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Walking Windsor Video
WalkaboutWithRob is a YouTube video channel with over 150 short historical documentaries of areas in Brisbane, SE Queensland and beyond. Award winning film director Robert

The Blind WW1 Soldier
Frank Horace Barnett was born in Brighton England around 1889. He migrated to Queensland around 1910 and obtained work at CSR Co Ltd. in

Windsor Oil Tanks
From 1911, Messrs Bowser & Lever operated a quarry and office at the corner of Lutwyche and Newmarket Roads at Windsor. This

Vale Robert Cooper
The Windsor and Districts Historical Society is saddened to advise of the passing of our President, Robert Cooper. Robert was the longest serving President of

Colwill Place – Windsor
Arthur William Colwill was born in the then, Shire of Windsor, 1892. He attended the Bowen Bridge Road State School that existed for 50 years

Shire/Town of Windsor – Historical Estate Maps
The society has a collection of copies of over 100 historical estate maps of the area. Was your house built on one of these estates?

Sketches of local historical places
Renowned painter and sketcher,, Tony Walker has begun sketching local prominent buildings, shops and streetscapes in the area that was once the Town of Windsor.

Windsor School of Arts Building
Ideas to establish a School of Arts existed by local residents even before the Windsor Shire was created in 1887. In 1910 after the shire

Windsor Substation
This tramway substation was constructed circa 1948 during the postwar expansion of Brisbane’s public transport infrastructure. Electric trams were first introduced to Brisbane in 1897

Historical Homes – Rosemount
Rosemount House is important in demonstrating the evolution of Queensland – and Windsor’s- history. The original stone cottage was first built in 1855 by Daniel

Windsor War Memorial
Windsor War Memorial Park is a heritage-listed park with war memorial at 311 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in

Windsor State School – The Constitution Rd corner
This land was part of the playing fields of the Windsor State School (opened 1916) and was used for Aussie Rules football and cricket. During World

Windsor State School
Windsor State School has an outstanding reputation as a school with a strong sense of community spirit and support. This reputation began in 1865 when

How 226-million-year-old tuff rock formed the foundations of Brisbane
ABC Radio Brisbane | By Jessica Hinchliffe While Queenslanders are renowned for being resilient and loyal, the rocks of Brisbane are known for their own unique

The Windsor Crystal Theatre
The Windsor Picture Palace (as it was known then) opened around 1920, in Lutwyche Road Windsor, near the corner with Le Geyt Street. A vestibule

Film footage of Wilston State School (ca.1954)
Among several amateur films recently digitised by State Library of Queensland is an eight minute film of an event held at Wilston State School, purportedly

All that remains of Windsor council is a tuff old building
Brisbane Times | 26th January 2018 It’s funny how you can pass something a thousand times and never really see it. Such is the case

Newmarket Progress Hall
In 1912 the Newmarket end of the Town of Windsor was booming. The Newmarket Saleyards were very busy; the tram lines had been extended; the

President’s Report 2018
2018 has been another great year for the Windsor and District Historical Society and I thank you very much for the honour of being your

Historical homes – Kirkston
Said to be one of Brisbane’s most architecturally accomplished buildings of its time, Kirkston was built in 1889 by one John Young of Young’s Shop

Eildon Hill Reserve
from Weekend Notes Chances are, if you’ve visited or lived in Brisbane for more than a mere week, you’re most likely familiar to our iconic

Inner-Brisbane church could be converted into units
AN OLD church in an inner Brisbane suburb could be born again as apartments. The post-war church building at 8 Kedron Brook Road in Wilston

Brisbane trams: Why we no longer take them to work, and where to go for a ride today
Trams are an iconic part of Melbourne, just as they used to be in Sydney. But you may not know they once played an important

Brisbane Tuff
Brisbane Tuff indeed is a wonder rock and has been quarried since first settlement of Brisbane. The first quarry was the Kangaroo Point Cliffs and