Held at Riverglenn, Indooroopilly, this was a new event for Queensland history – including streams on local history, family history, and social history. Unfortunately, RIHG missed out on a trade table for the conference. However, this proved to be a…
Cross region themes Our region stretches from Willawong to Wacol, which is a large area. However, the lives of adjacent communities flow into one another. Each of our fourteen neighbouring suburbs has its own story – and equally each has…
The Dungarees Recruitment March (1915) went through our district Because Australia had no standing army and the militia forces were by law unable to serve overseas, an all-volunteer expeditionary force, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), was formed from 15 August…
Our new website went live on 20th April, but it was launched officially on Tuesday 12 May, during National Trust Queensland’s Heritage Festival. The focus was the Heritage Festival theme of “Conflict and Compassion.” At the launch, BCC Inala Library computers…
The theme for the National Trust Heritage Festival for 2015 is “Conflict and Compassion.” The tiny settlement of Wolston (now Wacol) on the fringe of Brisbane provides one example of the response of a small community to the Great War…
In 1932 Fred’s parents bought 4a (1.6ha) on the south-west corner of Progress and Garden Roads – opposite where Richlands Station now stands. Fred was born there in 1934, the first baby born in Richlands. He attended Richlands State School:…
This year is the 100th Anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli, a time for reflection on the heroes and the horrors of war. In 1914-18 our region was very sparsely populated and so we have very few local stories of…
April 18 was endorsed as The International Day on Monuments and Sites by UNESCO in 1983. This has commonly been called World Heritage Day. “The day is about more than ‘world’ heritage sites – it seeks to raise public awareness…