Frequently Asked Questions
Please click on the plus sign icons to the left of each question to reveal answer.Yes, the society is a not-for-profit organisation and depends on the support of individuals to continue its vital work. For details of a will bequest, please contact the secretary.
Yes we have hard copies and computer files from the early 1900s to 1938
We can sometimes help you with information on the building of homes in the area.
Please contact us for more information.
Yes. We hold the burial registers for Lutwyche Cemetary
Yes we do have a hard copy register of pupils at Wooloowin State School from 1914 to more recent times. Indexes of Windsor State School (1916 +) and the Bowen Bridge Road State School (1865-1916) are available on digital files.
We are a not for profit group and your membership is vital to help support the Society.
You receive four newsletters a year and these provide interesting items along with keeping you abreast of the Society’s activities.
We have many resources specifically related to people who have lived in the area. We certainly do not have all but you could find some information in our postal directories or electoral rolls.
We are able to date some houses in the area quite accurately, with others it can only be approximate.
We hold many title deeds, estate maps and auction sales of estates, sewerage maps and photographs.
All of these resources can assist in dating a property.
While we hold some interesting pieces from the early days we are not, technically, a museum.
We are a resource centre.
1897. You can read this information on the plaque inside the southern portico.
We believe that there were settlers here in the early 1850’s. While we know the names and histories of several, we do not know them all.
We are open on Sundays and Mondays from 1 to 4 pm. However, if you have a special interest group or are planning a family reunion we are happy to arrange an opening at a time which is mutually suitable.
In the east, as far as Bonney Avenue, in the north to Kedron Brook, in the south to Breakfast/Enoggera creek and west to Enoggera Road. We also have records regarding Gordon Park and Herston which were originally not in the Windsor Town boundary.