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Charmian Bernays dressed in a rabbit costume from State Library of Queensland uploaded September 2025
Soldiers on horseback competing in a team's race at Toowoomba from State Library of Queensland uploaded September 2025
Edwin Bernays on a Harley Davidson motorbike, ca. 1917 from State Library of Queensland uploaded September 2025
Christmas greeting card sent from G. Black, bookseller and newsagent, Toowoomba, ca. 1898 from State Library of Queensland uploaded November 2024
Workers for the French Red Cross Appeal at Toowoomba, Queensland, 1919 from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2024
Town Hall Toowoomba ca. 1894 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2023
Town Hall, Toowoomba, 1915 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2023
Wartime wedding ca 1940 from State Library of Queensland uploaded March 2023
Horse sales at Toowoomba from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
Railway Station at Toowoomba, Queensland from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
Stuck in a deep rut on the outskirts of Toowoomba, ca.1925 from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
Shade house at Toowoomba residence, Roslyn from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
Team of horses pulling cut prickly pear during 1920 drought from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
Lady Lamington with a cockatoo , Toowoomba, ca. 1899 from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
Baby Charmain Bernays in her perambulator from State Library of Queensland uploaded January 2023
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Remains of Pigott & Company's building after the fire, Toowoomba 1909
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Edwin Bernays on a Harley Davidson motorbike, ca. 1917
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Hans van den Broek said:
Wow ! I like this shot.....!
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Vesna Verencevic said:
www.bernays.com.au/ Established 1898, in Toowoomba. Bernays Lawyers
Ascot House in Toowoomba, designed by architect, James Marks, ca. 1876
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Rumors of a ghost at Ascot House in Queensland, Australia, have been circulating as far back as the 1890s. It wasn’t until some one hundred years later, that the ghost could finally be put to rest. Ascot House was built for wealthy businessman and politician, Frederick Holberton, in 1876, and was originally named ‘Tor’. Situated in Newtown, a suburb of Toowoomba, it once stood on 13ha (32 acres) of land. It eventually changed hands, and the new owner renamed it Ascot House and undertook numerous renovations. Ascot House contained a gothic tower, sweeping staircase, and large high-ceilinged rooms. Many years later, the house would fall into a state of disrepair. During the 1940s, flats had been added, which housed people looking for cheap accommodation. It was not until the 1980s that the house was sold to a successful renovator, who proceeded to bring the house back to its former glory. No sooner had the new owner moved into Ascot House, that she would hear footsteps walking down the hallway at night but see no-one. Once, during the early hours of the morning, she felt fingertips brush her shoulders. One warm evening, she leaned against a wall where the surface was icy cold. The cold patch lasted for months and defied explanation. There have been numerous eye-witness accounts, including one man who saw the apparition of a young woman that looked as if her neck was broken. It had been rumored that a young servant girl had hung herself within the house. After many years of searching, the owner identified the young woman as Maggie Hume, who had worked at Ascot House as a housemaid under the employ of the original owner, Frederick Holberton. At 23 years of age, she committed suicide, not by hanging, but by taking strychnine. According to the police reports, it was believed she suicided after learning she was pregnant. At the inquest, a couple of male staff members confessed to having ‘connections’ with her. As a single woman committing suicide, Maggie was buried in an unmarked grave. Now, a headstone has been placed at the site, giving her the sympathy she never received in life. Source: debbie-johansson.com/2021/09/29/the-ghost-of-ascot-house/