by Dawn Barrie The Local Property That Just Keeps Giving It’s currently the home of Parklands Christian College but the property on the corner of Rosia and Hillcrest roads has had a very fruitful life. First mention of the property in historical records arises in April 1893 when the Lands…

By Paul Jackson You may know it as the office of Oasis Landscaping and Building Supplies, but the sign over the front door points to a much different story. The little timber building on the corner of Greenbank Rd and Mt Lindesay Hwy has a long and varied history in…

Logan West Dairy Industry by Paul Jackson Stan & Em Wendt’s House  If you travel out along Chambers Flat Rd you would have enjoyed the opportunity to admire the beautiful Friesian milking cows grazing at Pleasant View – the last remaining dairy farm in Logan West. But it wasn’t that long…

1942 RAAF Airstrip in Park Ridge You’d never know it these days, but the east end of Park Ridge was home to one of five emergency RAAF airstrips in Logan during WWII. When the US forces began arriving in Queensland at the end of 1941, new sites were sought for…

Harvey's Knightsby Paul Jackson With more than 60 trucks on the road, you’ve probably seen them around. They’re as iconic to Park Ridge as the local water tower, and after more than forty years of serving the Park Ridge community, Harvey’s ‘Knights in Shiny Trucks’ are still going. With more…

The Day Bob Came to Town by Darryl Sampson Bob Hawke speaking to the crowd of Park Ridge Panthers at Hubner Park. Standing behind Bob are Daryl Sampson (Park Ridge Panthers Founder), David Beddall (State MP for Rankin) and Wayne Goss (Premier of Qld). With the passing of former Prime…

One of the oldest trees in Logan has been officially dated and named ahead of National Tree Day. The blue gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) on a North Maclean property is estimated by an expert arborist to be 378 years old. That means it was sprouting it’s first signs of life around…

Park Ridge Cow Girl by Paul Jackson Speaking of cows. I’d heard the legend of the girl who rode her cow to Park Ridge State School over the years but it wasn’t until I was reading through some archived newspapers last year that I came across an article picturing Heather…

As the Summer of crickets gets underway for another year, the origin of cricket in Park Ridge and its role in the history of those who settled here has taken a surprising twist. Photographs emerged late last year (2017) showing the day a cricket pitch was built by locals in…

Logan West - Historical Timeline 1826-1876 The Logan River was at the intersection of two major language groups, the Yugambeh to the south and the Jaggera to the north. Studies by their modern descendants indicate that there were eight family groups within the Yugambeh. Of these, the one which lived…