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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 134853 Brighton Family Boarding House at Cleveland, 1871.jpg en Brighton Family Boarding House at Cleveland 1871 The early part of William Boag's career was spent in Sydney where he was in partnership with portrait photographer Joseph Charles Milligan Images made by Boag are in the collection of the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society Boag arrived in Queensland in November 1871 He travelled around the south-east along the foreshore of Moreton Bay and the township of Cleveland He then moved into the Logan and Albert area where he captured images of local crushing mills and sugar plantations While at Yatala he took on a partner John Henry Mills and by the end of 1872 both men were in Stanthorpe where they remained for several months producing views of the booming tin-mining settlement In July 1873 after stopping off in Warwick Boag and Mills extended their operations to Mackay where they remained until October 1875 During this time Boag made trips to St Lawrence and Cooktown however his movements after this are difficult to trace It is known that by mid 1876 he was at Copperfield and Clermont and in February 1878 he inserted a notice in the Peak Downs Telegram announcing that he was leaving for the west Then information ceases abruptly It is possible that Boag never reached his destination since his death certificate records that he died in 1878 at an unknown location The Brighton Boarding House in Shore Street was constructed around 1851 by pastoralist Francis Bigge of Mt Pleasant station It was intended originally to be a dwelling house but finding it too near the road Bigge rented it out After many changes it became the Brighton Hotel then in the 1950s it was renamed the Grand View hotel At the time that this photograph was taken Cleveland's principal attractions were a good supply of salt air and fresh seafood or as one satirical observer reported 'people come down here to eat oysters and fresh fish and to wash and be clean' Accomodation included two public houses and board and lodging was to be had in 'almost every second humpy' One eyesore was the Cleveland racecourse located on the Government Reserve which for a long time had been the favourite resort of pigs that were allowed to 'grub up' the turf in search of wild yams and other delicacies leaving large holes which made the ground unsightly and dangerous 1871 handle 10462/deriv/9439 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Boag William 1838 -1878 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs Buildings in Cleveland Queensland 1871 in Queensland Horse riding in Australia Sidesaddles Guest houses in Queensland Carriages in Queensland | ||||
