Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.83
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly
Epoch: Late 20th Century
Street Address: 451 Coronation Drive, Auchenflower
Latitude & Longitude: -27.47794444,152.99786111
Time Link: 1946
Map Link: 1950
Image Time Point: 1950
Moorland Park was used during World War II by the Australian Army as General Blamey’s headquarters. The property was purchased in 1945 by Legacy from the Mayne Family Trust. In the late 1940s, when Legacy was caring for over two thousand children, Moorlands was used as a children’s home for orphans, initially for 35 children, with more accommodation built later. Over 800 children passed through Moorlands during the 23 years that Legacy owned it. The number of children requiring care fell in the 1960s and Moorlands was sold to the Methodist Church in 1973. It became part of the Wesley Hospital complex in 1977.
John Pearn, Auchenflower, The suburb and the name, 1997; Brian Avery, Moorlands, Brisbane Legacy Children’s Home 1943–1969, unpublished manuscript, Toowong and District Historical Society Inc. Brian Avery, Moorlands, Brisbane Legacy Children’s Home 1943–1969, unpublished manuscript, Toowong and District Historical Society Inc.
Moorlands, 2003. Photograph by Michael Michaux. Toowong and District Historical Society Inc.
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 20 chains to the inch. Brisbane and suburbs. 20 chains to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. (coloured). 634603
