Stage Number: MBNH.11.03.23
Group: Northern
Local Study Area: Chermside-Wavell Heights-Kedron-Nundah
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: Gympie Rd, Chermside
Latitude & Longitude: -27.38341667,153.02986111
Time Link: 1930
Map Link: 1934
Image Time Point: 1934
Robert Ernest Stevens built a sawmill about 1930. Mick Simpson bought shares in the business in 1941. He built a house and an engineering workshop beside the mill. At the height of production, his employees repaired all trucks and tractors. The workshop had a lathe, shaping machine, press, welders, profile cutting machines, drill stands.
Chermside & Districts Historical Society
QSA. QSA Series ID 2058 Moreton District Maps – A Series. 4 miles to the inch. Moreton District. 4miles to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 634883