Events

Past speakers at monthly meetings of the Bribie Island Historical Society

2024
Feb: Bill Kitson: Surveying the State Boundaries

Mar: Documentary: The Man Who Named Australia - Matthew Flinders. The Incredible Journey with Gary Kent. 

Apr: Greg Carson: 100+ years of his family's history on Bribie

May: Lynne Hooper: The Remarkable Sarah Balls 

Jun: Peter Marshall: Three short videos Botanist, Alan Cunningham, History of the Cobb & Co and Surveyor Robert Dixon

2023
Feb: Graham Mills BIHS: Bribie in the 1980s

Mar: Bill Kitson: With Great Zeal - the story of the Hydrographic Survey of the Queensland Coastline 1861-1880

Apr: Dr Sharlene Leroy-Dyer: Legacy of Bungaree

May: Lynne Hooper BIHS: Why and When the Steamships start to visit Bribie

Jun: Helen Cossins MBRC: Our Story - new cultural heritage platform by MBEC Local History teams

Jul: Lynne Hooper BIHS: 15 Days in the Bay - Lt Matthew Flinder's expedition around Moreton Bay

Aug: no guest speaker - annual general meeting

Sep: Michael Strong: All that Glitters is not Gold - the Nexus silver coin hoard from the Toowoomba Bypass project

Oct: Barry Clark BIHS: 60-year anniversary of the opening of the Bribie Bridge in 1963

Nov: Dr Marta Botta: History of Futures

Dec: no guest speaker - Christmas celebration

2022

Feb: Ron Gillander: History of Old Gympie Road

Mar: Lynne Hooper: Queensland Native Police

Apr: Keith Boulton: Anniversary of Gallipoli 2015

May: Peter Ludlow: The Lure of Bribie

Jun: Noelene Gorman: A Life Well Played and the Bribie Guides

Jul: David Black: Caboolture Historical Village

Aug: no guest speaker - annual general meeting

Sep: Alan Finegan: The Charles Eaton Massacre

Oct: Lynne Hooper: Early history of Bribie's Shops, Churches, Clubs and Residents

Nov: Tony Russell: History through Australian stamps

Dec: no guest speaker - Christmas celebration
2021
Feb: Lynne Hooper:Toc H and Congeau House and Movie - Sentinels in the Dune

Mar: Keith Boulton and Mike Sobrya: Queensland Maritime Museum

Apr: Gary Crew: Castaway - Barbara Thompson

May: Lynne Hooper: The Winnett Family of Woorim

Jun: Brian Russell: Me, the Sea, and Bribie

Jul: Fiona McGill: 'Stone-age Economics - the Classical Period of Australian History'

Aug: Lynne Hooper BIHS: History of Banya Street, Bongaree

Sept: Lynne Hooper BIHS: What’s in a Name – Bribie Island’s name changes from 1825 to the 1860s.

Oct: Fiona McGill: Stone-age Economics – the Classical Period of Australian History (Encore) 

Nov: James Mason BIHS: Beyond the Name: Young Servicemen at War

Dec: Lynne Hooper BIHS: Website Launch

2020
Feb: Glenys Mills: Book review - Ian Fairweather : a Life in Letters

Mar: Barry Clark: The Great Southland

Apr: no meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic closures

May: no meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic closures

Jun: no meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic closures

Jul: no meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic closures

Aug: Gary Crew: The Castaways of the Charles Eaton 1834

Sep: Chris Sutton and Karen Wallwork: Beachmere - Then and Now: 150 Years of Collective Memory

Oct: Barry Clark: From Cook to Convict Colony

Nov: Karen Wallwork: History of Beachmere

Dec: Lynne Hooper: Writers - Hector Holthouse and Zena Turner

2019

Feb: Viv Tucker: The Bancroft Family of Deception Bay

Mar: Shayne Thomas: Growing Up on Bribie Island

Apr: Selina Clark: WW1 German Tank Mephisto

May: Fiona McGill: Indigenous Culture with a S.E. Queensland Perspective

Jun: Donna Holmes: Aerial Photographs of Bribie Through the Years.

Jul: Glenys Mills: Matthew Flinders and Trim

Aug: Lynne Hooper: Early Days of Bribie through photographs
Sep: David Jones: Three Ladies of Moreton Bay (ships)
Oct: Fiona McGill & Peter Lopez: Aboriginal Resistance Wars
Nov: Barry Clark: Who Discovered the Brisbane River

2018

Feb: Edith Cuff [& Michael Strong]: History of Abbey Museum

Mar: Donna Holmes: The Campbell families of Bribie

Apr: Short Talks: Glenys Mills: WW2 Scorched Earth Policy. Betty Williams: Napier NZ Event.

                         Barry Clark: We were nearly French.

May: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Canneries of the Pumicestone Passage

Jun: Graham Mills: Postcards of Bribie through the years

Jul: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Early Bribie Island Boarding Houses

Jul: Donna Holmes: Bribie Island's narrow-gauge light rail-tracks (1920s)

Sep: Graham Mills, BIHS President: 50 years 1858-1909 since Queensland became a colony

Oct: Lynne Hooper: The Name "Joondoburri" and where it came from

Nov: Dr Christine Finn: War-time concrete fortifications connection with Island of Jersey (Channel Islands and Bribie Island)

Dec: Lyndy Sugars, President Ashgrove Historical Society: Ashgrove Historical Society

2017
Feb: Jan McIntyre & Vic Tucker, Deception Bay History Group: History of Deception Bay

Mar: Donna Holmes, BIHS: Early maps of Moreton Bay.
Apr: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Arthur Morley and Elsie Bates.
May: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Bribie before the Steam Ships (Aboriginal history)
Jun: David Jones: Shipwrecks of Northern Moreton Bay
Jul: Pam Smith: The Crouch and Ormiston families of Bribie Island
Aug: Lissa Winston: Grandfather Frank Winston's photos
Sep: Don Mullen: Memories video
Oct: Shauna Hicks: Carnegies' @ Pumicestone: a family mystery solved
Nov: Viv Tucker: Webster's Boondar

2016

Feb: Lorna English: The Bestmann family, early life and 'Best Park' Godwin Beach.

Mar: Boyd Blackman, QPWS Ranger: Diverse role of a QPWS Ranger on Bribie Island.

Apr: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Life of John Oxley, Surveyor-General and Explorer in the colony of New South Wales from 1812 to 1828.
May: Daniel Nomorinu: History of Kanakas in Queensland and at Morayfield Park.
Jun: Bill Simmich: Bungwall fern and Bribie Aborigines.
Jul: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Who were the castaway convicts?
Aug: Barry Clark, BIHS: Formation and achievements of our Historical Society.
Sep: Doug Yelland: History of Sandstone Point.
Oct: Shauna Hicks: First 5 Presidents of the Amateur Fishing Association of Queensland.
Nov: Helen Page, Peachester History Committee: Life and work of Inigo Jones.
Dec: Lynne Hooper, BIHS President: Last voyage of the RMS Quetta (1890).

2015

Feb: Julie Thompson and Julie Kaeser: Celebrating Caboolture Women.

Mar: George Goold, Liz Gray, Norm Pearce, Mary Fryer, Beverley Galtos, Joe Gough, Monica Nunn, Shauna Hicks and Max Spencer, Graham Mills:  Short presentations of Reminiscences or early memories of Bribie Island

Apr: Graham Mills, BIHS: "Who answered the call" - men from Bribie Island and surroundings who went to WW1 and WW2

May: Karen Highlands: My life on Bribie Island

Jun: Donna Holmes, BIHS President: Early Guest Houses on Bribie Island

Jul: Barry Clark, BIHS: The Search for the Lady Be Good

Aug: Barry Clark, BIHS: History of our Historical Society

Sep: Lynne Hooper, BIHS: Private Phillip Stephenson, 57th regiment served in the Moreton Bay Penal Colony from 1828-1831

Oct: Norman Love and John Anderson, Bulimba Historical Society: Connections between Bribie Island and Bulimba over the past 100 years

Nov: Myra Milner, Bribie: Creating Melsa Park at Bongaree in 1985

2014

Feb: Barry Clark, BIHS: South American history

Mar: Shauna Hicks: Carnegie family from Toorbul: family history and local history

Apr: Glenys Mills, BIHS: The Archer Brother's Weekend at Bribie

May: David Spethman, OAM: Military defences of Brisbane including Fort Bribie

Jun: Leisha Krause, gt-granddaughter of Kalmakuta: Alma (Kalmakuta) and Fred Turner of Turners Island: family history and local history

Jul: Glenys Mills, BIHS: 200th Anniversary of the publication of Flinders' Map of Australia

Aug: Phillip Williams: Volcanoes - geological structure, effects of famous eruptions and the phenomena of pumice stone deposits

Sep: Lissa Winston: Winston family and early days on Bribie Island

Oct: George Goold: This is My Life - settling on Bribie, establishing and consolidating his taxi business

Nov: Jan Hietzke, Abbey Museum: Ancient artefacts from the Abbey Museum

2013

Feb: Donna Holmes, BIHS: Past celebrations for Bribie Bridge anniversaries - 1963-2003

Mar: Michael Strong, Turnstone Archaeology: Boundaries of Bribie People

Apr: Lynne Hooper, BIHS:  Women at their Leisure between 1880 and 1920

May: Graham Mills, BIHS: History Bank - photos of old Bribie

June: Short film "Mullet Run" showing old Bribie

July: Barry Clark, BIHS: Old Maps of Bribie Island region

Sep: Allan Carr, BIHS: Yarun Yabber

Oct: Graham Mills, BIHS: Construction of the Bribie Bridge in 1963 and 50th anniversary celebrations

Nov: Phillip Williams: Bridges around the World

2012

Feb: David Gibson, historian: Captain William Collin

Reference text used: Adventure and Enterprises: Captain William Collin, Building From The Brisbane River - 1862-1972 by Noel D. Field and Annabelle Stewart. 2011 MBRC Library catalogue record 

Mar: Leon Misfeld, National Trust:  Issues regarding Heritage listing and properties on Bribie

Apr: Joan Kelly, Seaside Museum: Historical buildings on Norfolk Island

May: Joan Carson and Kaye Brennan, early Bribie residents. Unveiling of Bongaree Jetty Memorial to mark the centenary of Bongaree Jetty and the establishment of the Township of Bongaree

May: Pat Gee, Redcliffe librarian: Shipping history in Moreton Bay including excursion steamships

Jun: Wyatt Roy MP and Henry Roy: Living on Pumicestone Passage in the early days and the Roy family farm

Jul: Betty Williams, Clive Aldridge and Graham Mills, BIHS: Origin or meaning of some names of Bribie streets

Aug: Geoff Ginn, author of Archangels and Archaeology. History of Father John Ward, visionary and collector of antiquities now held in the Abbey Museum

Sep: Margaret Kelly, BIHS: History of Toorbul Point up to the 1950s

Sep: Michael Whiticker, film producer: Oral histories of Bribie pioneers

Oct: Cheryl Fullgrabe, Volunteer Marine Rescue: History of marine rescue around Bribie

Nov: Graham Mills and Barry Clark, BIHS: Seaside Museum History Bank

2011

Feb: Michael Strong, Turnstone Archaeology. Reconstructing Lost Landscapes of South-East Queensland in relation to the Aboriginal people

Mar: Mark Cryle, Fryer Library, UQ. Treasures held by the Fryer Library

Apr: Lynne Hooper, BIHS. Life of Emily Coungeau and how Emily and Norman became early settlers of Bribie

May: Jill McGilp, Girl Guides. History of Guiding generally and its inception on Bribie Island in 1972

Jun: Glenys Mills, BIHS: "Trim" the cat, his master Matthew Flinders and their voyages together

Jul: Roger Dunstan and Geoff Bilbow, Caboolture Historical Society and Village. Caboolture Historical Society and Village

Aug: Barry Clark, BIHS. Retrospective presentation of BIHS first three years 2009-2011

Sep: Graham Mills, BIHS. Family connections and his recollections of Bribie from the mid-1940s

Oct: Bry Fischer, wife of author Col Fischer. Launch of the late Col Fischer's book on Banksia Beach

Nov: Jeff Hopkins-Weise, historian. Blood Brothers - his book on the Maori Wars

2010

Feb: John Nunn, Mark Earner and Diane Wells, Bribie Island Surf Club. History of Bribie Island Surf Club

Mar: Martin Taylor and Kanga Gleeson, Bribie Island Bowls Club. History of Bribie Island Bowls Club

Apr: Judy Valentine, gt-granddaughter of William Landsborough: Life and times of William Landsborough

May: Michael Strong and Edith Cuffe, Abbey Museum. Edith spoke on origins of the Abbey Museum and the gathering and presentation of museum artefacts. Michael spoke on aboriginal language, clans and his involvement on numerous archaeological digs

Jun: Joyce Voysey, author: Growing up on Bribie Island in the 1930s

Jul: Dr Eve Fesl, author: History, language, lifestyle culture and environment of the Gubbi Gubbi people

Aug: Warwick Outram and Barry Clark: Keeping of Bribie's history and Historical then and now photos

Sep: Paul Woodcock, Redcliffe Historical Society president: History of RHS and Redcliffe, first European settlement in Queensland

Oct: Cheryl Thornely, BIHS: History of Thornely family bus service and history of Bribie Island State School

Nov: Peter Ludlow, author: History of the Port of Brisbane and Peel Island

Dec: Barry Clark and Donna Holmes, BIHS: Barry spoke on how the BIHS Database became a reality and Donna spoke on how information was put into the Database and then gave a “live” presentation on extracting information

2009

Feb: Barry Clark, BIHS: Film of life of Ian Fairweather shown
Mar: Peter Ludlow, author: How history is recorded through oral and written recordings, art, photography, etc.
Apr: John Groves, author: Caloundra and Bribie Island during WW2 with particular emphasis on Fort Bribie

May: Don Mullen, BIHS:  Characters of Bribie Island from pre-WW2 to present day

Jun: Richard Walding, author: Bribie Island submarine defence systems and Toorbul Point military installations

Jul: Leigh Barter, author: Early days of sugar and rum production in the Caboolture and Pine Rivers area from 1800s to early 1970s

Aug: Warwick Outram, author and Patron of BIHS: Past and present Bribie

Sep: Gladys Federick, Lola Watts, Glenys Mills, Graham Price, Cheryl Thornely, Don Mullin, Graham Mills, Des Cook and Carol O’Brien: Memories of Bribie Island

Nov: Dennis Creer, BIHS: Background, military service and life after WW1 of 4 men with a connection to Bribie Island: Alfred Volz, Bertie Dux, Alan Layton and James Hagan

Dec: David Siddal, Bribie resident: Growing up on Bribie in the 1970s