The Willows”. Douglas
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
From the Queensland Heritage Register.
“Yungaba” is a two-storey brick institutional building designed as an immigrant depot in 1885 by John James Clark, colonial architect for Queensland. Following his dismissal shortly after, the plan was developed by Edward Henry Alder and Robert Henry Mills. Constructed by William Peter Clark, the building is described as being of Italianate/Queensland/ Institutional style.
Following the subdivision of Kangaroo Point in 1843-44, lots 21 and 22 were purchased by Judah and Isaac Solomon and Thomas Adams. Some time later John “Tinker” Campbell, a neighbouring land-owner, purchased a share in both lots and transferred his boiling-down works to that location to gain the benefit of the small stream which crossed the properties. Following a series of financial transactions, the land was eventually purchased by Robert Douglas in 1853 for £400. Douglas constructed a house on lot 21 which he named “The Willows”. Douglas
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Dr Hans Schauer, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 19854
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Mackay is named after John Mackay who led an expedition to the Pioneer Valley in 1860.
Queensland State Archives Item ID436320, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
From the Queensland Heritage Register.
The Mackay Sugar Research Institute was constructed in 1953 by builder Don Johnstone to a design by prominent architect Karl Langer. Initially, only one section, the eastern wing, was constructed, with the second or western wing opened in August 1966. Mackay architect HVM Brown prepared plans for the second stage of the building in 1963 based on Langer’s original design.
Following the exploration and mapping of pastoral runs in the Mackay district in the early 1860s, the fertile land was soon reduced to smaller selections. It was found that the region was particularly suited to the growing of sugar cane and by 1870 the production of sugar was the region’s principal industry. The development of the industry was assisted by the opening of a State Nursery in 1889. Originally built to explore the suitability of diverse forms of agriculture, the ‘Lagoons’ site