People of Bribie Island

BRIBIE PEOPLE

John Oxley 1810

Artist unknown. Courtesy of State Library of NSW

John Oxley, 1810

Artist unknown. Courtesy of State Library of NSW

Moreton Bay Map dated 1825

Drawn during the 1823 and 1824 expeditions

John Oxley 1810

Artist unknown. Courtesy of State Library of NSW

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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.

Captain James Cook

Captain Cook Sighting the Glasshouse Mountains

by Julian Ashton from Picturesque atlas of Australasia 1888

View of the Glasshouse Mountains from sea.

Photo taken from a cruise ship. Facebook.

Captain James Cook

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Lt James Cook RN

Sailed past Bribie Island on 17th May 1770 on the HM Barque Endeavour.

Jim Ormiston & 2 American Serviceman ca1942

Courtesy P. Kling

Jim Ormiston's Store.

Courtesy Huet family photos

Jim Ormiston & 2 American Serviceman ca1942

Courtesy P. Kling

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Ormiston family

Jim & Elsie Ormiston made a home on Bribie in 1919.

Tom Welsby on board the vessel, Bearen on the South Passage (cropped)

Courtesy SLQ. Negative 151657

Tom Welsby on board the vessel, Bearen on the South Passage

Courtesy SLQ. Negative 151657

Thomas Welsby

Courtesy SLQ Negative 17123

Tom Welsby on board the vessel, Bearen on the South Passage (cropped)

Courtesy SLQ. Negative 151657

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Thomas Welsby

Thomas Welsby, who owned a holiday home on Bribie, was an intellectual, a polymath and a voracious reader and collector of books.

Isaac's beach house at Woorim

Courtesy Robert Winnett

Winnett's beach house at Woorim

Courtesy Robert Winnett

Isaac's beach house at Woorim

Courtesy Robert Winnett

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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.

Captain Matthew Flinders, RN,1774-1814

Creator Toussaint Antoine De Chazal De Chamerel 1806

Matthew Flinders, ca. 1800 - watercolour miniature portrait.

Courtesy State Library of NSW

Map of Morerton Bay showing Cook and Flinders expeditions

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Captain Matthew Flinders, RN,1774-1814

Creator Toussaint Antoine De Chazal De Chamerel 1806

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Lt Matthew Flinders

Lieutenant (later Captain) Matthew Flinders was the first explorer to enter Glass House Bay (now Moreton Bay).

Sarah Balls

Image courtesy BIHS

Sarah Balls

Image courtesy BIHS

Santa Barbara, Cnr Moray & Sydney Streets, New Farm built by Sarah Balls 1929

Photo taken by Lynne Hooper BIHS

Sarah Balls

Image courtesy BIHS

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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.

Tripcony family ca1892. Back LR: Constantine Tripcony, Unknown, Thomas Martin Tripcony Snr Front LR: Andrew Tripcony and Thomas Tripcony.

Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.

Thomas & Catherine Tripcony with son Tom at Cowie Bank 1892l

Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.

Con Tripcony’s oyster cutter Nancy 1889 l

Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.

Tripcony family ca1892. Back LR: Constantine Tripcony, Unknown, Thomas Martin Tripcony Snr Front LR: Andrew Tripcony and Thomas Tripcony.

Courtesy: Image Picture Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Council.

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Tripcony family

Thomas Tripcony Senior was one of the early oystering pioneers of Pumicestone Passage.

Bribie's first Library in an old Snack Bar 1970.

Courtesy MBRC P1676___BRI_7284

1976 - the new Bribie Library

Courtesy MBRC P0797___LIB_7283

Lou Young 1984

Courtesy Kay Brennan

Bribie's first Library in an old Snack Bar 1970.

Courtesy MBRC P1676___BRI_7284

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Lou Young's Dedication to Bribie

Lou not only established Bribie's first library but collected and wrote about its history.

John & Georgina's Golden Wedding at their Banya Street home in 1948. Left to Right: Harry, May, Amy, Katie, Doris, Eddie & Alice

Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) Family photo collection

Looking from the Koopa towards the Dining Room/Kiosk and Guest House ca 1948. The smoke from the SS Koopa fills the background.

Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) family photos.

Holiday-makers arriving off the SS Koopa ready for lunch!!

Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) family photos

John & Georgina's Golden Wedding at their Banya Street home in 1948. Left to Right: Harry, May, Amy, Katie, Doris, Eddie & Alice

Courtesy Phillip (Moyle) Family photo collection

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Moyle's Guest House at the Jetty

A family from Roma starts a new life on Bribie in 1925

Clare and Ivan Tesch ca2000

Courtesy Tesch family.

The Tesch's iconic Round House ca 2012

Courtesy Barry Clark

Ivan Tesch ca1950

Courtesy Tesch family

Clare and Ivan Tesch ca2000

Courtesy Tesch family.

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Tesch Family of Bribie Island

The Tesch family made a huge contribution to Bribie Island.

Vera [Huet] Campbell taken on board the Koopa in 1919.

Courtesy Huet family photo collection.

Vera and Ruby Huet ca1920 on Bribie Island

Courtesy Huet photos

Campbell family 1910. Front: Clara and Joe. Back: Reg, Myrtle & Cecil.

Courtsey MBRC SCL P87091.

Vera [Huet] Campbell taken on board the Koopa in 1919.

Courtesy Huet family photo collection.

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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.