Series: From Red Jacket Swamp to Rosalie’s playground: The story of Gregory Park
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Red Jacket Park?
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 Of the many people who use or live near Gregory Park today, I suspect that few have ever heard of Red Jacket Swamp. Probably, few of them have heard of A. C. Gregory either, but if they care to look they will find not…
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Gregory Park settles down (1945 – present)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — March 2012 After the war, there were no more drains to build, no more swamps to fill, and no more trenches to dig. Gregory Park could finally settle down. Competitive sports continued to be played at the district level and even interstate level at Gregory…
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Gregory Park comes of age (1904 – 1945)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 A reserve for recreation (1904 – 1916) For many years, the formal designation of Red Jacket Swamp as a ‘recreation reserve’ was at best ironic, and at worst insulting to the residents and school children who had to put up with its putrid condition.…
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Best laid plans (1887 – 1903)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 A tale of two shires (1887 – 1890) Until the formation of the Brisbane City Council in 1925, Western Creek flowed through two local government areas, these being the shires of Toowong and Ithaca. Toowong Shire fronted the river all the way along the…
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There once was a swamp (1850s – 1880s)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 What would Rosalie be without Gregory Park? If Rosalie is really a village, then Gregory Park is the village green, a place where the neighbourhood seems to become a community. To see this place teeming on a Sunday afternoon with all manner of recreation…