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Andrew Hamilton bought a 20 acre block and built his vehicle building workshop and forge. Andrew and Margaret Hamilton arrived in Queensland in December 1866 and settled in Brisbane Town moving to the present site of Chermside in about 1867. Hamilton employed a rather eccentric blacksmith in the first smithy in Downfall Creek which he named the ‘Fivemiletown Forge’ .
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Thomas Hamilton’s Memoirs; ‘All Blessings Flow’ by Beverley Isdale; Thomas Hamilton’s Diaries.
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Map References
QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 1 mile to the inch. Queensland Census Districts. 1 mile to the inch. Government Engraving Office, Brisbane. 620650