(16 March 1939) Planes swoop over Kelvin Grove and drop gas and explosive bombs in spite of the efforts of the Anti-Aircraft battery. Decontamination men and fire fighters attend to the havoc and ambulance men remove the wounded.
(7 February 1974) The Worst Disaster in Australia for 80 years, as floods sweep through the streets of Brisbane. Damage is estimated at £340 million. Twelve people are known to have died.
(29 Aug 1946) MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITS AT BRISBANE SHOW - The Brisbane Agricultural Show has re-started after the war and was opened by the Duke of Gloucester.
While doing some research for some of our Estate Maps in Bardon we came across an old video of the Bardon Hill Climb in 1940 as well as these great pictures of the Bardon Hill Climb in 1938.
In reading the newspapers of the day, it seems they called these events "Freak Hill Climbs" and were held regularly in Bardon as fundraising for events such as the Bathurst T. T. Riders Fund.
These Hill Climbs occured in what is now Purtell Park, Bardon.
