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Townsville Daily Bulletin - Thursday, February 9, 1889 "The establishment of a Grammar School in Townsville has done much to supply the wants of the heads of families in North Queensland. It is now unnecessary to send their children to Brisbane, or elsewhere in the State, to educate them, as they have a well-directed institution in their own part of the country, where tuition of the highest order is available under the direction of one of the best English Public Schoolmasters." Townsville Grammar School is the oldest secondary school in North Queensland, opening its doors on Monday, 16 April 1888 at the North Ward site. The School has earned an enduring reputation for educational leadership in the North and has served and supported generations of families through day schooling and boarding. With a proud 130+ year history, the School has expanded in line with Townsville's growing community. Today, Townsville Grammar School has a student population of 1250 across three Campuses. The School's original building, 'School House' still stands proudly in the school grounds at the North Ward Campus. In 1903, Cyclone Leonta severely damaged School House, causing much of the building to be rebuilt in 1903-1904 to a design by Townsville architects, Tunbridge and Tunbridge. School House is now heritage listed and is currently being restored. Source: www.tgs.qld.edu.au/about-tgs/history-archives/#:~:text=To...

500 apples would make a couple of gallons, not a pint. Even if they were crab apples it would still be a few pints.

It says in the census he lived in O'Connell Street, so it's presumably here: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,625421,593310,11,9 Edit: Or possibly not. No matter how you count it, I don't think you'd get Brewery Lodge to be house 16, especially since the buildings return says it's a shop. Mind you, I don't see anything else marked as either a brewery, a bottling plant, or a jam factory (his other occupations), so maybe this is it and he just lives over the shop instead of in a swanky house.

Here we go. It appears from this related photo (catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591865) that it's here: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,625603,593223,11,9

12 November 1906 was a Monday.

derangedlemur Looking at your 25" link, we are looking West, the big house behind the wall must be Brewery Lodge (now gone) and the chimneys are Saint Brigid's Well Brewery. The brewery gate arch is still standing, from 1862 (streetview).

It's a lovely photo - every single face has genuine niceness and warmth in it. A very special day for all.

Great photo ... this must have been quite an event. I'd love to put names to those faces, especially the chap presenting the flowers. The launch must have been a few days after this photo was taken I guess ...