
“ Our Aim is to Gather our Local History Before it is Lost”
MONTHLY MEETINGS - Third Thursday of the Month
(except December and January)
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LOCATION: Corner Tingal Road and Cedar Street
Time: 6:45 for 7 pm start
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NEXT MEETING: May 15 2025 Thom Blake "The House that Mary Built". Mary Dolan came to the Bedourie district in the mid-1880s. She was one of the first white woman to live in this part of Queensland. She experienced numerous hardships but was responsible of the construction of a mud or pise house in Bedourie. This house still stands in the town. Her life in the west was anything but ordinary - instead quite remarkable.Thom Blake is a Brisbane based professional historian and heritage consultant and member of the Professional Historians Association. He has researched and written about a wide range of topics relating to Queensland history and researched the history of numerous heritage places throughout the state. His publication, A Dumping Ground: a history of the Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement won the NSW Premiers History award in 2002. He recently co-authored the publication Yalanya: the life and story of Pastor Don Kawanji Brady. Don Brady was a Methodist pastor who worked in Brisbane in the late 1960s and 1970s and was prominent in the struggle for Aboriginal rights and justice.
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RESOURCE CENTRE: Local Research of People Places and Events Location: Room 1.08, Wynnum Community Centre
105 Florence Street, (Old State School), Wynnum
Time: Weekdays 10 am till noon
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FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/wynnumhistory/
Fresh posts daily
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NEWSLETTER – Published Monthly – past issues available here.
Index of articles here.
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JOIN US: WE ARE A FRIENDLY GROUP AND ALWAYS WELCOME NEW MEMBERS AND GUESTS. OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS ALWAYS END WITH A CUP OF TEA AND CHANCE TO SOCIALISE WITH LIKEMINDED PEOPLE. THE STAFF AT OUR RESOURCE CENTRE ARE FRIENDLY AND CAN HELP WITH ANY ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT.
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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
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Membership of the Society provides members with:
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Monthly newsletter (except December and January)
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Monthly meetings with interesting speakers
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Access to Resource Centre Materials
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Occasional other events
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Free research assistance
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Borrowing rights to books held at the Society’s Resource Centre ​​

