Stage Number: MBNH.11.03.12
Group: Northern
Local Study Area: Chermside-Wavell Heights-Kedron-Nundah
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 12 Childers Street, Kedron
Latitude & Longitude: -27.39813889,153.03222222
Time Link: 1892
Map Link: 1904
Image Time Point: 1904
In 1892 the Cornwall Tannery opened. It was owned and managed by Stephen Pills & Son was downstream between Boothby St. and Childers St. Stephen Pills had been previously employed by Paul Maggs at his Bristol Tannery. According to an old employee the firm ceased operations in 1973. The house was built for Kedron tannery owner, Stephen Pill. Johnsons & Sons of Chermside in 1966 bought out Maggs and Pills and kept them operating till 1973 when they sold the lot for housing and moved to the northern outskirts of Brisbane, the traditional location of the Tanning Industry.
Brisbane City Council, Heritage Register Summary, http://bit.ly/2K4cUfD ; Paul Maggs Granddaughter; David Teague – History of Kedron C 1975 – Newspapers Trove; Chermside District Historical Society
MLMS. 8 chain series 1904–1917—Brisbane. 8 chains to the inch. Cadastral map of Brisbane and Suburbs sheet 2. MLMS 8 Chain
