“ 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:  June 19 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. IMPORTANT: This meeting will be held in the newly restored Old Baptist Church which is now in the grounds of Iona College.

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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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NEWSLETTER – Published Monthly – past issues available 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:

• Monthly newsletter (except December and January)

• Monthly meetings with interesting speakers

• Access to Resource Centre Materials

• Occasional other events

• Free research assistance

• Borrowing rights to books held at the Society’s Resource Centre                            ​​