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History of Annerley – Part 1

Today I want to share with you the history of Annerley - the suburb of south side Brisbane where I moved in some three years ago. Annerley is located about 6 kilometres south of Brisbane CBD. Annerley covers the central part of the former Shire of Stephens I wrote about here and here. In this post, I'm... Read more »
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Heritage walk along the bay at Sandgate

Last week on Instagram I shared photos of some of the heritage buildings on Flinders Parade at Brighton and Sandgate Foreshore. There are more buildings with character yet I focused on those listed on Brisbane and Queensland Heritage Registers. Also, at the bottom of the post, you can find an interactive map with all of the... Read more »
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ANZAC Day in Brisbane

This year is the 100th anniversary of the first ANZAC Day which falls on 25th April - commemorations of the fallen heroes of Australia and New Zealand during the First World War. These days ANZAC Day actually commemorates all Australians killed in all military operations. Last year I attended the ceremonies of the 100th anniversary of the... Read more »
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Heritage of Woolloongabba + save Abbotsleigh – week on photos 18 April

In a past week, my main focus was on Woolloongabba. One afternoon when I dropped off my car for a service I went for a walk and looked at some of the heritage listed buildings in the area. Actually, I saw more beautiful buildings that were on the heritage register. On Saturday, I attended a "Save Abbotsleigh"... Read more »
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The Tweed Valley heritage drive

In my last post, I shared a history of the Tweed Valley region, you can read it here. Today, I'm going to write about Tweed Valley heritage places we visited during the weekend. Tweed Valley Map [www.everywherehistory.com] Bilambil and Terranora We stayed in a village Bilambil, which name according to the Geographical Names Board of NSW derived... Read more »
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Brisbane Heritage – Photos 11 April

In a past week, I posted mostly photos of Queensland Heritage Listed buildings and places in Brisbane. On Saturday when I had more time to explore Brisbane I found my "outdoor office" in one of the parks on Enoggera Creek. Later on, I found out that Downey Park is actually listed in Brisbane Heritage Register. A... Read more »
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The Tweed Valley

Over the Easter break, we went away for few days. Usually, we go somewhere close to the beach, but, this time, we decided to stay a little bit inland and we found a nice place at Bilambil just across the Queensland and New South Wales border, about 100 kilometres south of Brisbane. The great Tweed Volcano Mount... Read more »
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Last week’s photos – 4 April

Last week on my Instagram profile @everywherehistory I shared more photos of Brisbane heritage. The first photo was from my walk at West End when I was exploring industrial part of the suburb. Followed with a photo of Kangaroo Point Cliffs with Naval Stores and St Mary's Anglican Church, you can read about them on this blog. There... Read more »