Three sold out local history library talks at Annerley, Fairfield and Holland Park libraries – thanks Fiona Petty, Michael Macklin and Stephanie Ryan for fascinating history talks about Lothian Street, Annerley, Yeronga and the Qld State library’s collection of digitised real estate maps. Thanks also to BCC libraries and staff.
Completion of the history of Robinson Park, Fairfield – see here
Preparation for our first home in the new Yeronga Community Centre. Here’s a sneak peak
Usual Business
10 general meetings – first Monday of the month – February-November.
All that administration that makes the organisation tick – the website, social media, the meetings, the finance, the secretarial work. And… a successful application to the Brisbane City Council for a grant to enable the purchase of furniture and equipment for the ASHG local history room.
2024 – what’s next
We move into the ASHG local history room in Yeronga Community Centre.
Watch this space for news of the 2024 program.
A recent survey of members and non members told us that people’s main interests are history talks a heritage walks; participating in history projects, informative websites and online publications;
The full survey results will be published in the future but in meantime it is helping inform an exciting 2024 program.
Last week Jeff, Anitra and I visited our new history room in Villa Street Yeronga. Not many sleeps now until we are in! Here are images of some of the room’s features:
The whole building is bright and airy – a feel good place. Check out the spaces …
Stairs or lift take us to the first floor
In the midlle of the centre is a welcome area.
Our history room is directly across from the stairs and lift.
Standing inside our room looking our through our ‘shop-front’.
Our shop-front has a large area above for posters and artefacts, and a shelf below for things like books.
There is a built-in high quality projector with hearing loop for sound directly to hearingaids.
Looking at the wall across from the projector.
In the centre of the room are powerpoints and ports to add to those around the walls.
The back of the room leads out on to a verandah.
The verandah!
The welcome area has tea/coffee making facilities …
And seating spaces in the welcome area.
Lovely toilets and showers.
Our history room with one of the 1500 x 800 folding tables on wheels.
Again the welcome area showing its high ceilings – a lovely light-filled space.
Pointing to the space where our sign will go.
And the design for our sign
It still looks like a building site on the outside … but it wont be long!
Downstairs are customer and locked car-parking areas – and our storage room.
Customer parking area …
The locked parking area.
ASHG’s storage room – plenty of space!
The centre also features a large meeting area that seats around 100, and a roomy balcony space.
The large meeting room.
Looking out from the meeting room to the balcony space.
The balcony space with servery from the commercial kitchen.
Food pantry on the balcony.
Really looking forward to ASHG’s move to our history room. Hope to see you there soon!
Local railway stations in Fairfield, Yeronga and Yeerongpilly are being upgraded and made accessible as part of the Cross River Rail project. ASHG is working with Cross River rail to provide historical signage for each of the stations. Research for the Fairfield Train Station has been finalised although the signage is yet to be installed. In the meantime Cross River rail have presented ASHG with 3 posters for the new local history room in the Yeronga Community Centre. The posters reflect each area of the research undertaken for the signage: Indigenous history; Rail (Fairfield) History and Urban Change. Denis Peel, Secretary of ASHG, holding the poster about the rail history of Fairfield in the above photo. Denis and President Jeff Brunne undertook the research.
