BRIBIE PEOPLE
Courtesy of Marilyn Yarrow (nee Bruckner)
Courtesy of Marilyn Yarrow (nee Bruckner)
Bribie Island Historical Society
Courtesy of Marilyn Yarrow (nee Bruckner)
A Boonah family's holiday house was built in 1922.
The Bruckner family visited Bribie from the early days of the Resort and built a holiday home in 1922.
Courtesy and permission Georgina Stewart
From the Pocket Brisbane 5th Edition 1917 Intelligence & Tourist Bureau booklet
Courtesy Huet photo collection.
Courtesy and permission Georgina Stewart
Caretaker Ladies of Bribie
The Tug Company Caretakers' wives sold provisions to campers and managed the dining room and store for the Company.
Courtesy Sr Francine Shaw
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Emily & Tom Wilkinson “Kyogle Boarding House”
The Kyogle Boarding House commenced in 1923 on South Esplanade with a Miss Petrie and Mrs Sapp as managers until Mrs Emily Wilkinson took over the role in 1926.
Courtesy MBRC P2275.
Courtesy SLQ Acc No 7609.
Courtesy MBRC P0780___IAN_7315.
Courtesy MBRC P2275.
Ian Fairweather
After a lifetime of travel and adventure, in 1953 at the age of 62, this world-famous artist came to live in isolation on Bribie Island. He created some of his finest paintings in this hut over the next 21 years until his death in 1974.
A detail from a Lithograph, hand-coloured with watercolour, on paper by Augustus Earle.
Courtesy National Gallery of Australia
Lithograph, hand-coloured with watercolour, on paper by Augustus Earle.
A detail from a Lithograph, hand-coloured with watercolour, on paper by Augustus Earle.
Bongaree the Man
Bongaree (or Bungaree) was an indigenous Garigal man from the Broken Bay area in Sydney. Born circa1775.
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia,vol.II, 1886
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Picturesque Atlas of Australasia,vol.II, 1886
Castaways: Pamphlett, Parsons & Finnegan
Thomas Pamphlett, Richard Parsons and John Finnegan in late September 1823 crossed over the Pumicestone Passage and arrived on Bribie Island. They were welcomed by the Ngunda people.
Photo Courtesy of E Gobolos.
Courtesy E Gobolos.
Formal portrait ca1915 Courtesy E Gobolos
Photo Courtesy of E Gobolos.
Emily Howard Coungeau
Although Emily had humble beginnings, by the end of her life she was acclaimed as a successful businesswoman, prolific and popular poet and lyricist.
Engraving, published on 17th June 1854 in The Illustrated London News
Used by the Indigenous people of Bribie.
Courtesy Thomas Bancroft photo collection SLQ
Engraving, published on 17th June 1854 in The Illustrated London News
Indigenous People of Bribie Island
The island was inhabited by the Ngunda people - later known as the Joondoburri - when Europeans first arrived. Despite thriving on the rich resources of the island for thousands of years, by 1891 there were no indigenous people left on the island.
by unknown photographer State Library of New South Wales, PXA 943
by unknown photographer State Library of New South Wales, PXA 943
by unknown photographer State Library of New South Wales, PXA 943
Captains Bingle and Edwardson
In 1822 Governor Brisbane sent Captains Bingle & Edwardson to see if they could find the entrance of a large river in Moreton Bay.
Photo courtesy Vera Huet Campbell family photos.
Photo courtesy Burge family photos.
Courtesy Vera Huet Campbell family photos
Photo courtesy Vera Huet Campbell family photos.
Davies Family of Glan-Y-Mor
Davies family from Bulimba set up a Boarding-House on Bribie in 1917.
From backcover of Hector Holthouse's Illustrated History of Queensland.
Courtesy Holly Shiach
Courtesy Holly Shiach
From backcover of Hector Holthouse's Illustrated History of Queensland.
Hector & Sibyl Holthouse
Many remarkable people have made Bribie their home and Hector and Sibyl Holthouse fit that bill.
Devonshire Street Cemetery (Defunct) Sydney, City of Sydney, NSW MEMORIAL ID 198431999
Public domain
Family memorial from Ancestry.com
Devonshire Street Cemetery (Defunct) Sydney, City of Sydney, NSW MEMORIAL ID 198431999
John Uniacke
Uniacke's personal account of the John Oxley expedition and Pamphlet and Finnegan’s survival was published in London in 1825 by former NSW Judge, Barron Field, in his Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales.