THE Charm OF OLD BRIBIE

Reading this on Bribie you will know the special charm that people have felt coming here for over 100 years. With a population of less than one hundred people in 1923, today we have 20,000+ and things have changed dramatically. It was 99 years ago in 1924 that the very first Road was built, and the first State School opened for 12 children. Today we have so many more people, fast cars and busy roads, shopping centers, Clubs, Entertainment, Sports, Schools, Playgrounds and Community Facilities.

How things have changed. What are the special things you value today about Bribie, and how that will also change in time. How will history look back at Bribie 2023 a hundred years from now?

I found a delightful account written by a first-time visitor to Bribie published in the 1924 Brisbane Daily Mail. Written by PHOEBE KIRWAN, here it is below exactly as she wrote it. It takes you back to another era, and I have added some 1920’s photos from our collection to bring it to life. The title photo for this article is one of my very favorites, looking along the foreshore near the jetty in 1920, where Brennan Park is today.

Barry Clark Bribie Island

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