St David’s Autumn Festival & Chrome Street Fiesta
Rocklea Station
Sunnybank Absorbed
Lewis Hill Neighbours

 

St David’s Autumn Festival. We were at this event and thanks to Barbara for setting up and minding the information stand where many people stopped for a chat and some very interesting reminiscences. We had flyers available and some books for sale.

 

 

 

 

 

Chrome Street Fiesta. It was a very wet day, so the History Walk was cancelled, but we found a great spot inside the FoodConnect Shed that was quiet and cosy. Dr Neville Buch joined Barbara and I, so visitors had three historians’ minds to pick.

 

 

 

 

Rocklea Station. This 1885-1914 waiting shelter dates back to when the Yeerongpilly to Beenleigh line was put through. It was preserved thanks only to the efforts of Railway Preservation Society of Queensland and incorporated into the 2022 upgrade as part of the Cross River Rail project. CRR would have trashed it and now, disgracefully, their online page does not credit the RPSQ at all! Local resident, Max Hooper recorded the story in the Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum’s Facebook page.

 

Sunnybank District History Group. Our group’s Area Map now takes in Sunnybank. Some of the archives from the SDHG were transferred to our collection at the library.

 

 

 

 

Arthur Lewis Place.  A group in Coopers Plains has been formed to represent the interests of residents in what is known locally as Lewis Hill. At the southwest corner lies a small park named Arthur Lewis Place. Arthur Bennett Lewis was the last of the 11 children born to John and Alice (nee Waite) Lewis who were the first of the early settlers to buy and build a home in the subdivision of the Soden’s large block, on the corner of Hammersmith and Orange Grove Road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Events

Coopers Plains History Group Monthly Meeting

Saturday 21st of June at 4pm
Coopers Plains Library Meeting Room (at the back)
All welcome. Please RSVP by text to 0491 737 603. The Coopers Plains Library Meeting Room is booked every 3rd Saturday at 4pm for us to meet. https://coopersplainshistory.bshn.org/

 

Royal Historical Society of Queensland

A Dart Centenary – Professor Raymond Dart and the Origins of Humanity
Friday, 20th June, 8:30am start at 308 Queen Street
Professor Raymond Dart, discoverer of the species of pre-homo Australopithecus africanus. Will discuss his findings on the Taung Child, uncovered in South Africa. His article was groundbreaking and a huge leap forward in our collective understanding of the origins of humanity.
For more information, or to reserve your spot, call (07) 3221 4198 or follow the link:
https://raymonddartcentenary.

 

Moorooka History Group Monthly Meeting

Saturday 5th of July at 10am
St Brendan’s Church (entrance at the left hand side)
Hawtree Street, Moorooka
Please RSVP to confirm venue by text to Barbara on 0422 287 425. The Moorooka History Group meets 1st Saturday at 10am. https://coopersplainshistory.bshn.org/moorooka-history-group/