Contents of Toowong Library Local History Folder Two - Toowong

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Section One: Suburb of Toowong

1.      "Settlers Bartered at Toowong" Sunday Sun, June 20 1975

2.     "Seen This?" (Kayes Rocks at Toowong) Sunday Mail

3.     History of Toowong (article) (Source Unknown)

4.     Photographs of Toowong, from newspaper article. (Source Unknown)

5.     Photograph and text from the Patterson Collection reproduced on their 1875-1975 100th year calendar "With Compliments of Pattersons"

6.     Blaike, George "Our Strange Past: Sour Grapes for our Sugar Daddy" (Source Unknown)

7.     "Striding Ahead " From the Bullock Wagon Days" (Source Unknown)

8.     Bennett, Helen "Community: Studying A Community Concept: late Nineteenth Century Toowong, Personal Brisbane

9.     "Pioneer Memory" Advertiser, 2 June 1976

10.   "Railway boosts Village" Telegraph, June 23rd, 1977

11.   Kieza, Grantlee, "They Rest in Peace" Telegraph, Friday January 15, 1982

12.   Brisbane City Council (1996) "Heritage Trail: Toowong Cemetery", Brisbane City Council Heritage Unit Series No. 5 Edition 4.

13.   "Spirited band speaks up for the dead" Courier Mail, Saturday March 18, 1995

14.   From "The Brisbane Centenary Official Historical Souvenir", 1924, from page 155

15.   Brisbane Suburban History Series: No. 9 Toowong. Compiled from information held by the Oxley Memorial Library and the Queensland State Archives, 1972

16.   "Old Toowong"" Sunday Sun June 6, 1976

17.   "Steady Expansion" Westside News (Date Unknown)

18.   "Toowong Expanding!" Time Off, August 23, 1985

19.   "Funds for Toowong Cat" Westside News, Wednesday, June 6, 2001

20.  "Vandals Hunted" Westside News, Wednesday, May 16, 2001

21.   "Roads top Budget" Westside News, Wednesday, May 6, 2001

22.  "Pool to reopen as fate debated" Westside News, Wednesday, October 6, 1999

23.  "Pool protests plan" Westside News, Wednesday, November 4, 1998

24.  "Gone! But residents vow to continue fight" Westside News, Wednesday, May 2001

25.  "Toowong: Alicia Pyke continues our occasional series on Brisbane"s past" (Source Unknown)

26.  Labour waits to claim Ryan win" Westside News, Wednesday, March 28, 2001, page 5.

27.  "Memory Lane Stroll" South West News

 

Section Two: Toowong Library

1.      " "Devastated" by library closure", Courier Mail, Friday June 11th, 1982

2.     "Democrat angry over library closure" Telegraph, Tuesday June 15th, 1982

3.     "Brisbane needs good advice on libraries" Courier Mail, June 18th, 1982

4.     "BCC "panic" over library" Telegraph, Friday July 9th, 1982

5.     "Library "sell-out"  claims Beanland, Telegraph, Tuesday July 13th, 1982

6.     "Bid to stop library closure" Courier Mail, Wednesday July 14th, 1982

7.     "Toowong Library", Courier Mail, Friday June 11th, 1982

8.     "Toowong Library Proves a Point", Courier Mail, Wednesday July 21st, 1982

9.     "Extend Library Opening Hours", Courier Mail, Friday July 23rd 1982

10.   "Requiem For A Library: The Last Chapter" Courier Mail, Saturday July 31st 1982

11.   "Library to Close" Courier Mail, Thursday June 10th, 1982

12.   "Library closure "major scandal"" Courier Mail Monday October 25th, 1982

13.   "Library Sites being Studied" Telegraph, Monday August 16th, 1982

14.   "Library Site is ripe for "greedy" " Daily Sun, Tuesday October 26th, 1982

15.   "Prices variance on new roof" Daily Sun, Wednesday October 27th, 1982

16.   "No queues, but library output up" Courier Mail, Wednesday October 27th, 1982

17.   "Toowong set-up "was too costly" "Courier Mail, Wednesday October 27th, 1982

18.    "Library book not closed" Courier Mail, Wednesday October 27th, 1982

19.    "Kettles and pots" Courier Mail, November 3rd, 1982

20.   "Library: Another Belle Vue?" Courier Mail, Friday November 5th 1982

21.    "Resident makes a plea to save Toowong Library" Courier Mail,   Wednesday November 3rd, 1982

22.   "Council lacks concern" Daily Sun, Tuesday November 9th, 1982

23.   "Library Rally" Daily Sun, Tuesday November 30th, 1982

24.   "Gwen will fight on" Telegraph, Monday November 8th, 1982

25.   "Library "secrets"" Courier Mail, Wednesday December 8th, 1982

26.   "Library rally men optimistic" Telegraph, Thursday December 2nd, 1982

27.   "Monday library talk likely" Courier Mail, Friday December 10th, 1982

28.  "Toowong Gets Back its library" Courier Mail, Saturday December 11th, 1982

29.  "Plan to save library" Courier Mail, Thursday December 9, 1982

30.  "Toowong library protest" Daily Sun, Wednesday December 1st, 1982

31.   "Hinze library check" Courier Mail, Friday November 12th, 1982

32.  "Not just books" Telegraph, Monday December 13th, 1982

33.  "Toowong library survives" Daily Sun, Saturday December 11th, 1982

34.  " Library fight still on" Sunday Mail, December 19th, 1982

35.  "A library every 3km" Courier Mail, Friday December 10th, 1982

36.  "A simpler game" Daily Sun, Friday February 11th, 1983

37.  " "Open idle library now" "Courier Mail, Monday February 14th, 1983

38.  "New library no testimonial" Courier Mail, Wednesday March 16th, 1983

39.  "Time to re-open Toowong library" Courier Mail, Thursday March 31st, 1983

40.  (Title unknown) Courier Mail, Wednesday May 11th 1983

41.   "Library to get face-lift" Courier Mail, Saturday May 7th, 1983

42.  "Bill one for the Books"Cost hits the roof" Daily Sun, Thursday September 29th, 1983

43.  "Back to the books" Courier Mail Tuesday September 20th, 1983

44.  "Confusion on Library date" Daily Sun, Monday December 5th, 1983

45.  Allen, Elizabeth "Library re-opening greeted with glee" Courier Mail, Tuesday December 6th, 1983

46.  "Library"s opening ends row" Daily Sun, Tuesday December 6th, 1983

47.  "Library Sale Likely" Westside News, Wednesday, August 11th, 1998

48.  "Library move doubt" Westside News, Wednesday, September 14th, 1998

49.  "Queensland Heritage Act 1992S34(3): Former Toowong Library" Courier Mail, Saturday, February 26th, 2000

50.  "Council plans sale of heritage listed library" South-West News, Wednesday, August 11th, 1999

51.   "Making news" Courier Mail, Saturday, October 16th 1999

52.  "Application to develop Toowong library, pool" Westside News, Wednesday, April 12, 2000

53.  "I like peace of library" Westside News, Wednesday, September 9th, 1999

54.  " Library saved as sale goes ahead" Courier Mail, Saturday, August 7th 1999

55.  "Library Costs rising" Westside News, Wednesday, September 9th 1997

56.  "Library hours stay" Westside News, Date Unknown

57.  Carnevale, Vanessa, "Toowong Library, then and now", Architectural Digest Australia, Winter 99, pages 96-100

58.  "Temporary closure of Toowong Library" Brisbane City Council a5 flier. Distributed through libraries.

59.  "New Toowong library opening hours" Brisbane City Council a5 flier. Distributed through libraries.

60.  "The new Toowong library opens Thurs 1 March 2001" Brisbane City Council a3 poster. Displayed in libraries.

 

Section Three: Toowong State School

1.      "Toowong School Centenary: 3000 help celebrate" (Source Unknown)

2.     "The school that has had four names" (Source Unknown)

3.     "Centenary brings back memories" The Express, June 25th, 1980

4.     Deeth, M; Spiers, R; Pack, J (1980) "Toowong State School Centenary 1880-1980", Tennyson Printery: Brisbane. (This is a photocopy of a book).

 

Section Four: Ithaca and Toowong Record (selected copies)

1.      No. 34, Saturday, September 7, 1895

2.     No. 47, Saturday, December 7, 1895

3.     No. 56, Saturday, December 15, 1896

4.     No. 59, Saturday, March 7, 1896

5.     No. 81, Saturday, August 8, 1896

6.     No. 89, Saturday, October 3, 1896

7.     No. 98, Saturday, December 5, 1896

8.     No. 120, Saturday, May 8, 1897

9.     Saturday, July 3, 1897

 

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2 August 2001