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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

Rosemount House Windsor
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

Windsor Heritage Walk
One of Brisbane’s oldest shires, Windsor has unfortunately suffered the ravages of progress more than most, with quarrying, major road and tunnel works slicing through

New Apostolic Church
The Windsor Congregation of the New Apostolic Church’s origins go back to the 1920s when members of this religion settled in Brisbane and started holding

Remount Depot
Horses for the Army. Work at Wilston. Source: The Telegraph: 15 September 1914 One of the busiest centres of military preparations in the metropolitan area

Windsor’s heritage-listed homes and places
The Brisbane City Council maintains a Heritage Database which allows searches for places, heritage buildings and places of significance. Physical details, historical information, builder, architectural

Historical Windsor residences – Boothville
The imposing Victorian villa Boothville began life as a stroke of luck for a lucky office manager of the Queensland National Bank who had a