Map showing Everton Park Estate which is now part of current day Everton Park
The Everton Park Estate, Enoggera to be Sold on the Ground, Saturday, September 5th
Street names shown on the map:
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Government Road (now South Pine Road)
- McIlwraith Street
- Gordon Parade
- Griffith Street
- Burwood Road
- Brook Street
- Little Street
- Corinth Street
The map covers the present day streets:
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South Pine Road, Everton Park
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McIlwraith Street, Everton Park
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Gordon Parade, Everton Park
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Griffith Street, Everton Park
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Burwood Road, Everton Park
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Brook Street, Everton Park
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Little Street, Everton Park
Year: 1885
Date: Saturday, 5 September 1885
Location: Everton Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The map also includes the following text:
- 231 Allotments
- All 1/4 and 1/2 acres
- Terms 1/4 cash, balance at 4, 8, 12 & 16 months - bearing interest 7%
- Free Conveyances
- Free Luncheon
- Supplement to the "Telegraph", Wednesday, September 2, 1885
- G. T. Bell & Co, Auctioneers
- Richard Unsworth, Licensed Surveyor
- Keith & Cramb, Lithographic Printers, Albert Street, Brisbane
Newspaper Advertisement
Newspaper Advertisement - Brisbane Courier - Page 8
Saturday, 5th September 1885
This day (Saturday) 5th September
The Sale of the Season
The Everton Park Estate, Enoggera
McDowall's Paddock
The Everton Park Estate is the Best Suburb of Brisbane.
Plentiful Supply of Fresh Water
The Healthiest Position near Brisbane.
Bounded by the Beautiful Kedron Brook
The Most Convenient as to:
- Access to the city, as 'busses run hourly.
- Water Supply there being always good permanent Natural Springs
- Its proximity to schools and churches.
The Railway is already surveyed, and will shortly be constructed, which must treble the value of land in its immediate vicinity.
Another great adventure is the size of the allotments, all being 1/4 and 1/2 acres, and all being free from gullies, with no waste ground.
231 Splendid Allotments, 1/4 and 1/2 acre in the Everton Park Estate
To anyone wishing to make a comfortable home, with every convenience,
The Everton Park Estate offers special inducements -
- As Purchasers will not, owing to the size of the allotments, be cramped for room.
- As Tradesmen make daily rounds and Farmers passing through sell their produce at low rates.
- As Good Building Stone and Brickyards are close by, a Sawmill on the opposite side of the road, and fencing material within a few yards, thus enabling anyone wishing to build to do so at a very low cost.
- As Churches and Schools are within easy reach.
- As there is no chance of a scarcity of water, there being good permanent water on the ground.
- As the whole district of Enoggera is admitted by everyone to be the healthiest, as well as the prettiest, suburb within reach of the city.
- As no one would fail to see its advantages if they only took a trip out and inspected the ground.
- As the terms are remarkably easy, being One-fourth Cash, balance by Bills at 4, 8, 12 and 16 months, bearing interest at 7 per cent.
G. T. Bell & Co. have received instructions to sell by auction on the Ground, on Saturday, 5th September at half-past Two o'clock,
The Everton Park Estate, Enoggera
Containing 231 Allotments, 1/4 and 1/2 Acres being subdivisions of Portions 15, 16 and 57, Parish of Kedron, County of Stanley.
Remember - Free conveyances - Free Luncheon.
