SLAB COTTAGE REMOVED FROM HAMILTON PROPERTY AT DAYBORO, QUEENSLAND

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Overview

Colour photograph of front of a slab cottage, with door on left, bunt pole support far verandah front, sign near roof, and wooden chair.
The wall features a variety of horse equipment - shoes, yokes, etc.

Historical information

Based on another photo in the Shire of Toodyay's collection (2001.1575) this cottage appears to be a part of a pioneer village recreation, possibly Old Petrie Town (formerly known as the North Pine Country Park) located at Whiteside, a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland. (26km from Brisbane CBD).

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1557

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

85 mm

Height or length

125 mm

Contextual Information

See also Shire of Toodyay photo 2001-1561
Note: Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayboro,_Queensland
Dayboro was first known as Hamilton, having been so named after a farmer, Hugh Hamilton, who was appointed Receiving Officer for mail in 1875. In 1892, it became known as Terrors Creek...In 1917… the township acquired a new name... Honour[ing] another notable early settler, William Henry Day.
Ref: https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/3095

Keywords

HAMILTON, D (Mr)

PRINGLE, A

HAMILTON, D (Mrs)

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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