BRIBIE PEOPLE
Artist unknown. Courtesy of State Library of NSW
Artist unknown. Courtesy of State Library of NSW
Drawn during the 1823 and 1824 expeditions
Artist unknown. Courtesy of State Library of NSW
John Oxley
John Oxley, Surveyor General of NSW, was sent north by Governor Brisbane in October 1823 to search for a suitable site for a penal settlement for repeat offenders.
by Julian Ashton from Picturesque atlas of Australasia 1888
Photo taken from a cruise ship. Facebook.
Lt James Cook RN
Sailed past Bribie Island on 17th May 1770 on the HM Barque Endeavour.
Courtesy SLQ. Negative 151657
Courtesy SLQ. Negative 151657
Courtesy SLQ Negative 17123
Courtesy SLQ. Negative 151657
Thomas Welsby
Thomas Welsby, who owned a holiday home on Bribie, was an intellectual, a polymath and a voracious reader and collector of books.
Courtesy Robert Winnett
Courtesy Robert Winnett
Courtesy Robert Winnett
Legacy of a Beach House – the Winnett Family
Holidaying at their grandparent’s beach house at Woorim inspired the Winnett family to make their homes on Bribie.
Creator Toussaint Antoine De Chazal De Chamerel 1806
Courtesy State Library of NSW
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Creator Toussaint Antoine De Chazal De Chamerel 1806
Lt Matthew Flinders
Lieutenant (later Captain) Matthew Flinders was the first explorer to enter Glass House Bay (now Moreton Bay).
Image courtesy BIHS
Image courtesy BIHS
Photo taken by Lynne Hooper BIHS
Image courtesy BIHS
Sarah Balls
Sarah Balls was an extraordinary Brisbane businesswoman but who would have imagined that she would build a fish cannery on Bribie Island in 1908.
Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.
Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.
Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.
Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.
Tripcony family
Thomas Tripcony Senior was one of the early oystering pioneers of Pumicestone Passage.
Courtesy MBRC P1676___BRI_7284
Courtesy MBRC P0797___LIB_7283
Courtesy Kay Brennan
Courtesy MBRC P1676___BRI_7284
Lou Young's Dedication to Bribie
Lou not only established Bribie's first library but collected and wrote about its history.
Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) Family photo collection
Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) family photos.
Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) family photos
Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) Family photo collection
Moyle's Guest House at the Jetty
A family from Roma starts a new life on Bribie in 1925
![Vera [Huet] Campbell taken on board the Koopa in 1919.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/596e38_46ddf8be5a88405ab7238adfdc12e698~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_949,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/596e38_46ddf8be5a88405ab7238adfdc12e698~mv2.jpg)
Courtesy Huet family photo collection.
Courtesy Huet photos
Courtsey MBRC SCL P87091.
Courtesy Huet family photo collection.
Vera (Huet) Campbell
A legacy of photos. From 1919 the Huet family, using their box brownie, while holidaying on Bribie took over 160 photos, capturing people and places now long gone.