Ep 2: Ashgrove history, incl the oldest house, Workers’ Dwellings and the Brisbane Retro Project! скачать в хорошем качестве

Ep 2: Ashgrove history, incl the oldest house, Workers’ Dwellings and the Brisbane Retro Project!

Welcome to the second episode of the House Detective Diaries! I'm an architectural historian and I research houses and find out amazing things about their history all the time, so I thought I would share some of them with you all! In this video I share the Top 5 most interesting, quirky, unusual or unexpected things I have uncovered during my house history research recently, including: 1. How the Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove got its name 2. One of the oldest surviving homes in Ashgrove (St John’s Wood) 3. How I unexpectedly found a photo of a house I was researching 4. The Workers’ Dwellings House Scheme 5. Exciting news about my Brisbane Retro Project! I hope you enjoy watching! Let me know what your favourite discovery was in the comments below! Would you like me to uncover the secrets and stories of YOUR house?? I research houses and buildings all over Australia!I offer a range of different packages, check out my website for more information and pricing here: www.housedetective.com.au/hireme Photo sources: 1. Ashgrove The Grove Estate Flyer: Ashgrove Historical Society, shared by Dale Read on the Lost Brisbane Facebook page. Various newspaper snippets: Trove.nla.gov.au Queensland Post Office Directories, State Library of Queensland (SLQ) Map of Harding's land: Moreton 20 Chain Series, Sheet 1B, 1888, SLQ 2. One of the oldest Houses in Ashgrove (St John's Wood) Portrait of George Rogers Harding: Australian Dictionary of Biography, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hard... Aerial Photos: Nearmap All photos of St John's Wood: SLQ 3. Unexpected Photo Photo of Rode Road house supplied by Neil Syratt (shared with permission) 1936 aerial photograph: QImagery 4. Workers' Dwellings Scheme The Workers' Dwellings Scheme Act, 1909: Australasian Legal Information Institute, Commonwealth of Australia Numbered Acts, Queensland Historical Acts: http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legi... Table showing loan amounts vs deposits from a fabulous paper by the Workers' Dwellings guru, Judy Rechner: "The Queensland workers' dwelling 1910-1940", Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland volume 15 issue 6: pp. 265-278, Rechner, Judy Brisbane, Qld. Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 1994. Plans of Workers' Dwellings (c1911-1915), Queensland State Archives NOTE: For more information on Brisbane and Qld Workers' Dwellings homes (including how to estimate when yours was built and getting restoration details right) Judy's book, "Brisbane House Styles: 1880 to 1940: A guide to the affordable house" is invaluable. Email me at info@housedetective.com.au to order a copy: $35 + postage. 5. The Brisbane Retro Project View the entire Brisbane Retro collection at: https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/vi... All photographs in the exhibition by Matt Williams Photo + Video Exhibition held at the wonderful Can You Keep A Secret lounge bar at Woolloongabba Follow Brisbane Retro on Insta and Facebook for more post-war houses and retro goodness!