1864 was a tough year for the fledgling town of Brisbane as two devastating fires swept through its commercial hub. This book is the first comprehensive historical record of both the ordinary and well-known citizens of the early settlement city who survived the fire's ravages to lay the foundations of Australia's third biggest city.
1864 was a tough year for the fledgling town of Brisbane as two devastating fires swept through its commercial hub. This book is the first comprehensive historical record of both the ordinary and well-known citizens of the early settlement city who survived the fire's ravages to lay the foundations of Australia's third biggest city.
Sharyn Merkley is a family historian with a life-long passion for history and a Brisbane resident from birth. She is a researcher for the Genealogical Society of Queensland, which involves undertaking specilaist research projects primarily focussed on early Queensland settlers. She has worked on the Annie Wheeler Project loooking at the lives of over 2500 World War I soldiers and is currently working on an index of Battle of Waterloo veterans who settled in Australia after the conflict. She regularly volunteers as a library research assistant and is currently completing further studies on family history through the University of Tasmania.With a specific interest in the local and social history of Brisbane, Sharyn was inspired to write the story of the 1864 fires by a chance discovery of a newspaper article about the personal impacts of the fire on the citizens of the young city. She was determined to bring to light the stories of both ordinary and well-known personalities whose lives were touched by the fires - people who contributed to the early commerce of Brisbane and helped shape its growth.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments About the Author Map of the Fires Introduction 1 Queen Street 1864 The Fire of April 11 2 Edward William Fegan - The grocer who made history 3 Rowland Illidge - The gentleman hairdresser 4 Richard Ash Kingsford - Grandfather of 'Smithy' 5 Simon Fraser and John Francis Buckland - A formidable duo 6 North Brisbane Hotel - A treasure trove of tales 7 The Brisbane Volunteer Fire Brigade - 'Useless', said the Press 8 The 12th Regiment - Unruly Redcoats 9 John Phillip Jost - A pesky pork sausage maker 10 Robert Bulcock - A shrewd politician 11 William Keith - Dented but not defeated 12 John Markwell - The ironmongering tailor 13 John Alexander McDonald - An indefatigable quite achiever 14 The smoke clears ... for now 15 Refuge Row 16 Set for disaster The Fire of December 1 17 Alexander Stewart - the 'Royal' Scot 18 William Hemmant - A purveyor of ladies and gentlemen's apparel 19 Emile Gaujard - The flamboyant Frenchman 20 George Cutbush - A rocky road to success 21 Donald Dallas - Dogged by disaster 22 James Collins - A starry-eyed butcher 23 Isaac Lenneberg - The Café De Paris 24 Albert John Hockings - A legacy of plants, trees, parks and gardens 25 George Edmondstone - Pragmatic Scot and honest politician 26 Augustus John Kosvitz - Scoundrel or Saint 27 The Victoria Hotel - A chequered history 28 The Sovereign Hotel - Dispensing utmost civility and attention 29 Benjamin Henry Palmer - Shadowed by misfortune 30 Nathaniel Lade - A tragic tale 31 James Robert Dickson - A most extraordinary citizen 32 The curious case of Mr. Pillow's Humpy 33 Dawn breaks Postscript Thinking Like A Surveyor: How Brisbane CBD Got Its Shape Endnotes Cast of Characters Bibliography
Acknowledgments About the Author Map of the Fires Introduction 1 Queen Street 1864 The Fire of April 11 2 Edward William Fegan - The grocer who made history 3 Rowland Illidge - The gentleman hairdresser 4 Richard Ash Kingsford - Grandfather of 'Smithy' 5 Simon Fraser and John Francis Buckland - A formidable duo 6 North Brisbane Hotel - A treasure trove of tales 7 The Brisbane Volunteer Fire Brigade - 'Useless', said the Press 8 The 12th Regiment - Unruly Redcoats 9 John Phillip Jost - A pesky pork sausage maker 10 Robert Bulcock - A shrewd politician 11 William Keith - Dented but not defeated 12 John Markwell - The ironmongering tailor 13 John Alexander McDonald - An indefatigable quite achiever 14 The smoke clears ... for now 15 Refuge Row 16 Set for disaster The Fire of December 1 17 Alexander Stewart - the 'Royal' Scot 18 William Hemmant - A purveyor of ladies and gentlemen's apparel 19 Emile Gaujard - The flamboyant Frenchman 20 George Cutbush - A rocky road to success 21 Donald Dallas - Dogged by disaster 22 James Collins - A starry-eyed butcher 23 Isaac Lenneberg - The Café De Paris 24 Albert John Hockings - A legacy of plants, trees, parks and gardens 25 George Edmondstone - Pragmatic Scot and honest politician 26 Augustus John Kosvitz - Scoundrel or Saint 27 The Victoria Hotel - A chequered history 28 The Sovereign Hotel - Dispensing utmost civility and attention 29 Benjamin Henry Palmer - Shadowed by misfortune 30 Nathaniel Lade - A tragic tale 31 James Robert Dickson - A most extraordinary citizen 32 The curious case of Mr. Pillow's Humpy 33 Dawn breaks Postscript Thinking Like A Surveyor: How Brisbane CBD Got Its Shape Endnotes Cast of Characters Bibliography
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
