Joseph Cornelius Marconi – Goanna Oil Man Joseph Cornelius Marconi was born Joseph Mahoney in 1876 in London. Immigrating with his family to Australia around 1886, Joseph worked w...
Honourable Herbert Freemont Hardacre – A character of conscience and brotherly kindness The Honourable Herbert F. Hardacre was Minister for Lands in 1899, Minister for Education in 1915 and Lands Court judge in 1919. He was 7...
William Parry-Okeden – Commissioner of Police William Edward Parry-Okeden was known as a public servant, a police commissioner, a protector of aborigines and a horseman. Born at Murru...
James Stone – Ginger Beer Entrepreneur James Stone arrived in Brisbane in 1857 and acquired land in 1875 at the corner of Logan and Old Cleveland Roads. His intention was to es...
Edward Deshon – Public Servant Edward Deshon, 1836 - 1924 was an important Queensland Public Servant who bought and sold land around Coorparoo. His family home Kemandin...
