Last month, more than 100 residents, family members, and special guests gathered in Upper Brookfield to celebrate 100 years since the Mumford family first settled in Brookfield; marking the family as one of the longest, continuous families of our local district. It was Ronald and Elsie Mumford’s first purchase of a 13 acre block of land in Upper Brookfield in 1919,…
DetailsThe grass is officially greener at the Kenmore Scout Group, with the unveiling of their new turf on the parade ground at the start of November. Joined by President of Scouts Queensland, Jane Prentice, Chief Commissioner of Scouts Queensland, Daryl Scott, Kenmore Scout Group Leader Annie Ross, Stuart Stoddart from Rotary Club of Kenmore, and Terry O’Shea from Centenary Landscaping,…
DetailsDr Christian Rowan MP, the State Member for Moggill, has continued to support Kenmore’s local high school community through a number of initiatives and celebrations recognising Kenmore State High School’s staff and students. At the start of the month, Dr Rowan presented to Principal Paul Robertson, and P&C Liaison Officer Penny Hauneschild, a special, customised Honour Board to recognise the…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 22nd of October 2019, at a special ceremony at the Queensland Parliament, Mount Crosby State School student, Larissa Sycz, won First Place (year 4-6) in the 2019 Buy Smart Competition, earning a significant award for both herself and her school. Each year, the Office of Fair Trading runs the Buy Smart Competition to help educate students…
DetailsAfter almost half a century of operating the local Poolmart at the Kenmore Village Shopping Centre, Mr Damon Bickle was joined by friends and fellow small business owners for a celebratory morning tea, ahead of his retirement this month. In many ways, Mr Bickle was a pioneer of looking after the great Australian backyard swimming pool, having started his pool…
DetailsWith Summer fast approaching, and after a horrific start to Queensland’s bushfire season, on Saturday the 28th of September the Brookfield Rural Fire Brigade pulled up its roller-doors and hosted a special Open Day for the local community. Speaking at the Open Day, Dr Christian Rowan MP, the State Member for Moggill told residents that now is the time to…
DetailsAfter years of fighting to fix the Kenmore Roundabout, the Liberal National Party’s Federal Member for Ryan, Julian Simmonds MP, and State Member for Moggill, Dr Christian Rowan MP, have welcomed Labor’s long overdue $12.5 million commitment to this notorious intersection, announced over the weekend. Dr Rowan said the State Government had no choice but…
DetailsRecently, local Seniors were treated to a very special morning tea, hosted by the State Member for Moggill, and Shadow Minister for Communities, Disability Services, and Seniors, Dr Christian Rowan MP, and Councillor Kate Richards, Councillor for the Pullenvale Ward. Held in recognition and celebration of Seniors Week 2019, Dr Rowan and Cr Richards welcomed…
DetailsOn Sunday, 8 September 2019, more than one hundred residents and Uniting Church Members from across the western suburbs, gathered at the historic Brookfield Uniting Church to celebrate a very special 150th Anniversary Service. First opening its doors in 1869, the Brookfield Uniting Church has been a mainstay of the local community, and proudly forms…
DetailsRecently, the State Member for Moggill, Dr Christian Rowan MP, supported this year’s Chapel Hill State School Festival on the Hill by taking part in the traditional dunk-tank. Surrounded by students eager to see their local State Member repeatedly submerged, the first dunk-tank pitch for 2019 was by none other than Dr Rowan’s Liberal National…
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