Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.77
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 153 Sir Samuel Griffith Drive
Latitude & Longitude: -27.46519444,152.96705556
Time Link: 1887
Map Link: 1884
Image Time Point: 1884
This property of 8 acres was taken up by John Muirhead in 1887. Milk for Toowong was supplied from here and mail for Upper Ithaca Creek was distributed from here until 1902. Long term owners were Tom Gordon (1904-1928), John Westerman (1928-1948) and Gerard and Maureen Freer whose Red Seal Chip Factory operated from 1959-2001 in tandem with their Coottha Coottha Charolais Stud.
Toowong District History Group Inc.
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 5 chains to the inch. City of Brisbane. 5 chains to the inch. Government Engraving, and Lithographic Office, Brisbane. 634496
