Listen to the Band!
In old Sandgate, options for musical entertainment were limited: you went somewhere to hear […] Read more
Cabbage Tree Creek: Tales of a Waterway (Part 2)
While it may no longer “sparkle out among the fern” and the feelings it […] Read more
Shorncliffe Station: All Aboard!
Shoes, bottles, tickets, cleaning supplies: somebody’s very eccentric holiday packing list? No, these were […] Read more
Brothers at War: Laurie and Felix Kempster
On 12 December 1916, brothers Laurient (Laurie) and Felix Kempster sailed to war out of Sydney […] Read more
Emma Hinton: A Pioneering Woman of Sandgate
A casual reader of the history of Sandgate and surrounding districts could be forgiven […] Read more
Baxter, Beer and Bivalves
John Thomas Baxter, fisherman, was found drowned at the Corporation Jetty, Sandgate, on 26 […] Read more
The Ghost of (Sandgate) Christmases Past
As we know, Sandgate was a hugely popular holiday destination in the late 19th […] Read more
The Best Laid Plans …
The opening of the Brisbane to Sandgate railway service was a momentous occurrence. Regrettably, […] Read more
A Town of Its Own: Sandgate Before 1925
In 1879, given the rapid growth of the township and the imminent coming of […] Read more
Cabbage Tree Creek: Tales of a Waterway (Part 1)
Marked on Dixon’s 1842 survey map as Cabbage Tree Creek, but known to its […] Read more
Flinders Parade Guided Walk
Were you a bodgie or a widgie? If you don’t know what they were, […] Read more
Spes Bona, a Sandgate Home
While we appreciate and admire the historic houses of our area, we probably rarely […] Read more
Rainbow Street: the Bustling Centre of Old Sandgate
In 1852, the track meandering in from the bush towards the newly-minted village of […] Read more
Fun and Games: Childhood in Early Sandgate
We know quite a lot about what life was like for the adult residents […] Read more
A Seaside Practice: Dr Guildford Davidson
Sandgate in the early days was a small pond and, like many small ponds, […] Read more