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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 107688 Outing to the seaside, Manly foreshore, Brisbane, ca.1900.jpg (1000x768) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 107688 Outing to the seaside, Manly foreshore, Brisbane, ca.1900.jpg en Outing to the seaside Manly foreshore Brisbane ca 1900 This image includes covered horse-drawn buggies and sulkies women with parasols and men wearing boater hats The tide is out and several children search for shells in the wet sand The first settler in the Manly area Thomas Jones built a mansion called Wyvernleigh Wyvernleigh Plantation employed South Sea Islander servants in the house and on the plantation The property is now called Tingalpa House In 1899 when the railway opened the area changed its name to Manly Mary Louise Jones Thomas' mother was a first buyer of bayside land In 1860 she acquired a large area south of Wynnum Creek which was later developed as the Waterloo Bay Estate The area eventually changed from a farming district to a seaside resort and later to a residential district In 1913 the area had a permanent population of only 200 Information taken from Queensland Place Names Board Suburbs and Localities 1900 handle 10462/deriv/91570 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Horse-drawn vehicles in Australia Carriages in Queensland Wharves and quays in Australia Black and white photographs Benches in Australia Manly seashore | ||||
