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HISTORY ROOM
OUR COLLECTION
The society welcomes information about
any of these suburbs and the past residents.
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Alderley
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Enoggera
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Everton
Park
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Ferny
Grove
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Gaythorne
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Grovely
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Keperra
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Mitchelton
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Newmarket
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Oxford
Park
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Upper Kedron
Our collection is located at the
Enoggera Memorial Hall in Trundle
Street and you are encouraged to visit and
peruse what we hold in our library - we do not charge admission but a
donation is always appreciated.
Our
collection includes information on:
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schools
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sporting
groups
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associations
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railways
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trams
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maps
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pioneers
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land
ownership
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family
trees
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photographs
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oral
histories
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and
much more
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Society
Objectives
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To
collect, preserve, publish, display, study, buy, sell, exchange or
otherwise handle as appropriate materials of all kinds and information relevant
to the history of Enoggera and the surrounding districts
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To
promote community understanding of the importance of recording and
maintaining historical records of Enoggera and the surrounding districts
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To
provide a local resource centre for the public to obtain historical
information of Enoggera and the surrounding districts
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Subject
to all necessary approval being obtained, to raise funds by public
subscription or otherwise for all or any of the above objects
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To
co-operate with other community groups, schools, libraries and individuals
in relation to all and any of the foregoing activities
You can help us by…
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Visiting
the history rooms
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Supporting
our activities or making a donation
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Sending
us items such as photographs, and documents
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Visiting
us for a chat… or if convenient we will come to you
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Becoming
a member
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PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
Enoggera District Heritage Trail
Researched and written by Barbara Gunn and Maureen
Shannon.
Price: A$6.00 plus postage and
handling
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The Enoggera
District Heritage Trail covers a relatively short distance in that it
begins and ends at the intersection of South Pine Road and Samford Road
(Alderley) and goes West as far as the shops on Samford Road at Gaythorne. After
travelling South Pine Road
as far as Pickering Street
and when Samford Road
is again met, the trail returns down Samford Road to the starting place.
There are some small diversions to other streets along the way and, in
all forty-six places are pinpointed.
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Between Kedron Brook and Taylor Range:
Researched
and written by Barbara Gunn and Maureen Shannon
Price: A$10.00 plus postage and
handling
Follow Maureen and Barbara on a
nostalgic journey through the history of seven suburbs; Gaythorne,
Mitchelton, Oxford Park, Grovely, Keperra, Ferny Grove and Upper Kedron,
literally from Kedron Brook to the Taylor Range. Why did 70 Servicemen
refuse to parade at Grovely in 1943? Where in today’s
Brisbane Forest Park was gold mined? When did Mitchelton Park
cease to become a trotting venue? How did the Taylor Range
get its name? Find out the answer to these and many more questions in this
delightful book.
Mitchie Picture Show:
The Story of the Nugent Family and the Mitchelton Picture Theatre
by Kevin Olivieri
Price: A$6.00 plus postage and
handling
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John Nugent erected the first Picture
Theatre at 37 Osborne Road
Mitchelton in 1916. Renovations and rebuilding were carried out in 1923, 1939
and 1956. It ceased to operate as a picture theatre in 1959, but the
Nugent association with the site did not cease until 1983.
This is the story of the 'Mitchie
Picture Show', of John and Jemima Nugent, and particularly of Frank,
their only son, and his wife Peg. The Nugent family, the Mitchelton
Picture Theatre, and the residents of Mitchelton were not discrete
elements of the community but existed as a integrated regional entity.
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