Stage Number: MBNH.11.03.18
Group: Northern
Local Study Area: Chermside-Wavell Heights-Kedron-Nundah
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: 531 Gympie Road, Kedron
Latitude & Longitude: -27.39694444,153.03152778
Time Link: 1913
Map Link: 1914
Image Time Point: 1914
Thomas Hamilton, son of Andrew and Margaret Hamilton, continued Andrew Hamilton’s Joiner and Wheelwright business when his father died in 1898. Thomas Hamilton changed the business from wooden vehicles to fitting bodies on imported chassis of trucks and lorries. The family business was sold on 13 May 1913 and the present name is Hamilton Motor Body Works.
Thomas Hamilton’s Memoirs; ‘All Blessings Flow’ by Beverley Isdale; Thomas Hamilton’s Diaries.
MLMS. 40 chain AG2 series 1887–1932—Moreton district. 40 chains to 1 inch. Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 2 west. AG2