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| === Montpelier === | === Montpelier === |
| By August 1867 until 1880, the family's Brisbane residence was //Montpelier// on corner of Main and Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 8 August 1867, p.1 Matilda advertised for a house and parlour maid for //Maroon//; Allan Morrison, 'Some Queensland Postmasters-General", Brisbane, Post Office Historical Society, 1953, p.5, copy J. Godden)). | By August 1867 until 1880, the family's Brisbane residence was //Montpelier// on corner of Main and Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 8 August 1867, p.1 Matilda advertised for a house and parlour maid for //Maroon//; Allan Morrison, 'Some Queensland Postmasters-General", Brisbane, Post Office Historical Society, 1953, p.5, copy J. Godden)). |
| Possibly it needed repairs before the family moved in as TLM-P paid £6.8.6 in April 1866 for 'Carpenters repairs Kangaroo Point' and also Mr James Lang for '40 pieces papering', presumably putting up wall paper.\\ | Possibly it needed repairs before the family moved in as TLM-P paid £6.8.6 in April 1866 for 'Carpenters repairs Kangaroo Point' and also Mr James Lang for '40 pieces papering', presumably putting up wall paper. In November 1867, TLM-P insured the house for £700 and the kitchen (normally separate due to the fire risk) for £100.((MLMSS31217/Box 9))\\ |
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| //Montpelier// was a stone house with its main rooms fronting directly on a wide verandah. It saw significant family events: Matilda died there in 1868; Rosa married there in 1872; and Nora's first child Meta was born there.((Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, pp.111-13.)) The house was convenient as it was closer to the ferry; as there was no bridge at the time, TLM-P used the ferry to get to work in Brisbane. The family lived there when parliament was sitting;((Patricia Clarke, //Rosa! Rosa!// p.23.)) at [[Maroon and Rathdowney|Maroon]] at other times. In October 1867 one of the cheques was for Henry Mohr 'wages. Montpelier' £1.14.0.\\ | //Montpelier// was a stone house with its main rooms fronting directly on a wide verandah. It saw significant family events: Matilda died there in 1868; Rosa married there in 1872; and Nora's first child Meta was born there.((Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, pp.111-13.)) The house was convenient as it was closer to the ferry; as there was no bridge at the time, TLM-P used the ferry to get to work in Brisbane. The family lived there when parliament was sitting;((Patricia Clarke, //Rosa! Rosa!// p.23.)) at [[Maroon and Rathdowney|Maroon]] at other times. In October 1867 one of the cheques was for Henry Mohr 'wages. Montpelier' £1.14.0. From the cheques involving Miss Arabin in February 1868, she appears to be the housekeeper at Montpelier. Catherine Hunt was employed as a cook then too, probably also at Monteplier.((MLMSS31217/Box 9))\\ |
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| {{:montpelier_ferry_st.jpeg?300|}} An undated photo of //Montpelier//.((Photo provenance Tom A. & M. Therese M-P. For more photos of //Montpelier//, see //The Queenslander//, 18 September 1930, p.41.))\\ | {{:montpelier_ferry_st.jpeg?300|}} An undated photo of //Montpelier//.((Photo provenance Tom A. & M. Therese M-P. For more photos of //Montpelier//, see //The Queenslander//, 18 September 1930, p.41.))\\ |