Tuesday 20 December 2016

TROVE TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER, 2016 ... EARLY CHRISTMASES, BRISBANE



TROVE

as always, has so much to offer.
I hope you enjoy this collection of 
Christmas photos and Greeting Cards
related to Brisbane, Qld
over approx. 75 years.



Christmas card issued by Greenfield and Barraclough, Brisbane Opticians, ca. 1893 SLQ






Christmas day at the Trackson residence, Newmarket, Brisbane, 1900 SLQ





Christmas postcard of Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, ca. 1908 SL Qld




Christmas at 'Marama'. (Description supplied with photograph.)
Family celebrating Christmas in Brisbane, 1920
  • Creator
  • Hoy, William, 1892-1978
  • Published
  • John Oxley Library, 
  • State Library of Queensland, 
  • December 1920
Marama was the name of a steamship, used as a hospital ship during WW1
http://www.ssmaritime.com/Marama.htm

Perhaps it was also the name of the house.



Christmas greetings from the Minister and Officers of the Department of Public Lands, Brisbane, 1920 SLQ




Christmas card from Lord Mayor 1925 SL Qld




Albert Street Methodist Church, later to be dwarfed by the SGIO and other buildings.
Undated - State Library Qld



Brisbane City Hall with a rather simple Christmas tree compared to what we have now.
Though undated, this was after 1969 when cars were no longer allowed in the Square 
and just before one of the number of makeovers that have happened since the 1970s.



This may be out of sequence, but I thought I would keep the best till last..
 Christmas greetings poem from Ipswich Cash & Carry store, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1940s SLQ

These were included in all the grocery orders, I wonder how many of the customers
recognised themselves in this poem.


Tuesday 13 December 2016

TROVE TUESDAY DEC 13, 2016.. Urunga & District History





URUNGA AND DISTRICT 
CEDAR INDUSTRY

EXCERPTS FROM TROVE



 SHIPPING WAS VITAL


 SO WAS PLANTING NEW TREES

The Forestry Commission played an important part.

Raleigh Sun (Bellingen, NSW : 1898 - 1918), Saturday 8 September 1917, page 2 


ONE OF MANY INVOLVED IN THE INDUSTRY

Coffs Harbour Advocate (NSW : 1907 - 1942; 1946 - 1954), Tuesday 13 December 1927, page 3 



OLD CEDAR TRAILS CAME IN HANDY

Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Tuesday 9 January 1934, page 8 


INDUSTRY REVIVED IN THE '40S

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 1 November 1947, page 10 

(Please click on images to enlarge.)




IN 1947, CEDAR BECAME EVEN MORE VALUABLE


Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 - 1955), Monday 15 December 1947, page 13 




OPINIONS VARIED AS TO HOW TO TREAT THE TIMBER


(PLEASE CLICK THE ABOVE IMAGES TO ENLARGE)

DR. GEORGE HEWITT WAS AS WELL KNOWN 
AS A HORTICULTURIST AS A DOCTOR,
SO HE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME INFLUENCE.



You can read more about the beautiful red cedar here

http://gilmour.design/blog/australian-red-cedar