Sharing history & memories

through community collaboration

Thanks for visiting the Paddington Then & Now webpage! Our names are Kerry Forsythe and Caylie Jeffery, and we are online custodians for the history of Paddington and surrounding inner-West Brisbane suburbs.

Our wonderful online Facebook Group have contributed in a huge way to the stories we are able to tell. Thank you if you are already a member, and if you’d like to join in the conversation via Facebook, you can do that here.

If you would prefer to see our stories and events via email instead, click here.

We cover Paddington, Red Hill, Bardon, Rainworth, Petrie Terrace/Ithaca, Rosalie and Milton, so get reading!

Yours in history,

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This is the place to go to read stories, see photographs and be part of the wonderful Paddington Community, Then and Now.

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Explore Paddington’s Past

1968 photo of shops on the corner of Given Terrace Paddington and Martha Street. The Corner Pharmacy run by F.H. Phillips previously the Sweetman store.

Paddington & Rosalie

Ithaca War Memorial Centenary Project

Red Hill

1950 mr McCallum's garage on Macgregor Terrace in Bardon Brisbane

Bardon & Rainworth

Photo of Boondah from Rosalie in Brisbane.

Research Help

1978 view of Lang Park Stadium on Castlemaine St Milton / Paddington Brisbane.

Milton

Caxton Street Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, taken in the 1970's - Gambaro's site.

Petrie Terrace

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