The Cells of Secret Service museum

Back in January, I went for a walk following steps of Jan Rodowicz alias "Anoda". He was was a scout, soldier of the Grey Ranks of the Home Army during WW2. He received orders for bravery during the war. Yet, due to his involvement in the anti-communist movement, he was killed by Secret Service on... Read more »

Museum of Life in People’s Republic of Poland

Currently, I'm in Poland and on Monday I visited Museum of Life in the Polish People's Republic. It's a place presenting everyday life in Poland under the communist regime from 1945 to 1989. I remember some of the things from my childhood, other I learned from parents or at school. It was an interesting visit... Read more »
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  • Mayors of Brisbane – Part 1

    This month I'm taking part in Movember for the fifth time, and this year I decided to share a history of Brisbane by presenting the former Mayors of the city, some with very interesting facial hair. If you haven't heard about #Movember yet, I'll quickly explain you. Movember Foundation is a charity organisation created in Melbourne... Read more »
  • Queen Elizabeth II visiting Australia

    Last Monday was Queen's Birthday Holiday in Australia (excluding WA and QLD) so in this post wanted to recall the Queen's visits to the country. Many members of the British Royal family visited Australia, you can read more in my previous post. The early royal tours stretched over months, full of official events such as... Read more »
  • Royal Visits to Brisbane

    Royal visits to Brisbane – Part 1

    When I was researching about Annerley for blog posts I came across the history of Princess Alexandra Hospital located in this suburb. The institution was named to honour Princess Alexandra who visited to celebrate Queensland’s centenary year in 1959. 100 years earlier Queen Victoria signed the Letters Patent to create the colony of Queensland on 6... Read more »
  • Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1899 by William Henry Corfield

    Recently I was looking for a book about early days of Queensland and found this great work of William Henry Corfield. I got a free ebook from Amazon. The "Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1899" presents an adventurous life of a future state politician. Originally in 1920 he prepared an essay for the Journal of the Royal Historical Society of... Read more »
  • History of Annerley – Part 2

    Last week in a post "History of Annerley - Part 1" I wrote about beginnings of the area and the genesis of Annerley's name. This week I will write about development of the suburb. Overlooking Ipswich Road and Juliette Streets, Annerley [John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 188320] John Soden's Omnibuses As... Read more »
  • Samford Village Heritage Trail

    Last week on Instagram I took you to Samford Village in Moreton Bay region, north-west of Brisbane. Probably the first European settler in the Samford district was Archibald Young whose application to lease land in the area to run cattle was accepted in 1855 and he called it Samford Run. Below are photos from a walk I... Read more »
  • 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 »
  • 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 »
  • 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 »
  • Woolloongabba heritage

    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 »