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Charles Barstow
Charles Banks Barstow (14 March 1883 – 12 July 1935) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played twenty-two first-class matches for Queensland between 1906/07 and 1925/26. He played district cricket from 1901 to 1930 representing Etons, South Brisbane, North Brisbane, and Toombul, and was involved with Wanderers Cricket Club after retiring. Personal life Barstow was born and educated in Brisbane. He began his professional career working for Robertson and Co. booksellers and stationers, and later established C. B. Barstow and Co. at Tonk's Buildings on Elizabeth Street and worked as a wholesale merchant. He was a strong Methodist regularly attending the Wooloowin Methodist Church and his wife donated four stained glass window ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Junction, Queensland
Eagle Junction is a former suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is now a neighbourhood within the suburb of Clayfield. History The neighbourhood takes its name from the Eagle Junction railway station. The station was originally named ''Eagle Farm Junction'', but the name was changed to just ''Eagle Junction'' in January 1888. The original name reflects that this station was the junction at which the railway line to Eagle Farm railway station split off. Education Schools Eagle Junction State School is a primary school which is located in Eagle Junction. Transport Train Eagle Junction railway station provides regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Airport, Shorncliffe, Doomben and Caboolture. Bus Inbound Route 320 – Chermside, Wavell Heights, Eagle Junction, Bowen Hills, City Outbound Route 320 – City, Bowen Hills, Eagle Junction, Wavell Heights, Chermside East Route 303 – Toombul, Ascot, Eagle Farm, Pinkenba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
