suburbs

Manly: Bayside suburb 19km east. Land sales began in the area in the 1860s and the name came from Manly in Sydney. Source; hicksrealestate.com.au/secret-history-brisbanes-suburbs-z/

This part of Moreton Bay was originally occupied by the semi-nomadic Mipirimm subclan of the Quandamooka people. Manly and neighboring suburb Lota were and continue to be known together as Narlung to the Quandamooka people,[15] likely meaning 'the place of long shadows'. European settlement of the Manly area first took place from 1859 when the land was surveyed and Thomas Jones obtained a land grant of 200 acres (81 ha). Joseph Lewthwaite built the first house in the area, a stone homestead he called Wyvernleigh at what is now the intersection of Oceana Terrace and Kooralgin Street; it would later also be known as Tingalpa House.[17][18][19] What is now Manly was known as Wyvernleigh and managed as part of the Lewthwaite's estate, which included a sugar plantation.[20] Aboriginal connection to the Manly area continued throughout the colonial period, with town camps recorded in Manly and Wynnum, and local Aboriginal groups running fishing, oyster-catching and turtle-hunting expeditions from the area into the 1920s. In 1882, the land was sold by auction by James R. Dickson for the Manly Beach Estate, apparently named after Manly, New South Wales beach in Sydney. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manly,_Queensland

Shame we can't get context. A fruit shop doesn't normally attract a crowd.

We do have some context, not very pleasant.

Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), Friday 17 January 1941, page 8
"Fruit Shop Pickets
ROCKDALE CROWDS PROTEST
Local residents yesterday picketed the fruit shop of Mr. Antonio Arena, in Princes Highway, Rockdale. This followed picketing of the fruit shops of Mr. Leo Costa and Mr. A. Rumore in Prince's Highway, Rockdale, on Wednesday. Yesterday both those shops were locked and deserted. All yesterday afternoon crowds jostled and argued outside Mr. Arena's shop, while a squad of police looked on. Few people entered the shop to buy fruit A group of residents led several dogs on leads to and fro before the shop. Mr. Arena immediately removed several cases of fruit from the doorway.
Had Birth Certificate
Mr. Arena showed his birth certificate to the demonstrators and said he was Australian born. A member of the A.I.F. examined the certificate and told the crowd, "He's O.K." Two elderly women had a violent argument outside the shop. One said: "Anybody with Italian blood in them is no good." The other replied: "Italian blood and Australian— It's all the same. They're all mothers' sons." A broken window of Mr. Costa's shop was boarded up with planks. On the planks was scrawled in chalk: "Down with Dagoes," "Boycott the wops," "Wop-shop," and "Dagoes are dingoes." On the closed shutters of Mr. Rumore's shop someone had written: "Have a bath."
"Not Real Australians"
Interviewed at his home in Bay Street, Rockdale, Mr. Costa said: "I have sold my business and will lead a gentleman's life for a while. "The people who smash my shop are not real Australians. "They wait there to see the window fall in to pick up some oranges for nothing." Mr. Costa, who is 40, said he had been in Australia for 15 years. His wife had been here 18 years. He had two children, and was a naturalised British subject. Mr. H. Trelaw, of Maltland Ave., Kensington, who was visiting Mr. Costa, said he had bought Costa's business.
ITALIAN SELLS HIS SHOP
MR. H. TRELAW, who yesterday purchased the greengrocery business at Rockdale from Mr. Leo Costa, naturalised British subject. Crowds demonstrated outside the premises the previous day."

Fruit Shop Pickets (1941, January 17). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved August 7, 2026, from nla.gov.au

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Over the past century, Townsville developed into the commercial center for northern Queensland with major industries including meat and sugar processing, copper refining, railroad repair, timber milling, boat building, and manufacturing. Outside the southeast corner, Townsville is the largest city in regional Queensland with over 196,000 residents. Breakwater Marina's construction starting in 1986 was a development of state significance. The precinct was originally developed as part of the first stage of the Breakwater Island Casino Development, and the marina basin is bordered by public promenades along Sir Leslie Thiess Drive, Anzac Park, and Mariner's Peninsula. The Marina started construction in 1986, neighboring Sheraton Breakwater Hotel and Casino (now known as "The Ville") opened to the public in 1986 with another Townsville attraction, Reef Wonderland (now known as Reef HQ) opening 24 June 1987. Source: www.breakwatermarina.com.au/destination/our-history/