$20.00
Tides of Change
This excellent book compiled and printed by Keep Sandgate Beautiful Association is a very good introduction to the Sandgate area and history.
$10.00
Einbunpin, A BunPin – A children’s poem
by Dr Deborah A Cronau
One of Sandgate’s very own authors.
$10.00
Ibis the Bin Chicken’s Heritage Trail
by Dr Deborah A Cronau
A history trail for the young, young at heart and zany history buffs.
$10.00
The Largest Ships
How Sandgate or Shorncliffe got its Pier.
The history of the Shorncliffe Pier by Geoff Drew.
$20.00
Welcome to Boondall
This publication contains historical facts and personal reminiscences that trace the history and progress of the College Hill area that was to become the modern suburb of Boondall.
Researched and compiled by Mrs Barbara Bow.
$20.00
Drawn With Love
Leonard and Kathleen Shillam, while students in the 1930s, did practice drawing so that by the middle of that decade their most cherished ambition was to become know as Draughtsmen
You Can’t love something that you do not practise in sufficient depth to gain any facility in doing it.
$10.00
The Shillam O’Niell Connection
Over the years both Len and Kath explored new Territory, experimented with a variety of materials and introduced ways o making art that make them forerunners in Queensland’s and Indeed Australian art practice.
$15.00
Shillam Sculpture
Leonard and Kathleen Shillam were Australian sculptors.
In 1976 they were awarded life membership of the Society of Sculptors, Queensland.
On 26 January 1986 they were appointed Members of the Order of Australia.
$15.00
Forms Entwined
This is a love story of two artists that spans nearly three quarters of a century. A story that tells of a love of their art, their environment and each other. It is more than an art book, it is a story of tremendous courage against all odds, of what can be achieved by simply living day by day, doing their life’s work, their passion and their sculpture.
$10.00
Sandgate by the Seaside
A history of the personalities and buildings of the Sandgate District.
$10.00
Walk Around Shorncliffe
This edition includes a brief history of the Shorncliffe area, first land sales took place here, and a description of the better known landmarks.
$10.00
Ephemera of the Great War
by Geoff Drew
The images presented in this little book all come from the collection of my grandparents, Samuel John Drew and Madge Dorothy Dyer. They cover the period from Christmas 1915 to June 1919.
$20.00
Passage to Pusan
by Louise Evans
Strong, big-hearted and Hollywood handsome, Vincent Healy carries the pride of his large Brisbane family on his shoulders when he becomes a soldier and is sent to multiple war zones. After Vince is killed in action in Korea, his mother embarks on a harrowing journey of discovery.
$20.00
He Made His Mark
This book is dedicated to the tenacity, enterprise and skill of all pioneers, but in particular, Joshua and Sarah Jeays, both of whom possessed an abundance of these essential qualities.
$25.00
Deagon A Place in Speedway History
Researched and edited
by Tony Webb 2014
Speed track racing was introduced on the one mile grass/sand surface at Deagon Race Course on 11 November 1921.
$10.00
In the Beginning it was the Ibis and the Whizzer
An historical and social commentary on the early Sandgate motorised buses from 1919 to the 1950s.
$25.00
From Solitude to Suburbia
A peep into the history of Bracken Ridge.
$10.00
Jack’s Diary
by Geoff Drew
Amongst my grandfather’s effects was a small notebook originally used for recording his radio signaler training in Bailleul in late March 1918. It became his diary which he still used after the end of the war.
Bailleul is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located in French Flanders, 3 km from the Belgian border and 26 km northwest of Lille.
$10.00
Sandgate Town Halls
The first town hall was located on Pier Avenue Shorncliffe. It Burnt down. Bone up on the astounding history of the Town Halls.
$10.00
RAAF Sandgate
At the Mouth of the Pine
This history of the RAAF base, no aerodrome, was compiled by Grace Beecher.
$10.00
Picture Theatres Exhibition
History of the Picture Theatres from the first open air theatres at Moora Park to the Sea Breeze Theatre at Eventide.
$5.00
History of Sandgate Sailing Clubs
A chronicle of the Sandgate sailing heritage compiled by George Lestor in a form that brings the memories flooding back.
$10.00
To Guard My People
Compiled by W O J Kielly QPM
Law Enforcement in the Sandgate District
1852 to 1992
$5.00
AHS Centaur – Seventy Years On
1943-2013
This small publication by Grace Beecher commemorates the seventieth anniversary of the loss of the hospital ship Centaur.
$25.00
A Time to Remember
WW 2
This is a record of the local war time experiences of the people in the Sandgate area.
$10.00
A Guided Walk of the Pier
A pictorial walk through the history of the Shorncliffe Pier.
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Sandgate Peep into the Past
Available for perusal at the Museum
This is a collection of many early “Postcards from Sandgate”.
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Sandgate Photos of the Past
Available for perusal at the Museum
A collection of photos of early Sandgate.
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Glimpses of Sandgate and Shorncliffe
Available for perusal at the Museum
The delightful old mansions and public buildings facing the tree-lined streets of Sandgate serve as a reminder of the genteel days when it was a popular seaside resort.
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Sandgate State School 1873-1998
Available for perusal at the Museum.
A searchable spreadsheet of pupils from 1968 to 1998 is available for research at the Museum.
A list of Shorncliffe State School pupils from 1919 to 1996 is also available for research at the Museum.
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Army Drill Hall Sandgate
Available for perusal at the Museum
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Sandgate Footprints in the Sand
Available for perusal at the Museum
This is a companion to “Sandgate by the Seaside” expanding on the section that describes a few well-known Sandgate identities.