Annual General Meeting 2017 December

Annual General Meeting 2017 will be held at 10.00 a.m., Saturday 2 December, at the main meeting room, Sunnybank Hills Library.

At which point all SDHG positions will be vacant. Three vacancies need to be fulfilled

President
Secretary
Treasurer

For an organisation to continue it has to have one executive position of leadership (President). The current SDHG President will not re-nominate (see explanation below). If no one nominates and is elected at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 2 December, the Sunnybank District History Group will go into abeyance.

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Posted on November 27, 2017

4 November – SDHG Meeting

The Tale of Two Cities – Heritage and History in London and Brisbane

A Talk by Dr Neville Buch after his brief ‘London Tour’

Sunnybank District History Group (SDHG) Meeting
on Saturday 4 November,
from 1 pm to 3 pm,
at the large meeting room in the Sunnybank Hills Library
(Level 2, Sunnybank Hills Shopping Town)

London is seen as the educated, literary, and cultured global centre, and there is no doubt it is true. Brisbane is seen as the educated, literary, and cultured back-water, and this is an out-right falsehood. London has the Blue Plaque system that celebrates the local contributions of thinkers, teachers, artists, and writers. Our local heritage industry is skewed to the utilitarian narrative of buildings, roads, railways, and those people who constructed such things. That is only a very small part of the story of our local history.

What would happen if the history of all of the other creative people came out beyond the shadow of a popular-but-shallow materialistic narrative?

Events

Posted on October 31, 2017

Fourth Meeting

You are invited to --

The Fourth Meeting of the Sunnybank District History Group (SDHG) is on Saturday 7 May, from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the large meeting room in the Sunnybank Hills Library (Level 2, Sunnybank Hills Shopping Town).

** Celine will discuss the work of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church History Project **

Our vision is connecting local residents to the best descriptions and explanations of the past

Report from the April 2016 Meeting of the Sunnybank District History Group

Beitscke spoke on her property history in the former Calamvale area, on Calam Road, now southern Sunnybank Hills. Topics covered were flooding, the introduction of modern drainage and curbing, the bus service, and the introduction and maintenance of power and garbage collection. Neville summarized the history of other parts of the old Calamvale area, with reference to the Parkinson Ward Oral History and residents living in the Beaudesert Road corridor, early land holdings in the nineteenth century and the Calam-Compton families in the early twentieth century, and the first industries – the Browns Plains Timber Reserve and the pastoral run in Sheep Station Gully area. A sizable group attended the presentation, including several former residents of Calamvale, and a few more recent residents. Discussions included memories of Calamvale in the 1960s, 70s, and 1980s.

The program for the first half of 2016 will evolve around members’ own history projects. Our remaining program for the first half of the year is as follows:

7th May – Celine will discuss the work of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church History Project;

4th June – Neville will demonstrate the historical mapping of Sunnybank District on the Mapping Brisbane History Website;

2nd July – a consideration of history of the Early Ethnic Chinese Community in the Sunnybank District, details to be advised.

Events

Posted on April 16, 2016

Third Meeting of the Sunnybank District History Group for 2016

Image Source: Pinelands & Mains Roads, Sunnybank. BCC-B54-48404, Taken on 15 July 1977.

You are invited to --

The Third Meeting of the Sunnybank District History Group (SDHG) is on Saturday 2 April, from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the large meeting room in the Sunnybank Hills Library (Level 2, Sunnybank Hills Shopping Town).

** Beitscke will be speaking on the Stories of Calamvale **

Our vision is connecting local residents to the best descriptions and explanations of the past

The program for the first half of 2016 will evolve around members’ own history projects. Our remaining program for the first half of the year is as follows:

2nd April – Beitscke’s presentation on the Stories of Calamvale;

7th May – Celine will discuss the work of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church History Project;

4th June – Neville will demonstrate the historical mapping of Sunnybank District on the Mapping Brisbane History Website;

2nd July – a consideration of history of the Early Ethnic Chinese Community in the Sunnybank District, details to be advised.

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Report from the March 2016 Meeting of the Sunnybank District History Group

Janeth spoke on the history of the Kuraby Mosque/Masjid. Originally founded in the early 1990s by the southern African community of that area, the mosque adapted a former Uniting church to suit the requirements of Muslim worship. The original mosque building was burnt down in an arson attack on September 21, 2001, just ten days after the terrorist attacks on New York City; thereby Kuraby became the first mosque anywhere in the world to be damaged or destroyed as a direct response to the attacks of September 11. The new (current) building was the outcome of a collaborative process between members of the Kuraby Islamic Trust and a Yugoslavian Muslim architect. The architectural aesthetic of the mosque is modelled on the prevalent suburban vernacular of South-East Queensland, with its sheltered verandah space, corrugated iron roof, and blockwork construction. It combines international features with indigenous elements of design. The Kuraby Mosque/Masjid community is an example of Australian Muslims living their mainstream faith and religion, as members of the wider civil society, and as productive and compassionate citizens of Australia.

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