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Main Title: Toowong : 1863-2011 / compiled by Marilyn England.
Author: England, Marilyn.
Imprint: Toowong, Qld. : Toowong History Group, 2012.
Collation: 133 p. : ill., pbk, ; 30 cm.
Subject: General histories
Toowong (Qld)
Suburbs of Brisbane (Qld)
ISBN: 9780646588179
Notes:
Includes index.

Contents include: Toowong - the early days from 1863: A few rough reminiscences of early Toowong c 1872 / J. O’Neill Brenan and Alison MacPhail p1. W.L.G. Drew, Queensland Auditor-General 1877-1889: ‘Minto’ built c 1863 [1868] p7. Eliza Mary Rogers: ‘Middenbury’ built c 1865 p11. Walter Horatio Wilson MLC, Brisbane solicitor: ‘Sherwood Grove’ built c 1875 p21. Thomas Finney, Brisbane businessman: ‘Sidney House’ built c 1882 p25. William Kellett MLA, Brisbane auctioneer: ‘Boyna’ built c 1885 p31. Richard Gailey, eminent citizen of Toowong: ‘Glen Olive’ built c 1890 p33. Thomas White, Melbourne businessman: ‘Kiarraba’ built c 1898 p41. George Watkins, Queen Street chemist: ‘Maroomba’ built c 1894 p45. Sir Arthur Palmer and the Palmer houses of Toowong: ‘Easton Gray’ built 1869 p51. John William Todd, auctioneer: ‘Grosvenor’ built c 1883 p59. The Undertakers’ Picnic p67.
Toowong: school days from the 1950s and 1960s / John Bray p73. Growing up in Toowong / Kevin Southern p79. Reminiscences of a boarder at BBC / Arthur Beau Palmer p85. Toowong: stories from its two memorial parks: Toowong Memorial Park, Sylvan Road: lest we forget / Michael Yeates p99. The Anzac Park story and the fight by the people of Toowong to save it in 2011 / Iain MacPhail p109.

Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 994.31 TOOW ENG Available