‘NEWSLETTER’ Sandgate & District Historical Society & Museum

Opening Hours: Wednesday & Sunday 10 am - 3 pm (other times by appointment)

Phone: 3869 2283 Email : info@sandgatemuseum.com.au February 2018

NEWS HEADLINES

Welcome to 2018.

The museum is in full swing again.

Welcome to the 5 new volunteers who have found a role in the museum, and thank you to the

faithful volunteers who continue to devote hours to running the museum, guiding visitors,

gardening, mowing lawns, updating data,

maintaining the archives, and writing grants.

MUSEUM CALENDAR February Monday 19th 9.30am Management Meeting – all members are welcome Sunday 25th 2pm Historical Talk and General Meeting and afternoon tea

March Sunday 4th Clean up Australia Day Sunday 11th Guided Walk Historic Homes Monday 12th 7.45am Laurie’s Beach Walk sponsored by KSBA. Monday 19th 9.30am Management Meeting – all members welcome Saturday 24th Movie Gala in the Town Hall 10 – 3pm Museum Exhibition of the old Sandgate Movie Theatres Sunday 25th 10 – 3pm Museum Exhibition of the old Sandgate Movie Theatres Friday 30th Blue Water Festival - Museum stall at the pier Museum open

April Sunday 1st 10 – 3pm - Museum open and Devonshire Teas

UP COMING EVENTS

Sunday 25th February 2pm John Decker will tell tall tales (some true) of 70 years in Sandgate. The talk will be followed by a General Meeting and afternoon tea.

Until 30th April Nation at Sea –the Navy in World War I – Maritime Museum Saturday 3rd February 6 45pm – 8.15pm A Lost Story from the Great War The Australian Heritage Festival Fort Lytton at Night. $30 Pre-booking required 07 3393 4647 Tuesday 20th February 6pm The Wrecks and Rescue of the Royal Charlotte – Queensland’s first shipwreck. The Royal Historical Society of Queensland

A lecture presented by Prof John Pearn at the Commissariat Store Museum. 115 William Street

Brisbane,

Exhibitions Old Toys in January- with an interesting exhibition of old toys – from bobs, quoits, fiddle sticks and

marbles to strap on skates, and a model train set.

February – a Dental Display from the collection of Harold Stratford (father) and Les Stratford. Har-

old came to Sandgate in 1923. The Sandgate Dental Clinic opened in the Town Hall in 1937.

March –Sandgate’s old movie theatres, film equipment and movie posters.

Back in Time

From By the Seaside. No 26 22/2/1988 “As the work of constructing the Sandgate Pier was getting under way in 1882, so was planning by a number of business men in Brisbane to form a ferry service to connect Sandgate with other points in Moreton Bay, Brisbane and especially the Redcliffe peninsula. Without piers at other vital spots on the peninsula, it was of no avail to form, or have ferry services listed to these points. We find that on 25.10.1881 contractor Mott prepared to build the Woody Point Jetty, and work actually commenced six days later. It was envisaged that the jetty would be ready to receive passengers who might travel to Sandgate on the new railway, due to be opened in 1882. Certain criticism was levelled against the jetty thus built, in that it was too narrow, and no “lady” could pass the trolley (a truck on steel rails) with safety. Also “the shore end of the jetty was dangerous.”

what’s in a name? Taigum - 4018 It is claimed that Cabbage Tree Creek was known to the local Aboriginals as taigum or taigam which was the Aboriginal word for lawyer cane (Calamus Sp.) Early maps show the area as “Tighum”, and “Tighum Creek” was shown as an alternate name for Cab-bage Tree Creek. The name has been in use since the 1850s. In the late 1800s, Taigum was proposed as the name for the new local divisional board, but it was not adopted. In the early 1900s, the name came into use through Frederick William Drew who operated the Tyghum dairy in Beckett Road which is now part of Bridgeman Downs. Taigum had to wait until 11 August 1975 for official recognition by the Queensland Place Names Board as a suburb name. The suburb boundary was altered by the Minister for Natural Resources on 4 August 2000. [Source: Naming Brisbane-Origins of Bris-

bane’s Suburbs & Locality Names. By Beryl Roberts.(2013)]

Projects The Atkin Monument Restoration Project. Stage 1 has been completed and celebrated. Stage 2 will include landscaping, story boards, a shelter and seating. Boondall Drive-in Sign. The plaque is now on the corner of Stanworth Rd and Mayfair Place. Museum projects – Grants sought for air-conditioning, repairs to the loft door, and fencing. Stocktake the library and transfer the catalogue to the data base.

We thank the following sponsors for their continuing support-