Brisbane history – Page 2 – Christopher Dawson

Queensland Cemetery History: A Varied Body of Work

Looking back at an extensive record of working in Queensland cemetery history.

Written in 1893, this is a look back at the many different floods to have hit Brisbane and Ipswich before that time.

Fascinating accounts of day-to-day life in 1841 at the first (non-convict) European settlement in the Moreton Bay region.

Fascinating accounts of day-to-day life in 1841 at the first European (non-convict) settlement in the Moreton Bay region.

Did Johnny Cash really play a concert at Brisbane’s Boggo Road Gaol? Read about the facts behind the story here.

Were bodies once buried within the grounds of Boggo Road prison? Find out here.

A vivid description of the Brisbane River as it was circa 1830, at the height of the local convict era.

Is it time for a change of management at the Boggo Road heritage prison, and to create a Heritage and Arts Hub there?

A discussion about some of the demands for big spending to improve a Brisbane cemetery.

Another expose of the ‘paranormal industry’ getting history wrong in Queensland.