Stage Number: MBNH.11.02.07
Group: Northern
Local Study Area: Aspley-Chermside West-Everton Park-Stafford
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: Cnr Hamilton & Webster Rds, Chermside West
Latitude & Longitude: -27.38491667,153.02075
Time Link: 1898
Map Link: 1904
Image Time Point: 1904
Joseph Packer opened a tannery and wool scouring at Downfall Creek around 1898. In 1913 Joseph Packer’s five sons were included in the partnership. The fellmongering plant was closed down in 1967 because it had become uneconomic, but the operation lasted until the 1970s when it was moved to Narangba.
Chermside & Districts Historical Society
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 4 chains to the inch. Brisbane and suburbs. Sheet 1. 4 chains to the inch. Brisbane, Survey Office. 634532
