History of Annerley
For lots more about the history of Annerley and surrounding suburbs, head the the Annerley-Stephens History Group page!
Around 1866 a hotel was licensed at the corner of Boggo and Ipswich Roads called The Junction Hotel around which a host of shops sprung up to service the surrounding farmland.
Annerley was named by the Hon. Digby Denham, former Premier of Queensland (1911-15) after a township in Surrey, England known as Annerly. Denham Street was named after him and his house still stands on the corner of Annerley Road (previously Boggo Road).
Before it's renaming, Annerley was known as Stephens Shire after Thomas Blackett Stephens. Stephens acquired 76ha of property in 1857 which is now known as Ekibin where he established a fellmongery and tanning business in in 1862 in Essie Street. He also started a farming business which became the largest in the district. He became alderman and later Mayor of the Brisbane Municipal Council and served on many committees.
A housing boom in the 1920's resulted in a range of 'Queenslander' homes being built in the old farming areas and the population grew to such that a picture theatre was built, The Boomerang. It also housed the 'Lunns for Buns' cakeshop made famous by Hugh Lunn in his autobiographical novel, Over the Top with Jim.
It is bordered by Fairfield, Tarragindi, Moorooka, Woolloongabba and Greenslopes and is often shown to encompass the smaller suburb of Buranda.
References
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maxineweddell/23.htm)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blackett_Stephens)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annerley,_Queensland)
(http://queenslandplaces.com.au/node/27)
Annerley was named by the Hon. Digby Denham, former Premier of Queensland (1911-15) after a township in Surrey, England known as Annerly. Denham Street was named after him and his house still stands on the corner of Annerley Road (previously Boggo Road).
Before it's renaming, Annerley was known as Stephens Shire after Thomas Blackett Stephens. Stephens acquired 76ha of property in 1857 which is now known as Ekibin where he established a fellmongery and tanning business in in 1862 in Essie Street. He also started a farming business which became the largest in the district. He became alderman and later Mayor of the Brisbane Municipal Council and served on many committees.
A housing boom in the 1920's resulted in a range of 'Queenslander' homes being built in the old farming areas and the population grew to such that a picture theatre was built, The Boomerang. It also housed the 'Lunns for Buns' cakeshop made famous by Hugh Lunn in his autobiographical novel, Over the Top with Jim.
It is bordered by Fairfield, Tarragindi, Moorooka, Woolloongabba and Greenslopes and is often shown to encompass the smaller suburb of Buranda.
References
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maxineweddell/23.htm)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blackett_Stephens)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annerley,_Queensland)
(http://queenslandplaces.com.au/node/27)
Sketch of a street scene featuring The Junction Hotel in Annerley ca. 1875
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
John Neil, Saddler, Wheelwright and Stables at Annerley, ca. 1888
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Chardon's Hotel, Annerley ca. 1894
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Workmen in front of a horse drawn bus in the transport depot, Brisbane ca . 1895
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Hon. Digby Denham ca. 1898
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John Stewart's Grocery Store ca. 1913
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Scene at junction of Annerley and Ipswich Roads, Annerley ca. 1915
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
The Junction Hotel on the right at the junction of Ipswich and Annerley Roads, Annerley ca. 1915
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Woman getting on a tram, Brisbane 1910-1920
Tarragindi Girl Guides at Tarragindi House ca. 1920
Image from Tarragindi Girl Guides Anniversary Cookbook 1919-1984
Image from Tarragindi Girl Guides Anniversary Cookbook 1919-1984
Excerpt from Tarragindi Girl Guides Anniversary Cookbook 1919-1984
"Although Guiding in Queensland is generally considered to have begun in 1919, Marjorie Grimes and her band of girls had already become proficient in their skills as far back as 1915.
Most of the early Guides and Brownies attended the local Sunday School at the Congregational Church where 64 Cracknell Road now stands. Marjorie Grimes was their Sunday School teacher. When the girls discovered a book in the Church library describing the activities of the Girl Scounts in an English Village, they decided to copy their activities, and asked Marjorie Grimes to be their leader.
Marjorie called on the assistance of her cousin, Scoutmaster Alan Cribb of Ipswich, and on four Saturday afternoons he instructed the girls in knot tying, bushcraft, semaphore and other Scouting Activities. When the girls were proficient he enrolled them as Girl Scouts. The girls formed themselves into two patrols, “Wolves” and “Ravens”, made their own badges, and for their uniform, they bought scout shirts and hats from the Scout Association, and wore those with a navy blue skirt and black stockings.
As it was wartime, the girls decided to help the war effort by working on Saturday morings in the Red Cross Café kitches, peeling vegetables and washing up. In the afternoon, they would still hold their regular Scout meetings at Marjorie Grimes’ home “Tarragindi House”. In 1915 there was no suburb of Tarragindi, only a house names “Tarrigindi House” which was situated in South Brisbane. The house was located close to the Junction of Andrew Avenue and Tarragindi Road, and stood on 65 acres, mostly bushland. The name Tarragindi came from a South Sea Islander who was a labourer for the Grimes and Cribb families. His name was Tarragindi Tassaroni. When helping Mr Grimes to clear the land so that he could build his house, Mr Grimes asked Tarragindi what he should call the house. Tarra replied “call it Tarragindi – it means camp on the hill”. As the years went by, the destination boards on the trams began to show Tarragindi as the terminus, and the entire area soon became known as Tarragindi.
With the large grounds surrounding Tarragindi House, it is easy to understand how the Girl Scouts could practise their bushcraft and hiking. A favourite place for hikes was Grime’s Flats, the approximate area where the Memorial Hall now stands at the corner of Andrew Avenue and Fernvale Road.
Miss Grimes asked the Boy Scouts Council of Control, if there were any other Girl Scouts in Queensland. She was informed that the girls must not copy the Boy Scouts. After discovering a book in a local bookshop entitled “How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire” by Miss Agnes Baden Powell, Miss Grimes was able to locate the address of the Girl Guides in England. She wrote to England, and finally received a reply informing her of a group of Girl Guides in South Australia. Marjorie wrote to them, and they advised her to get in touch with Government House in Brisbane in order to find a Patron.
In the meantime, the Girl Scouts continued their activities with Miss Jessie Law (also a Sunday School teacher) now assisting Marjorie, until Lady Goold-Adams asked the Tarragindi troop to attend a function at Government House on 15th November 1919, for the purpose of forming a committee to establish the Girl Guide Movement in Queensland. As the day dres closer, Marjorie realised that she didn’t have enough girls to form the Company. After hurried discussions with her neighbour Mrs Chayter, who owned a Dairy Farm and looked after State Wards, Marjorie “borrowed” several of her wards to swell the numbers at Government House!
On their big day, a rally was held with the Boy Scouts participating also, and the Tarragindi Girl Scouts became the first Girl Guides in Queensland. After the official proceedings, the Scouts and Guides staged a display of flag signalling and first aid on the lawns. The display ended with the Boy Scouts signalling a “Good Luck” message in semaphore to the Tarragindi Girl Guides.
Afternoon tea was served in the Drawing Room, at which the Guides and Scouts attended to the guests. The orphans couldn’t believe the array of fine food, and the waiters made sure the girls left none of it!
Miss Grimes and Miss Law were anxious to have the girls wearing uniform attire, and approached several Emporiums in Brisbane to make a uniform. Little interest, if any, was shown until they approached McWhirters Emporium in Fortitude Valley. From there they obtained large felt hats, blue for the older girls (Guides) and brown for the younger (Brownies). Uniforms ultimately had to be made by the girls themselves, or their mothers. The girls were not exactly smartly attired, as some of the sewing was not of an expert standard.
On the occasion of a Guard of Honour for the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII) at the Domain, which many organisations attended; whilst awaiting the arrival of the Prince, the girls were asked by a person present “to which orphanage do you belong?”. The girls were introduced to the Prince, Marjorie being so nervous that she twisted the button off her uniform. The Prince expressed the wish that they continue the worthwhile Guide movement.
During 1920, a troop of Guides was formed in Toowoomba by a Mrs. Price, wife of a Dr. Price of Toowoomba. During the Easter holidays, the girls from Tarragindi and Toowoomba would go camping near Meyer’s Ferry, an area close to the Southport/Surfer’s Paradise bridge, on a property owned by a Mr. Appel (the a Member of Parliament) and they would compete for a trophy in the form of a Trefoil Flag presented by Mrs. Price. The trophy was competed for only twice, as h numbers grew so quickly that it became impossible to select teams from each town. 1st Tarragindi won the Trophy on both occasions, in 1921 and 1922.
On 17th April 1920, the Tarragindi Girl Guides troop was officially registered with eighteen members. The numbers grew quickly thereon.
In 1924 Marjorie Grimes travelled to England at her own expense to obtain her Camper’s License, and also stayed with Lady Dalrymple at her home in Scotland.
An article in the Brisbane Courier explaining th Guide Movement to anxious mothers who feared the Guides may be some sort of army because of the uniforms and salutes, explained that Guide Law was based on the 10 aws of Chivalry which were obeyed by the Knights of Old.
On 28th September 1929, the Guides and Scouts held a mock Wedding Breakfast for paying guests, as a fund raising for a new Scout/Guide Hut. The Scouts were dressed as girls and the Guides dressed as boys. Every detail was considered including the large Wedding Cake and speeches. The Scout/Guide hut was built in Waldheim Street, Annerley, during that year.
Owing to the very high number of girls enrolled at Tarragindi, it was decided on 15th September 1934 to form the Annerley Guides comprising 14 girls from Tarragindi under the leadership of Dorothy Keenan.
As the girls grew older, they were considered too old to continue as Guides, but loved the companionship so much that they decided to become Rangers. However, their leader Mabs. Bamford (nee Schneider) said that as they were the first Brownies and Guides in Queensland, they should not be Sea Rangers, but start the first Air Rangers in Queensland. In 1948 the Air Rangers began their activities.
The Tarragindi Girl Guides have met in many locations, from the large Playroom of Tarragindi House, the kindergarten room under the Congreagtional Church in Cracknell Road, the Scout Den in Waldheim Street, the Junction Park State School, Braille House, until 1957 when a lease of parkland was obtained adjacent to the Tarragindi Bowls Club, forming an almost full circle and coming back to their first meeting place, in the grounds of Tarragindi House, now a developed area.
The first Guide Hut was the old Club House purchased from the Tarragindi Bowls Club in 1957, for an amount of 100 pounds. In 1959 a larger building was erected, only to be destroyed by fire, along with most of the records, on 20th December 1969. Our existing Guide Hut was built in 1970.
In the may years since it’s crude beginnings, the Tarragindi Guide Company has much to be proud of. In 1953 Leading Air Ranger Heather Stephenson was chosen to represent the Queensland Air Rangers at the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in England; Miss Beverley Curran became one of the youngest District Commissioners in 1976; Since its inception in 1945, 17 girls have attended their Queens Guide Awards and 2 girls their B.P. Emblems.
Marjorie Grimes passed away on 11th July 1956 after a long illness. During her time of active Guiding, Marjorie was a Brown Owl, Captain Guide and Brownie Trainer, Commissioner for Brownies and State Secretary. Her enthusiasm should be an example to us all.
From a small band of girls wearing strange uniforms and running around the neighbourhood of Tarragindi, we now have 211 Guide Huts throughout Queensland.
QUEENS GUIDES
1945 Joy Grice
1945 Ethel Wilson
1959 Judith Brooke
1960 Lyndell Beedell
1961 Glenice Watson
1965 Sandra Reid
1966 Susan Hiley
1969 Alison Reid
1972 Meriel Melton
1972 Robyn McElnea
1973 Noelene Jardine
1974 Dorelle McElnea
1975 Meta Jardine
1976 Loris Notley
1977 Lynette Horne
1977 Jocelyn Jardine
1978 Kathryn Norton
B.P. Emblem
1979 Linda Collingwood
1980 Julianne Stubblety"
"Although Guiding in Queensland is generally considered to have begun in 1919, Marjorie Grimes and her band of girls had already become proficient in their skills as far back as 1915.
Most of the early Guides and Brownies attended the local Sunday School at the Congregational Church where 64 Cracknell Road now stands. Marjorie Grimes was their Sunday School teacher. When the girls discovered a book in the Church library describing the activities of the Girl Scounts in an English Village, they decided to copy their activities, and asked Marjorie Grimes to be their leader.
Marjorie called on the assistance of her cousin, Scoutmaster Alan Cribb of Ipswich, and on four Saturday afternoons he instructed the girls in knot tying, bushcraft, semaphore and other Scouting Activities. When the girls were proficient he enrolled them as Girl Scouts. The girls formed themselves into two patrols, “Wolves” and “Ravens”, made their own badges, and for their uniform, they bought scout shirts and hats from the Scout Association, and wore those with a navy blue skirt and black stockings.
As it was wartime, the girls decided to help the war effort by working on Saturday morings in the Red Cross Café kitches, peeling vegetables and washing up. In the afternoon, they would still hold their regular Scout meetings at Marjorie Grimes’ home “Tarragindi House”. In 1915 there was no suburb of Tarragindi, only a house names “Tarrigindi House” which was situated in South Brisbane. The house was located close to the Junction of Andrew Avenue and Tarragindi Road, and stood on 65 acres, mostly bushland. The name Tarragindi came from a South Sea Islander who was a labourer for the Grimes and Cribb families. His name was Tarragindi Tassaroni. When helping Mr Grimes to clear the land so that he could build his house, Mr Grimes asked Tarragindi what he should call the house. Tarra replied “call it Tarragindi – it means camp on the hill”. As the years went by, the destination boards on the trams began to show Tarragindi as the terminus, and the entire area soon became known as Tarragindi.
With the large grounds surrounding Tarragindi House, it is easy to understand how the Girl Scouts could practise their bushcraft and hiking. A favourite place for hikes was Grime’s Flats, the approximate area where the Memorial Hall now stands at the corner of Andrew Avenue and Fernvale Road.
Miss Grimes asked the Boy Scouts Council of Control, if there were any other Girl Scouts in Queensland. She was informed that the girls must not copy the Boy Scouts. After discovering a book in a local bookshop entitled “How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire” by Miss Agnes Baden Powell, Miss Grimes was able to locate the address of the Girl Guides in England. She wrote to England, and finally received a reply informing her of a group of Girl Guides in South Australia. Marjorie wrote to them, and they advised her to get in touch with Government House in Brisbane in order to find a Patron.
In the meantime, the Girl Scouts continued their activities with Miss Jessie Law (also a Sunday School teacher) now assisting Marjorie, until Lady Goold-Adams asked the Tarragindi troop to attend a function at Government House on 15th November 1919, for the purpose of forming a committee to establish the Girl Guide Movement in Queensland. As the day dres closer, Marjorie realised that she didn’t have enough girls to form the Company. After hurried discussions with her neighbour Mrs Chayter, who owned a Dairy Farm and looked after State Wards, Marjorie “borrowed” several of her wards to swell the numbers at Government House!
On their big day, a rally was held with the Boy Scouts participating also, and the Tarragindi Girl Scouts became the first Girl Guides in Queensland. After the official proceedings, the Scouts and Guides staged a display of flag signalling and first aid on the lawns. The display ended with the Boy Scouts signalling a “Good Luck” message in semaphore to the Tarragindi Girl Guides.
Afternoon tea was served in the Drawing Room, at which the Guides and Scouts attended to the guests. The orphans couldn’t believe the array of fine food, and the waiters made sure the girls left none of it!
Miss Grimes and Miss Law were anxious to have the girls wearing uniform attire, and approached several Emporiums in Brisbane to make a uniform. Little interest, if any, was shown until they approached McWhirters Emporium in Fortitude Valley. From there they obtained large felt hats, blue for the older girls (Guides) and brown for the younger (Brownies). Uniforms ultimately had to be made by the girls themselves, or their mothers. The girls were not exactly smartly attired, as some of the sewing was not of an expert standard.
On the occasion of a Guard of Honour for the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII) at the Domain, which many organisations attended; whilst awaiting the arrival of the Prince, the girls were asked by a person present “to which orphanage do you belong?”. The girls were introduced to the Prince, Marjorie being so nervous that she twisted the button off her uniform. The Prince expressed the wish that they continue the worthwhile Guide movement.
During 1920, a troop of Guides was formed in Toowoomba by a Mrs. Price, wife of a Dr. Price of Toowoomba. During the Easter holidays, the girls from Tarragindi and Toowoomba would go camping near Meyer’s Ferry, an area close to the Southport/Surfer’s Paradise bridge, on a property owned by a Mr. Appel (the a Member of Parliament) and they would compete for a trophy in the form of a Trefoil Flag presented by Mrs. Price. The trophy was competed for only twice, as h numbers grew so quickly that it became impossible to select teams from each town. 1st Tarragindi won the Trophy on both occasions, in 1921 and 1922.
On 17th April 1920, the Tarragindi Girl Guides troop was officially registered with eighteen members. The numbers grew quickly thereon.
In 1924 Marjorie Grimes travelled to England at her own expense to obtain her Camper’s License, and also stayed with Lady Dalrymple at her home in Scotland.
An article in the Brisbane Courier explaining th Guide Movement to anxious mothers who feared the Guides may be some sort of army because of the uniforms and salutes, explained that Guide Law was based on the 10 aws of Chivalry which were obeyed by the Knights of Old.
On 28th September 1929, the Guides and Scouts held a mock Wedding Breakfast for paying guests, as a fund raising for a new Scout/Guide Hut. The Scouts were dressed as girls and the Guides dressed as boys. Every detail was considered including the large Wedding Cake and speeches. The Scout/Guide hut was built in Waldheim Street, Annerley, during that year.
Owing to the very high number of girls enrolled at Tarragindi, it was decided on 15th September 1934 to form the Annerley Guides comprising 14 girls from Tarragindi under the leadership of Dorothy Keenan.
As the girls grew older, they were considered too old to continue as Guides, but loved the companionship so much that they decided to become Rangers. However, their leader Mabs. Bamford (nee Schneider) said that as they were the first Brownies and Guides in Queensland, they should not be Sea Rangers, but start the first Air Rangers in Queensland. In 1948 the Air Rangers began their activities.
The Tarragindi Girl Guides have met in many locations, from the large Playroom of Tarragindi House, the kindergarten room under the Congreagtional Church in Cracknell Road, the Scout Den in Waldheim Street, the Junction Park State School, Braille House, until 1957 when a lease of parkland was obtained adjacent to the Tarragindi Bowls Club, forming an almost full circle and coming back to their first meeting place, in the grounds of Tarragindi House, now a developed area.
The first Guide Hut was the old Club House purchased from the Tarragindi Bowls Club in 1957, for an amount of 100 pounds. In 1959 a larger building was erected, only to be destroyed by fire, along with most of the records, on 20th December 1969. Our existing Guide Hut was built in 1970.
In the may years since it’s crude beginnings, the Tarragindi Guide Company has much to be proud of. In 1953 Leading Air Ranger Heather Stephenson was chosen to represent the Queensland Air Rangers at the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in England; Miss Beverley Curran became one of the youngest District Commissioners in 1976; Since its inception in 1945, 17 girls have attended their Queens Guide Awards and 2 girls their B.P. Emblems.
Marjorie Grimes passed away on 11th July 1956 after a long illness. During her time of active Guiding, Marjorie was a Brown Owl, Captain Guide and Brownie Trainer, Commissioner for Brownies and State Secretary. Her enthusiasm should be an example to us all.
From a small band of girls wearing strange uniforms and running around the neighbourhood of Tarragindi, we now have 211 Guide Huts throughout Queensland.
QUEENS GUIDES
1945 Joy Grice
1945 Ethel Wilson
1959 Judith Brooke
1960 Lyndell Beedell
1961 Glenice Watson
1965 Sandra Reid
1966 Susan Hiley
1969 Alison Reid
1972 Meriel Melton
1972 Robyn McElnea
1973 Noelene Jardine
1974 Dorelle McElnea
1975 Meta Jardine
1976 Loris Notley
1977 Lynette Horne
1977 Jocelyn Jardine
1978 Kathryn Norton
B.P. Emblem
1979 Linda Collingwood
1980 Julianne Stubblety"
William Mitchell's Newsagency on Ipswich Road, Annerley ca. 1922
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
House of John Arthur Weddell, noted entymologist with the Queensland Government. Junction Terrace, Annerley. 1909 - 1925
Photo courtesy of Maxine Weddell on Ancestry.com
Photo courtesy of Maxine Weddell on Ancestry.com
Stephen's Paddock at Ekibin ca. 1924
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Annerley Tram Terminus along Ipswich Road
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Aerial view of Annerley ca. 1934
Vehicles on the road at Annerley ca. 1935
Relief workers at Annerley during the Great Depression 1938
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Brisbane Dreadnought Tram at Chardon's Corner
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Boomerang Theatre on Ipswich Road, Annerley
Image courtesy of Maureen Hancock
Image courtesy of Maureen Hancock
Looking towards Junction Park School, Greenslopes ca. 1940
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
"Lady Phyllis's medical surgery was attached to the family home in the Brisbane suburb of Annerley, just opposite the Chardon's Corner Hotel, and next to the Souths rugby grounds. The following picture of the house was taken in 1958."
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It was sold in the 1960's and demolished to make way for a service station but is now the location of the Greg Grant's Saddlery store.
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It was sold in the 1960's and demolished to make way for a service station but is now the location of the Greg Grant's Saddlery store.
Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
FJ Holden parked outside Annerley Junction Hardware store 1959
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Image courtesy of Queensland State Library
Advertisement and information about "The Clansmen" Restaurant 1984.
Image from Tarragindi Girl Guides Anniversary Cookbook 1919-1984
Image from Tarragindi Girl Guides Anniversary Cookbook 1919-1984
"This pair of army drill halls (and their parade ground), dating from 1914 and 1954 respectively are a rare surviving and intact pair from totally different eras. The first, a standard pre World War I hall of galvanised iron sheeting, is one of only six left from a time when such militia training halls were popping up all over the place as a response to the needs of the Defence force.
At the time there were not enough venues to accommodate the Defence Act from 1911 which decreed that all boys aged 12-18 undertake compulsory army drilling, with annual training for those aged 18-20. As a result of this act the size of the defence grew from around 20000 in 1911 to 60000 in 1915.
The second hall with two wings was built as a Citizens Military Forces venue, in response the Cold War of the early 1950s. The entire depot remained in use by the army until the 1990s and today stands as a heritage listed reminder of Australian citizens role in war times." http://www.mustdobrisbane.com (including photo credit)
At the time there were not enough venues to accommodate the Defence Act from 1911 which decreed that all boys aged 12-18 undertake compulsory army drilling, with annual training for those aged 18-20. As a result of this act the size of the defence grew from around 20000 in 1911 to 60000 in 1915.
The second hall with two wings was built as a Citizens Military Forces venue, in response the Cold War of the early 1950s. The entire depot remained in use by the army until the 1990s and today stands as a heritage listed reminder of Australian citizens role in war times." http://www.mustdobrisbane.com (including photo credit)