There was another good roll up for Monday night’s Talking History with Michael Macklin on the topic of the name Yeronga and the question of whether the name comes from the Indigenous language of the area – it seems it did.
You can learn more about the naming of Yeronga and other local suburbs in The Stories of Stephens, an ASHG publication, Chapter 12 (Untangling ‘Stories of Stephens’ Place Names by Dr Neville Buch, Dr Ray Kerhove and Dr Michael Macklin) of
The publication, Stories of Stephens, is available for sale ($25) from the ASHG local history room open Wednesday mornings 9.00-12.00 noon, by contacting annerleystephenshistorygroupin@gmail or buy it from Annerley Meats, 502 Ipswich Rd., Annerley.
Interested in how suburbs get their name? Come along to the ASHG Talking History at 7.00 pm on Monday 4 March and hear Michael Macklin tell the story of how the suburb Yeronga got its name.
The talk will be in the multi purpose room at the Yeronga Community Centre, cnr Villa Street and Park Road. Please enter off Villa Street.
The monthly ASHG business meeting will precede the talk at 6.00 pm.
Great day today (17 February) talking history with current and former residents of Villa Street, Yeronga about the history of their street. Our knowledge of Villa Street was greatly enhanced by the stories, photos, maps, memories that people generously shared. Thank you!
We were all excited by the high level of community interest in telling, and learning about, the history of Villa Street. Watch this space for more information about the next stage of the project.
ASHG wants to hear your stories about the history of Villa Street. Perhaps you grew up in Villa Street, or your parents or grandparents did or maybe you are a current resident. Drop in to the history room at the Yeronga Community Centre on Saturday 17 February and share your stories, photos, documents.
“The first Talking History of 2024, The History of the Yeronga Community Centre was held last night at the Community Plus+ Yeronga Community Centre (YCC), ASHG’s new home.
Thank you Mel Hilditch, Manager of Community Plus+ and Melinda McInturff, long term local resident and Community Resilience Coordinator for Community Plus+ for telling us the history of YCC with passion and commitment. From a volunteer run flood recovery centre established after the 2011 floods and eight location changes YCC is now housed in a purpose built community centre where it runs a wide variety of programs. Thank you to local member Mark Bailey for chairing last night’s session.
ASHG started in 2013 as an initiative of Community Plus+ worker Em James and local resident Kath Chown. It was fitting to begin 2024 with the history of Community Plus+ Yeronga Community Centre.
It was wonderful to see such a good turnout.
Join us for our next Talking History on Monday March 4, 7.00 pm when Michael Macklin will talk about how ‘Yeronga’ came to be adopted as the suburb name in his talk ‘Untangling ‘Yeronga‘. The talk will be preceded by the ASHG business meeting at 6.00 pm. All are welcome to both.
A happy crowd. Thanks for coming.Melinda McInturff telling the story with the assistance of a signer. So great to have the signers there.Mel Hilditch telling the story. Thanks to the signers.
