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Have you ever wondered what became of Witton Manor, the first house ever built in Indooroopilly? Mr Rawnsley was among the first European settlers who came to Indooroopilly in 1860. He purchased land south of Witton Creek and built the first house in the area, Witton Manor, in 1861. Witton Manor was originally built on the present site of Nudgee Junior College, now Ambrose Treacy College. Indooroopilly’s steep river banks were deemed unsuitable for farming compared to other adjacent towns like St Lucia, where sugar was grown. The area was vacant for some time until Mr Rawnsley surveyed the land in 1858 and purchased his estate to build the Witton Manor. David McConnel of Cressbrook Station in the Brisbane Valley, bought Witton Manor from Rawnsley to use as a townhouse. His wife, Mary McConnel, was documented to have been concerned when they moved into Witton Manor. The McConnels routinely stayed Witton Manor and ran a stud cattle, an important industry in this side of Brisbane. However, a few years later, the McConnels sold their property to Andrew Bogle from Scotland, who helped establish the Witton Township by subdividing the land’s 5 to 30 acres for ownership. By the first decade of the 1900s, Witton Manor was linked to the Tighnabruaich estate owned by H.B. Hemming, a Sydney-born solicitor who kept to himself and didn’t mingle with Birbane’s society. Mr Hemming renamed Witton Manor to Witton House and moved the property from its original site to the Tighnabruaich grounds. The Hemmings lived in Witton House in 1920, which was a lot smaller than Tighnabruaich. But the Witton House was mainly used to display his extensive art collection. Tighnabruaich and Witton House remained with the Hemmings until the patriarch’s death in 1942. The houses were used as military facilities during the Second World War. Witton House was designated to be the sergeants’ mess, and then as a personnel depot and records office until the 1950s, when was subdivided into flats for senior Army officers. In 1967, Witton House was demolished to make way for the Witton Barracks. Source: indooroopillynews.com.au/index.php/whatever-happened-to-w...

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From John Mathew’s “Highways and Byways”… Melton Terrace, Melton Hill. Shown as Cleveland Street on the first survey plan of the city. The name was changed to Melton Terrace in 1969. Melton Hill, Melton Street, Melton Lane, and Melton Black Drive were all named in honor of John Melton Black, one of the founders of Townsville, and whose home was built on the crest of Melton Hill. The name Melton Hill was used at the first land sale, of Townsville land, held in Bowen in 1865. Melton Street has now merged into Willmett Street and Melton Lane is now the present day Herbert street. Source: s0.whitepages.com.au/aebf45b8-75f4-421f-813a-83a14f1a2ad1...