Yes, Marg, it starts to bring everything together when you see the connection between the explorers' names and familiar places around today. That's one of the reasons why going through the Toowong Cemetery is almost like reading a list of Brisbane suburbs/streets/roads. :) Gloria -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 28 January 2012 6:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: AUS-QLD Digest, Vol 7, Issue 26 Today's Topics: 1. Michael Joseph McQUILLAN (Helen Duggan) 2. Re: Michael Joseph McQUILLAN (Janet) 3. Re: Michael Joseph McQUILLAN (Lynne) 4. Re: More on getting around Qld in 1892 and earlier (Gloria Sheehan) 5. Re: More on getting around Qld in 1892 and earlier- timeline (MargM) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:19:25 +1300 From: "Helen Duggan" <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-QLD] Michael Joseph McQUILLAN To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hoping someone can help in supplying information on Michael Joseph McQUILLAN Born in Scotland in 1860, married in NSW in 1892 to Ellen Reilly and died in Queensland on 1 May 1935. I am hoping someone can supply place of death & a possible burial. Helen NZ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:40:18 +1000 From: "Janet" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Michael Joseph McQUILLAN To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Hello Helen, Michael Joseph McQUILLAN was a miner, living at South Side, Gympie when the 1934 Qld Electoral Roll was taken. Cheers Janet ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:22:09 +1000 From: Lynne <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Michael Joseph McQUILLAN To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii He was buried in the Gympie Cemetery on 2/5/1935 Lynne Sent from my iPhone On 27/01/2012, at 6:19 PM, "Helen Duggan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoping someone can help in supplying information on Michael Joseph McQUILLAN > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:04:24 +1000 From: "Gloria Sheehan" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] More on getting around Qld in 1892 and earlier To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sorry, June, I didn't pick up the first reply from you. The three relevant pages are copied below...because this email format is not html, therefore no tables constrain the information, I apologise if anything seems out of order. APPENDIX 2 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS IN SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND 1823-1961 (The following summary chronology comes from Rod Fisher et al., SEQ2001, 1995 Margaret Pullar, Historic Travel Routes of Queensland, 1995, John Kerr, The triumph of narrow gauge, a history of Queensland railways,1990 and Marion Diamond, A history of the Main Roads Department, Queensland, unpub.) DATE EVENT 1823 Oxley's first journey up the Brisbane River 1824 Oxley, Cunningham and Butler journey upstream to Colleges Crossing and environs 1825 Major Edmund Lockyer further along to the hunction with the Stanley River and the foothills of Mt Brisbane 1826 Captain Patrick Logan to the Logan River and sighting of the bar of Southport, followed by exploration of the Coomera River, Bremer River to Limestone Hills (later Ipswich) 1827 Cunningham led expedition to explore the western side of the Great Dividing Range. Discovered and named Darling Downs. Patrick Logan through the Fassifern Valley and east to Mt Barney 1828 Cunningham found Cunningham's Gap giving access from the coast to the southern Darling Downs 1828 Logan locates limestone deposits while exploring the Bremer River. Lime manufactured for building Brisbane. Logan wanted to mine coal in the vicinity of the Bremer River 1828 Logan, Cunningham and Colonial Botanist Charles Fraser from Logan River to beyond Mt Barney 1828 Cunningham from Ipswich through the Gap to the Darling Downs 1829 Cunningham around the Esk-Lockyer basin and upper Brisbane Valley to the mountains near Moore 1830 Logan through Collins Gap to the Richmond River 1830 Logan murdered while exploring between Ipswich and Esk 1838 Andrew Petrie explored areas around Brisbane and north to Maroochy River 1840 Patrick Leslie explored the Darling Downs 1840 Gorman's Gap discovered by Lieutenant Owen Gorman 1842 Andrew Petrie visited bunya gathering in the Blackall Range 1843 Dr Stephen Simpson crossed Conondale Range near the head of the Stanley River, and followed Mary River to its mouth 1845 Punt servies between Brisbane and Ipswich 1840s Road established via Flagstone Creek, through to Ipswich, Gorman's Gap and on to Darling Downs 1842 Thomas Archer built one of the earliest bridges crossing the Stanley River at Durundur 1846 New route to Brisbane east of D'Aguilar Range and upsteam of the tidal influence of coastal streams, linking with German missionaries' track to the north - entry via Nundah and Eagle Farm (following Aboriginal pathways) 1846 Track from Ipswich to Fassifern station and then to Darling Downs via Cunningham's Gap - another south cia Moogerah and White Swamp 1846 Surveyor J.C. Burnett followed Burnett River to the sea 1847 Spicer's Gap found by stockman Henry Alphan 1847 George Furber travelled north of Mary River (site of his store is Baddow) 1852 Coach services connected Ipswich and Drayton and Brisbane in the 1850s 1852 Squatter-built road from Drayton to Grantham Station and on to Ipswich was listed as the only first class road in Moreton Bay district 1854 Surveyor of roads appointed, and first task was road from Brisbane to Drayton via Ipswich and the user-pays toll road to Toowoomba 1854 Old North Road built- via Samford, Samsonvale, Terror's Creek (Dayboro) to North Pine River 1858 Road to Logan surveyed (Slacks track or the Beeleigh Road, passing Eight Mile Plains) 1859 Bridge over Mosquito Creek, a tributary of Sideling Creek 1860 Only 7 roads in Qld, including Brisbane to Gayndah (north road); the Burnett on Brisbane River Road; the Logan ;Mogill; and Ipswich; and Ipswich to Drayton and Warwick by 1870 Good road from Brisbane to Nerang Creek (via Logan, Beenleigh, Alberton, Pimpama, Coomera) - daily Cobb & Co Coach services 168 by 1870 Another road south from Brisbane via Jimboomba and Veresdale 1876 Bridge at Yatala opened 1860s Influence of sugar - (Brisbane, Eight Mile Plains, Kingston, Waterford, Beenleigh) and (Belmont, Tingalpa - Capalaba - Waterford) and (Ipswich, Goodna, Brownsleigh, Tingalpa) and (Goodna, Oxley, Coopers Plains, Broadwater, Mount Petrie, Tingalpa) 1860s Old North Road to Durundur and Conondale via Kelvin Grove, Enoggera, Samford, Dayboro - when Pine River crossed, it went on to Petrie-Terror's Creek road and when Caboolture River crossed, on to Caloolture- Kilcoy Road 1865 Rail from Ipswich to Bigges Camp (Grandchester) 1866 Rail from Grandchester to Gatton and Helidon, reached Toowoomba in 1867 1868 Bustard Head Lighthouse became operational 1868 Road to Gympie goldfields - via North Pine (Petrie), Caboolture, Glasshouse Mts, Coochin Creek (Beerwah), Mellum Creek (Landsborough), Mooloolah, Cobbs Camp (Woombye), Petrie's Creek (Nambour) and Yandina 1870 Sandy Cape Lighthouse, Fraser Island, became operational 1875 Rail from Ipswich to Roma Street 1881 Rail from North Bundaberg to Moolboolaman and on to Boolboonda (1883) and Mt Perry (1884) 1881 Rail opened between Gympie and Maryborough 1883 Steamer ferry service from Brisbane to Redcliffe 1883 Rail opened from Baddow to Howard - Bundaberg (1888), Gladstone (1896) 1884 Rail from Wilkuraka (west of Ipswich) reached Lowood and Esk in 1886 1885 Rail link south to Kingston, Loganholme and Beenleigh (Southport in 1889 and Nerang by 1890) - branch to Logan Village in 1885 and Beaudesert in 1888 1885 Pettigrew established shipping depot at Eudlo Creek, which was abandoned with re-routing of North Coast rail line 1886 Rail line from Theebine to Kilkivan, Goomeri (1902), Wondai (1903), Kingaroy (1904), Nanango (1911) 1887 Rail from Isis Junction to Childers, Cordalba (1896), Dallarnil (1913) 1888 Rail reached North Pine (Petrie) and Caboolture then Landsborough in1890, Yandina, Cooroy and Martins Halfway House (Cooran) and Gympie 1891 1889 Rail line from Mungar Junction to Brooweena, then Biggenden (1891), Degilbo (1893), Gayndah (1907), Mundubbera (1914), Monto (1928) 1880s Mail coach linked Landsborough to Caloundra and Maleny 1887 Branch rail line extened from Ipswich to Dugandan 1903 Rail line extended from Nerang to Tweed Heads 1903 Beaudesert Shire Council opened light rail fork to south - reaching Rathdowney on Logan River and Hillview along Christmas Creek by 1911 (serving farmers and timber getters) 1909 Caboolture to Woodford rail line - aimed at timber trade and dairy and agricultural produce - reached Kilcoy in 1913 1911 coal rail line from Rosewood to Marburg 1911 Branch rail line from Laidley to Mulgowie 1912 Rail link from Bundaberg to Boongarra Junction 1914 Mary Valley rail branch line opened from Monkland to Kandanga - reached Brooloo in 1915 1915 rail from Logan Village to Canungra 1916 Branch rail line from Munbilla to Kalbar (Fassifern Valley) - reached to Mount Edwards in 1922 1918- 20 Rail moved from Enoggera north to Samford and Dayboro (agricultural townships) 1923 Rail connection from Murgon to Proston 1925 Jubilee Bridge opened at Southport 1926 Start of Anzac Memorial Avenue from Redcliffe to North Coast Road 1926 Road from Beaudesert through timber reserves to Mt Lindesay (access to NSW) - road also being built from Mudgeeraba to Springbrook 1927 Bridges opened across Tallebudgera and Currumbin Creeks 1930 Road from Ipswich via Aratula over Cunningham's Gap ran westwards 169 1930 Brisbane-Sydney rail link via Kyogle opened 1930 First highways declared were the Northern (61.6 miles), Brisbane-Mount Lindsay-Warwick (27.3 miles) and Pacific (1 mile) 1932 William Jolly bridge, Brisbane, opened 1930s Roads built - where possible to connect to rail. Road from Landsborough to Maleny e.g. Roads also to north coast beaches (Woombye to Maroochydore, Cooroy to Tewantin) and also Dayboro-Mt Mee- Woodford - Peachester Road 1934 First section of Bruce Highway opened from Rothwell (near Redcliffe) to Beerwah 1935 Hornibrook Highway opened 1940 Story Bridge, Brisbane, opened 1940 Toowoomba Range Road declared a state highway and became two-lane bitumen thoroughfare 1944 Beaudesert tramway closed 1955 Closure of unprofitable branch lines - Laidley Valley, Canungra, Ferny Grove to Dayboro 1959 Road begun to link Caloundra and Noosa 1960 More rail closures - Lota to Cleveland, Mt Edwards and Maryvale 1961 Rail to Nerang and Tweed Heads closed Gloria ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:06:00 +1100 From: "MargM" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] More on getting around Qld in 1892 and earlier- timeline To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Sheehan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] More on getting around Qld in 1892 and earlier > The three relevant pages are copied below...because this email > format is not > html, therefore no tables constrain the information, I > apologise if anything > seems out of order. > > APPENDIX 2 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS IN SOUTH EAST > QUEENSLAND 1823-1961 > (The following summary chronology comes from Rod Fisher et al., > SEQ2001, > 1995 Margaret Pullar, Historic Travel Routes > of Queensland, 1995, John Kerr, The triumph of narrow gauge, a > history of > Queensland railways,1990 and Marion > Diamond, A history of the Main Roads Department, Queensland, > unpub.) Hi Gloria Thanks for posting all this info . Have certainly learnt a lot about how folk moved from place to place and was a refresher on why places, for example, like the Lockyer Valley where named thus. Bye MargM Qld List Admin ------------------------------ To contact the AUS-QLD list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the AUS-QLD mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AUS-QLD Digest, Vol 7, Issue 26 **************************************