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Caboonbah Church 2010
Caboonbah may refer to: * Caboonbah, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia * Caboonbah Homestead, a former homestead in Lake Wivenhoe, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia * Caboonbah Undenominational Church, a church in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboonbah, Queensland
Caboonbah is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Caboonbah had a population of 14 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by Lake Wivenhoe and to the east and north by the Brisbane River. The Esk Kilcoy Road passes through the locality, entering from the south-west ( Coal Creek) and exiting to the north-east (the locality of Lake Wivenhoe). History The locality name derives from the Caboonbah Homestead built by Henry Plantagenet Somerset. The name derives from the Kabi language "cabon gibbah" meaning ''big rock''. Caboonbah Homestead was built in 1889-90 for grazier Henry Plantagenet Somerset and his wife Katherine Rose (née McConnel) and their family. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 1996. It was destroyed by fire in 2009 and removed from the Queensland Heritage Register in 2014. Caboonbah Homestead was on Esk-Kilcoy Road, now with the neighbouring locality of Lake Wivenhoe. Caboonbah U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboonbah Homestead
Caboonbah Homestead was a heritage-listed homestead at Esk-Kilcoy Road, Lake Wivenhoe, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1889 to 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 1996. It was destroyed by fire in 2009 and removed from the Queensland Heritage Register in 2014. History Caboonbah Homestead was built in 1889-90 for grazier Henry Plantagenet Somerset and his wife Katherine Rose (née McConnel) and their family. Henry Plantagenet Somerset, connected to an important English military family, arrived in Moreton Bay in 1871 at the age of 19 years, intending to stay only until he could obtain an English army commission. Instead, he took up stock work and station management in Queensland and New South Wales. In 1879 he married Katherine Rose, daughter of pioneer Brisbane Valley squatter David Cannon McConnel and Mary McLeod McConnel of Cressbrook Station. Somerset had worked for the McConnels, learning station skills at Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |