Yes, it's Brisbane's smallest suburb - I think it took me about 17 minutes to walk right across it from south to north. And just about every building has some sort of history or interesting story to tell. #petrie #brisbane #queensland
Great to see Tom Petrie get a mention for anyone who has read his book- ‘Reminiscences of early Queensland’ some very important aboriginal history in it. His home was at Murumba at the suburb of Petrie, all that’s left is a few bricks in the ground, that would make a great story.
I have lived in 3 different houses in Petrie Terrace back in the 1980's. Good to see a lot of the old architecture survive. It has been 30 years since I was there last.
Love what you do for the people of Brisbane Rob ❤ I went to school with the little boy that was in that explosion there at Petrie....remember asking why his mother lost her hands....very sad.
@@walkaboutwithrob Thankyou again Rob for your very entertaining walkabouts. My Mother is going on 93 and we both are always eager to watch wherever you take us. You are a fantastic presenter and yes not something you hear about happening in Australia. Much love to you and your future in broadcasting. 👍🙂
Thanks Rob. A transplanted Aussie, born and grew up in Brisbane, but now retired on an island just north of Seattle. Love your videos, recommended by a Brisbane State High School chum.
We moved to Judge st when I was 6 or 7 (1981-1985). Mum, Dad and I moved from 100 acres in Gilston on the Nerang river to a house that had a front door that opens on the street and you could hear and see your neighbours. I don't remember being overly worried about the city change at that age. It was exciting to have a city on our doorstep. We rented the house for $30 per week and it sold in 1985 for around $26,000. Yes, that was the Underground niteclub. It was at the old boot factory until demolished for Hale st Highway. Thanks for a nostalgic trip down memory lane 🙏
Great video, thank you! I'm an ex resident of Petrie Terrace and a former stage technician at the Arts Theatre. I found this fascinating, I had no idea of some of the history! Brilliant work.
Can confirm, even when I was performing there a number of years back, they still talk about how you nearly burned the joint down as an example of things they don't want you to do. No names, no pack drill, they don't say who, but the example is IDENTICAL. Last I recall, they still use the cottage for rehearsals and so on. I also once drunkenly broke in through the back to crash on the couch after a Cat Empire gig at The Zoo, which I was definitely not of age to be entering let alone drinking at. They found me out but didn't mind. RE: The speed dating event - I actually worked in the bar that was attached to the resturant that event was held in, Casablanca. Absolute shithole, one of the worst bars I've ever worked at, but the other staff were decent. Back then, the Lord Alfred had signs up calling it Hotel LA, I did always wonder why that name in particular. I remember deciding to quit when the owner stole a laptop from a backpacker, and tried to force another staff member to work despite having a gashed open foot. Smoked a lot of breaktime cigarettes in that little alcove over your shoulder, though we never had chairs, just milk crates. I think it's a brewpub and burger joint now, and frankly, good fucking riddance.
Enjoyable and interesting as always plus always a smile from your wit and I too was in a school choir and told to just mouth the words. To this day I hate even singing Happy Birthday, scarred for life 😆
Hey, I'm not a Drongo's fan but Kevy's doing what he can with a lot of big boofheads......love watching them lose too! Harry's and The Windmill served some excellent fine food.....after a big night on the piss! They were opposite the police barracks! Cheers Rob...Great stuff. Oh, i was in a play at La Boite a very long time ago (as a background extra) the star of the play went on to read the sports for channel nine.
My favourite of your videos so far, Rob! I used to live in Petrie Terrace, back when La Boite was still there (and the Suncorp Stadium was Lang Park). You actually walked by my house! I've lived in a couple of places in Petrie Terrace (Lutwyche & Cricket Streets), such a quirky little suburb! ☺
@@walkaboutwithrob A few! Although like my memories, they're all pretty fuzzy nowadays! Have you done a Walk About through Spring Hill? Another inner city suburb near and dear to my heart!
I lived at 77 Cricket Street, Petrie Terrace from 1967 to 1972, it could be a rough suburb in those days. At that time there was a lot of colourful characters in the suburb.
Great episode mate. When I first moved to Brisbane in 1999 I lived on Lutwyche St for a couple of months and then stayed at "Paslewydd" for a while. That area was a great introduction to Brisbane living. The room I rented in Paslewydd was a quirky attic room that was entered via a trap door and had a window that looked out towards Lang Park. It was cool house, and filled with equally cool folks.
Great informative video. Thanks for sharing. Just one clarification. John Petrie was not the first Lord Mayor. He was the first Mayor of the Township of Brisbane in 1859. My Great Uncle, William Jolly was the first Lord Mayor of the new City of Brisbane in 1925. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_and_lord_mayors_of_Brisbane?wprov=sfti1
:I nearly bought the top floor unit in 'Warren Lodge' (9:35) back in the mid '00s. Right opposite the Normanby Hotel, traffic was a bit loud for my taste. Friends lived just off Caxton st for years and visited many of the venues along this road at times. Thanks for taking us back in time Rob :)
Rob does it again , he was born to do this , always love the Story Telling skills & Filming & of course the Humour that he throws in 😂 I am watching on my Mobil then Again on my TV as I’m greedy lol & need to watch twice
So much history. (Some horrific!) I've connections to only two locations; the theatre (thx for your charming reminiscences), and 254 Petrie Terrace. I knew the (previous) owners, and attended a few soirees there. (Steampunk.) A fab building. Glorious inside!
Rob…. There’s a bigger story behind Bishop Quinn selling land near Petrie Tce. The colonial government granted free land to settlers, so Quinn devised a plan to help poor Irish escape Ireland following the famine. Quinn provided very cheap passage to Moreton Bay from Ireland to poor Irish (mainly Catholics), all the migrants had to do was sign away the free land to Quinn on arrival. Quinn would sell the land to fund a subsequent boatload of poor Irish. He managed to get 3 boatloads across before the colonial government stopped him. The program was called The Queensland Immigration Society. At the time the Irish weren’t well regarded by the colonial government and there was a quota on Irish. The colonial government resented Quinn using ‘their land grants’ to bring in more Irish. The colonial government preferred Germans and southern Europeans who had experience farming in hotter regions. The newspapers criticised the government at the time printing articles referring to “Quinnsland”. My great grandfather arrived on the second boat The Chatsworth in 1862. I regard Quinn as a good man, he certainly helped my ancestors and hundreds of poor Irish. Thanks for your channel Rob. Keep up the good work.
I don't know how I stumbled across your channel but I'd love for you to do some specific topics. My grandfather had a motorcycle shop on Grey street south Brisbane, was racing at West End speedway Daveis park. My dad is the ex-president of the Gold Coast museum and has lots of stories locally. I'd also love to have one on Mars Machine Tool company out of Fortitude valley (I'm currently restoring a 1943 lathe from that foundry).
As a born and bred Brisbane fella I have always enjoyed your videos and have watched for quite some time, just thought id say I appreicate what you're doing, thanks.
Yes the rooms next door were used for rehearsals. We did Breaker Morant there back in 97. And the theatre has a ghost. A woman apparently. Many people reckon they've seen her in the stalls late at night in the empty theatre.
Thank you for the video. I bought my first house in Sherrif street in 1988. A relative died in the 1947 fire. I remember la boit theatre but not your theatre. Lol. The Underground was the old boot factory on Caxton St and every Sunday would be coming down to the awful Caxton St dixie jazz. Groan. But a great suburb and a great time.
I remember going to the Arts and Battledress restaurant with my folks in the 90's. We loved it, very sorry it closed. They don't make them like that anymore.
You were right moda was a night club called the underground. Also under the LA there are 'cells' and you can see where the tunnel used to go to the old gaol
Thanks Rob..it's so great your doing the History of Brissy! We need this! Next maybe do Boggo Road? Or those apartment buildings called Filma in Highgate Hill? Some tragic history there I believe?
Thank you! The next half dozen or so videos are mapped out. I gotta organise these way ahead of filming them. I will though at some point cover the Highgate Hill area. Much to explore there for sure.
@@desireevogelsang1885 I'm the least brave and adventurous person there is, to many neurotic fears, but I do enjoy exploring history. By all means, get your shoes on and see places around town you've never been to before.
The jail was still there in 1897 although no longer used as a jail. There was a fire there and my great grandfather accidentally started it. Easily found on Trove
@Muddy Waters while some buildings of the old gaol were retained, such as the kitchen and the gatehouses, the cell blocks and the outer wall were demolished by 1883.
Thanks for your very interesting vidoes, Rob. Having recently relocated to Queensland, it's great to see the places that I intend visiting. One suggestion though - could you please let the camera focus on the monuments and other things of interest just a little longer? Thanks for your efforts - you must be getting fitter by the day with all the walking!
The cottage and 222 were the rehearsal spaces for many, many shows. Loved it. However, Brisbane Arts gets ZERO government funding! 700 metres away Lang Park gets millions every year. Year after year after year.
Sadly the BAT has sold and is currently leasing back the space. Hopefully the landlord lets them stay past their initial lease or they will be homeless.
I was a thespian in my teens. My first performance, and the only musical I ever performed in, was as Bobby Van Heuson in The Boyfriend. I was then asked to join the Murrumba Intermediate theatre company and ended up touring the theatre competition circuit performing in a number of different plays/productions. Life pushed me in a different direction, sadly.
Yeah she talked about the underground and somebody else said it was the old boot factory which isn't there any more on the corner of Caxton and Hale Street
First Underground was in the old boot factory on the corner of Hale Street and Caxton Street (3-5 story brick building knocked down for Hale Street widening) the remnant site is now the skate park.
Hey Rob, Great Vid, Your Stills are looking great lately, I did a Vid on the old Boot Factory that was in that area, Enjoyed it heaps. Regards , T-Rocks.😎
This was interesting, I went to Petrie TCE Primary school from 1983 - 88. We used to go to Laing Park for sports days ant the chapel for performances. I would do drama school at LaBoute and I also lived on Latrobe TCE from 79 and my family still lives there today. I learnt to swim at the Ithaca Pool and lost most of my Star Wars toys in the sand pit in the old play ground with a 3 stage steam train we would play on. This part of Brisbane was my stomping ground for almost 30 years until I moved to Manly with my wife.
Was Petrie Terrace the area where the Saints had a rental house . Named it Club some thing or other , l can't remember . And yeah mate thats the Bronco's getting flogged by the Rabbitohs .
Thanks for the info and the 😅and that's why you can't sing, you have such a great speaking voice, did not go to Petrie ,so that is a blessing to be there in my armchair, will you find where Boga Road jail is ,as my step father spent 20 years in the jail for murder, his name was Scotty Ryan, he left us and we could never find him, he's long gone as he was born in 1916,jail trails would make an interesting story, all the best Rob and to all 🎉**:** ...
Could you please do something on the old Holy Name Cathedral site: For decades, it was a foundation clearly showing the footprint of the proposed cathedral, surrounded by sandstone balustrading, broad stairs leading up to the site; a small chapel in the crypt at the back od the site:Apparently the money raised for the building vanished.. scandal !! I am not sure if anything remains now... Cheers..
@john hazelgrove I visited site of the Holy Name Cathedral in my third churches of Brisbane video. Here's a link to it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YUPs7pn4gz8.html
Catholic Archbishop Duhig invested money donated to build the cathedral in highly speculative Roma oil shares, which failed during the depression, wiping out share values and invested funds. From this true event, an urban myth emerged that the money was taken to ‘Rome’ to be blessed and disappeared - typical anti Catholic propaganda!
@ASCM at the first minute mark there is just footage of me talking to camera, however yes, the West End school was originally a cemetery, however only one person was ever recorded as being buried there. I made a video about West End.
Used to be historic buildings all over Brisbane until the last 20 years of unstable state governments letting their developer mates cut carnage on any building with history or character!!!! All gone basically!!!
You missed the two most important things about Petrie terrace there Rob. Firstly, the quality of the pizza at 3am in the late nineties and early 2000’s. Secondly that Triple M broadcasts from the barracks now. So does B105, but nobody with half a brain listens to that garbage. 😂
Again, thanks for the wonderful history lesson. I used to drink with the lady who lost her hands. She was an absolute pleasure to talk to. I cant see why any woman would speed off from you in a speed dating night. Very handsome too in your acting days, and still are(sorry)
The Terrace Hotel was dilapidated and the new owner put out a tender for a stone and brick building in May 1881. The new ‘Lord Alfred Hotel’ was completed in December 1881. I’m not sure it ever “burnt down in 1887”. heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/383
The Petrie Terrace, Spring Hill, and Milton area have always held an interest for me in the way the suburbs changed yet retained much of their history.
