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The Temperance Hall and Young Men’s Institute was opened by the Hope of Tarragindi Lodge (I.O.G.T., Independent Order of Good Templars) and is believed to be the origins of Walker Memorial Hall. The last newspaper find for a reference to the Walker Memorial Hall is in December 1934. In the 1935 plan details show that some structure facing Ipswich Road has been put in front of the hall; so perhaps by 1935 the building was no longer being used as a community hall. Further confirmation evidence is required that the temperance hall marked on the plan was the same hall, although it is extremely likely to be the location. The Walker Memorial Hall is frequently mentioned in the newspapers indicating a favourite social gathering place for various local organisations of the Annerley District.

Citations

Walker Memorial Hall. The Brisbane Courier. Monday 4 June 1906, p. 5; Photography “Removing a felled tree in Ipswich Road Annerley 1936.” State Library of Queensland, Image Number: 67813.

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Map References

QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 20 chains to the inch. Brisbane and suburbs street and road map showing railway lines and tramway routes, with radial lines at one mile intervals from the GPO. 20 chains to the inch.. 634570