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The Bank of Queensland (BOQ), formerly known as the Brisbane Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society (BPBBIS) between 1874–1970, is an Australian retail bank with headquarters in Brisbane, Queensland. The bank is one of the oldest financial institutions in Queensland, having begun as a building society.
Wynnum had a siding, loading bank and goods shed by 1891 and it was the terminus for extra Sunday trains from 1889 and weekday services from 1 March 1892. [1] The Waterloo Bay Hotel was constructed by George Gibbs, a local stonemason, in 1889. Gibbs was born in Cornwall and sailed for Australia on board the Fiery Star in 1863 with his wife and ...
The last Mayor of the Town of Wynnum was John William Greene.Greene won the election for Mayor for 1921, held on Saturday 23 July 1921, for a three-year term. [9] He then successfully nominated for Mayor for 5 April 1924 elections, being elected Mayor with 1334 votes over his nearest rival's 1118 votes, with a third candidate getting 668 votes, for a term that would last less than a year ...
John William Greene (3 September 1876, in Cardiff, Wales – 7 October 1959, in Brisbane, Australia) was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1931 to 1934.. He was the last Mayor of Wynnum before the 1925 amalgamation, and was the only one who was popularly elected.
Wynnum North railway station is located on the Cleveland line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of three stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Wynnum ; the other two stations are Wynnum and Wynnum Central .
Ahead of 'The White Lotus' season 3 premiere on Max, Nest New York just dropped an official candle designed to smell like the show's luxury hotel setting.
An Australian man has been found not guilty of rape after blaming it on “sexsomnia.” Timothy Malcolm Rowland, 40, was found not guilty of rape after a seven-day trial after jurors agreed that ...
The cemetery is on the corner of Wynnum and Bennetts Roads in the suburb of Morningside. The cemetery was opened in 1874 with the first burial in that same year. In 1891 the cemetery reserve was reduced to approximately 15 acres to allow more recreational space in Balmoral Park. [1]