mensclothingandaccessories

A woman of European background and her husband wearing fashionable clothes.

The men are always seated and the women standing in these old photographs!

Joseph S McIntyre, Mayor of Toowoomba in 1880, was an auctioneer and valuator. Born in Glasgow on 13th September 1842, Joseph McIntyre arrived in Brisbane in 1862 on the “Flying Cloud”. Two years later he came to Toowoomba, first settling at his uncle’s station on the Warrego, and then trying his luck on the Queensland goldfields. He returned to Toowoomba in 1870 and set up business as an auctioneer and valuator on Ruthven Street near the present-day Australia Arcade. He remained there for 25 years, building up extensive connections. McIntyre then moved to Margaret Street where he remained in business for 14 years until ill health forced him to retire. Besides his term on Council as Mayor, he also served as an alderman from 1877 to 1879 and in 1881 and 1882. Historian Mr. Ron Douglas said Joseph McIntyre built and lived in a house named “Roslyn” on Herries Street. Later named “Nundora”, this house still stands and is located behind the Toowoomba Ten Pin Bowling Centre. Mr. Douglas said records show the property, which extended to West Creek, had its own racecourse. McIntyre later moved to Llewelyn Street where he established a vineyard. He won numerous prizes for his wines at the Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show. A street at the back of his Llewelyn Street property has been named in honor of him. Joseph McIntyre died on May 25, 1910. Source: www.tr.qld.gov.au/our-region/history/notable-characters-m...

The 1876 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 7 November 1876.[1] This year was the sixteenth running of the Melbourne Cup. The race is most famous for winning jockey Peter St. Albans (real name: Micheal Bowden) who became the youngest Melbourne Cup winning jockey at 12 (he was actually a few days shy of his 11th birthday).[2] Briseis, who won the Doncaster Handicap at two, won by two lengths and was the first of three fillies to win the race the Cup. She also completed the VRC Derby and Melbourne Cup double.[3] Briseis won in a field of 33 and "The boy who rode the winner was carried around the pack and is the hero of the day" reported the Australasian Sketcher.[4] Both Peter St Albans and Briseis have now become racing legends. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876_Melbourne_Cup