BRIBIE STORIES
Courtesy of the SLQ. Neg No 8410.
Courtesy of SLQ.
Courtesy SLQ
Courtesy of the SLQ. Neg No 8410.
SS Doomba
1923 - 1936
The 1920s were a boom time for Bribie Island and it became evident that the SS Koopa, even with the help of the other Tug Company ships, needed a sister ship to help transport tourists to Bribie Island.
Courtesy of the SLQ. Neg No 24336.
Lost Brisbane Facebook - public domain.
Courtesy Huet photo collection.
Courtesy of the SLQ. Neg No 24336.
SS Koopa
1912-1953
The Koopa’s first trips were to Redcliffe on Christmas and Boxing Day 1911 but holiday-makers had to wait until Sunday, 21st January 1912 for the Koopa to arrive in the Pumicestone Passage and then only to view Bribie Island from her deck.
Photo: Lissa Winston series Bribie Island Pre-World War II Snapshots. Reproduced with permission.
Fred Buckley collection. B20_268_11
Telegraph 7 Dec 1936, p. 20
Photo: Lissa Winston series Bribie Island Pre-World War II Snapshots. Reproduced with permission.
Winston's Store (1934-1964)
1934-1964
Winston's Store at the corner of Toorbul street and First Avenue was operated by Arthur and Ed Winston from 1934 when they took on a sublease from Arthur Bestmann.
George & Zena Turner, Joyce Crozier nee Elliott Carole Crozier and Dale Marsh on Woorim Beach. Courtesy Carole Jung.
Home of Zena & George Turner Courtesy Dale Marsh.
Courtesy Carole Jung.
George & Zena Turner, Joyce Crozier nee Elliott Carole Crozier and Dale Marsh on Woorim Beach. Courtesy Carole Jung.
Zena Turner: Writer & Environmentalist
1944-1998
Bribie welcomed its own newspaper, The Bribie Star, in June 1962 at a cost of three pence (3c) and in September of that year, Zena Turner, wrote the first of fifteen articles for the newspaper.