Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.75
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 26-28 Brisbane Street, Toowong
Latitude & Longitude: -27.48877778,152.99425
Time Link: 1877
Map Link: 1884
Image Time Point: 1884
Samuel Kaye, was a teacher music and importer of pianos, organs and harmoniums. Samuel Kaye’s house fronted Glenny Street on its southern boundary and Brisbane Street on the west. His house was on a large allotment on the river bank, subdivided and built on in 1877. A small park in Brisbane Street, Toowong is known as Kayes Rocks. In 1933 the Council began beautification of the riverbank and terracing of the site.
Toowong History Group Inc.; Melva A Welch, Cradle to the Grave. Toowong Council, Toowong and District Historical Society Inc., 2013; Lee Bull, Lang Farm Estate manuscript draft, 2018. Toowong and District Historical Society Inc., 2018.
Kayes Rocks Toowong (Date not known). Courtesy of Neil Dutney. Toowong and District Historical Society 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
