A Broader Look at Coopers Plains
Bi–monthly meetings

A Broader Look at Coopers Plains is a book currently being authored by Simon Cole, Chair of the Coopers Plains History Group. The work is an over-arching review of the origins of the place we now call Coopers Plains, what has transpired and what we have as a suburb now. Here are some excerpts from the Introduction:

‘Crossroad’ is a metaphor for Coopers Plains in more ways than one. This book covers the area’s distinction as an early crossing of colonial tracks between four destinations south of the old Brisbane town centre. This early period was also a crossroad between two cultures, meeting over vastly different stages of development.
The actual crossroad was not just metaphorical, it was real and yet ephemeral, not fixed and unchanging. The tracks, roads, rails and highways moved over time, crisscrossing over the area and only settling fairly recently into what has become something of a crucifix, as will be described later.

Bi-monthly meetings The Coopers Plains History Group will no longer meet every month. Newsletters and meetings will be every other month this year.

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Regular Meetings

The Coopers Plains History Group meets at the Coopers Plains Library Meeting Room, which is booked on the 3rd Saturday at 4pm for February, April, June, August and October.
https://coopersplainshistory.bshn.org/

Moorooka History Group
Normally meets on the 1^st Saturday of the month at 10am at St Brendan’s Church (entrance at the left hand side) Hawtree Street, Moorooka. Call or text Barbara on 0422 287 425.