REVEALED! Plus: putting the Spring in Spring Hill, old Brisbane Houses, Convicts & Queens's Wharf!

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🏠🔎 EPISODE 10 OF THE HOUSE DETECTIVE DIARIES! 🔎🏠
In this episode, I countdown the Top 5 most interesting, quirky, unusual or unexpected things I have uncovered during my house history research in the last couple of weeks.
What is the oldest building in Brisbane? Where was the spring in Spring Hill? Some old Brisbane house styles and convict research discoveries. Plus: the Queen’s Wharf development and the nearby heritage buildings- how do they mix??
00:00 Intro
00:56 Where was the Spring Hill spring?
04:44 A wonderful collection of early house styles at Spring Hill
09:28 Convict research results
15:37 Harris Terrace and the Queen's Wharf Development
19:59 Brisbane's oldest building revealed!
25:12 Outro
Link to visitor information about the Museum mentioned: tr.ee/4jaE-wUMsw
I'm an architectural historian called The House Detective. I research houses and find out amazing things about their history all the time, so I thought I would share some of them with you all!
I really hope you enjoy watching! Let me know what your favourite discovery was! And don’t forget to like and subscribe!
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house history research, house histories, house research, when was my house built, local history, Queensland History, convict history Brisbane's oldest building REVEALED!

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@simoneconti71 Ай бұрын

Love that I stumbled across this channel. Thank you so much!

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

Love that you loved stumbling across it! Thanks! 😊

@craigroaring 3 ай бұрын

Great video. I hope the old houses in Spring Hill are protected.

@thehousedetective 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Craig! Yes, most of them are at least protected from demolition thankfully! Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate it!

@petereedy6092 3 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks Marianne! Re the naming of 'Spring Hill' - my theory is that it referred to the hill at the catchment area for the Wheat Creek (which, as you probably know, flowed through Roma Street, the town centre and entered the river at Creek Street) - this catchment area was the 'bowl' formed by modern Petrie Terrace, College Road and Wickham Terrace (now the Roma Street Parkland and Inner Northern Busway) I'm puzzled by the old newspaper clipping at 3:17 - York's Hollow was not connected to the Wheat Creek area until the construction of the Sandgate railway around 1880 - and the dam on Wheat Creek in modern Roma Street was Brisbane's main water source, not York's Hollow (until the arrival of the pipeline from Enoggera Reservoir in 1866)

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

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@woodrow60 3 ай бұрын

I think your assessment of the Queen’s Wharf Development is well thought through. We have to keep our heritage areas vital, which requires mixed use to obtain the funds for preservation.

@thehousedetective 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 Yep, I think realistically it’s always going to be about compromise and trade offs. I’ve certainly seen much worse examples of heritage buildings in new developments!

@johnfoster6412 2 ай бұрын

I lived in Spring Hill around 1984ish, at 202 Water St. There was an almost continuous trickle of water from out of the dirt floor of our garage, and down into the gutter. One time I put in a vegetable garden in the back yard. Everything there grew incredibly well, until I came home from work to find my garden gone. Vanished. When I went out to it I discovered there was a tunnel around 60cm in diameter that ran down the hill towards our garage, and my tilling the soil was enough to form a sinkhole. I think most of the Southern face of the ridge probably had little springs like we had scattered about.

@thehousedetective 2 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh! Bet that was a bit of a shock! 😱 How interesting though, thank you!

@catherinebugler7895 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!!

@thehousedetective 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 😊

@galahadthreepwood9394 2 ай бұрын

The first house I lived in was number 1 Thornbury street, back in the early 60’s. My grandmother owned it and the house next door and she ran them as boarding houses from before ww2.

@thehousedetective 2 ай бұрын

Oh how amazing!!! I researched the one next door, so she would have been part of the history I put together!! Thanks for sharing!!

@LukeDavisAuthor Ай бұрын

I used to rent 6 Thurlow St Newmarket, I was told it was built in the 1860's or 70's and was one of the oldest private residences in Brisbane. I googled, but I can't seem to find any information on it these days. I seem to recall something about a stable a few houses down as well. Was a really nice place. Seperate bathroom and dining room for the convict help, huge pot bellied stove, and an attic to send the kids to when they were naughty.

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

Ooh I know the one you mean! Beautiful place!

@melissamclelland5410 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I'm one of those weird people too. Love these videos.

@thehousedetective 2 ай бұрын

🤣 I look forward to bumping into you some time, staring at a wall! Thanks so much for watching, I'm glad you're enjoying them!

@janemacintyre9801 3 ай бұрын

I love Spring Hill 💛 thank you

@thehousedetective 3 ай бұрын

Me too! My pleasure! Thanks so much for watching 😊

@stephseckold4324 2 ай бұрын

I lived in Spring Hill in the late '70's/early 80's. At one stage when there were some major roadworks in Water street, they exposed, some 3m below road level, the original creek- very narrow, lined with natural creek rock, pristine fresh water, covered by an arched cement tunnel/cover, obviously long buried and covered by road. Only a small area was exposed and quickly (within a day) re-covered. Hence the street name - perhaps the mythical 'spring' (Water street is the gully between the steep slopes either side with Gregory Terrace and St Paul's Tce along ridges)

@thehousedetective 2 ай бұрын

Wow, how cool!

@anneloving8405 Ай бұрын

I lived in Spring Hill for 6mnths and the house was certainly built before 1888,looked like it was built by convicts,it had a bit of lean to it and an outside dunny in 1997.lol.its still there.interesting place to live.

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

Whoa! Sounds like an interesting place! Thanks for watching!

@elephantgiftstore 3 ай бұрын

I've always been a bit puzzled by the Spring Hill name because I'd never found any connection to a spring either. I also had a chuckle because 'Hill Valley' is the fictional housing estate in the 'Back to the Future' movies.

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

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@elizabethroberts6215 Ай бұрын

……the land All Hallows’ School is situated upon, has a very interesting history worth looking into…………

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

It sure does!!

@randyr4877 Ай бұрын

jon levi channel has some great research on old buildings

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

Oooh thanks for the tip! Looks great!

@pamelarobson658 3 ай бұрын

What a fascinating tour these two streets (Gloucester and Thornbury) provide of early Brisbane architecture. A chronology of styles all in one place. The council should provide plaques and signage for people to read. Thank you! I've learnt so much!

@farqueue 3 ай бұрын

I am sure the intergenerational wealth recipients do not welcome any such attention on their realty

@pamelarobson658 3 ай бұрын

@@farqueue That’s a bit harsh far_queue. Spring Hill has always been an inclusive community of all ages and demographics and has largely avoided the widespread gentrification of New Farm, Paddington etc. You'll see quite a few unrenovated simple cottages in this clip. The question is how do you protect Brisbane’s historic architecture? If the people who live in them maintain these heritage-listed places surely it’s a good thing? Not sure what the option is - demolish them for low-cost housing?

@thehousedetective 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@mandylupton9522 3 ай бұрын

Re lime production, in the early colonial period Aboriginal shell middens were mined to provide the raw material which was processed into lime. I'm not sure if this happened in Brisbane, but it's likely.

@thehousedetective Ай бұрын

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