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Paddington is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, Paddington had a population of 9,063 people. [1]Paddington is located 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD, by car.
Lucerne on Fernberg is a heritage-listed detached house at 23 Fernberg Road, Paddington, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1859 to 1862 and is believed to be the oldest privately owned residence in Brisbane. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1]
The name Rosalie is probably derived from the Rosalie Plains pastoral station leased by John Frederick McDougall, who also owned land in the Milton and Rosalie areas of Brisbane. [ 1 ] On Sunday 5 April 1884, a Baptist church opened in Rosalie, being described as a "neat little chapel" and was 20 by 20 feet (6.1 by 6.1 m).
In 1936, Jean Trundle and Vic Hardgraves founded the Brisbane Amateur Theatres, an amateur theatre group. It was renamed Brisbane Arts Theatre in 1947. In June 1956, the group purchased "Dan's" second-hand shop on Petrie Terrace for £6,000 and built their theatre (also called the Brisbane Arts Theatre), making them the first theatre company in ...
After being raped and tortured for hours, she was strangled and her body stuffed in a suitcase, which the perpetrators buried in a garden in Handsworth, West Midlands. The killers were arrested a month after her murder, and police used phone and vehicle tracking to locate Mahmod's remains. [158] Murdered Over 3 months 2006 Ilan Halimi: 23 France
Greg moved to London and, aged 19, then subsequently opened SEED, a macrobiotic restaurant in Paddington with his brother Craig Sams in 1968. [ 2 ] SEED Restaurant soon became popular with the 1960s London psychedelic scene, and was frequented by John Lennon among others, who drew a cartoon about his experiences at SEED.
The substation commenced operation on 11 August 1930 and remained in service until the phasing out of Brisbane's trams in the late 1960s. In 1969 the Paddington line was closed, the substation's electrical equipment was removed, and the building became a storage depot. In 1985, Hands On Art was given a fifteen-year lease of the building. [1]
The electoral district of Paddington was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland, Australia. [1] Paddington was created in the 1911 redistribution, taking effect at the 1912 state election, and existed until the 1932 state election. [1] Most of its area was based on the Brisbane North which was abolished at the 1912 ...