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Wheeler Family on Holiday at Coolangatta, 1920s
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TitleWheeler Family on Holiday at Coolangatta, 1920sDate Created1920sAcknowledgementThe Wheeler Family
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City & StateCoolangatta, QueenslandGeo Coordinatesnot specified
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DescriptionFamily photos of the Wheeler Family on holiday in Coolangatta.
The Wheelers had a holiday home called 'Kookaburra', which was on Greenmount Hill, Coolangatta.
The Wheeler family at this time consisted of Dr James Atkin Wheeler (1861-1939) and Lillah Constance Wheeler (c.1865-1959) and their children Francis James Kendall (Ken) Wheeler (1901 – 1973), Edmund George Brumwell (Brum) Wheeler (1899 – 1970), Dorothy Constance (Dors) Wheeler (1895-1988) and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Greenfield (nee Wheeler) (1897-1982) with Mary's husband, Cyril Greenfield.Additional Information Image qips-2022-10-09-0044 shows: back row: Brum; unknown. Front row: unknown; Dors; Betty; Cyril.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0045 shows back row: Brum; unknown. Front row: unknown; Ken; Betty; Cyril. It was likely taken at the same time as image qips-2022-10-09-0044, though Dors is replaced with Ken, so it is possible that Dors took image qips-2022-10-09-0045 and Ken took image qips-2022-10-09-0044.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0049 is of the Wheeler family holiday home in Coolangatta, Australia.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0054 was taken of a beach by a member of the Wheeler family while on holiday in Coolangatta.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0051 was taken of a beach by a member of the Wheeler family while on holiday in Coolangatta.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0046 was taken in the backyard of 'Kookaburra' and shows: Back row: James (standing). Second row: unknown friend, Dors, Lillah. Front row: unknown friend, Betty, unknown friend.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0056 was taken of 'Kookaburra'. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0050 was taken of Point Danger, a headland in Coolangatta. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0048 was taken of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0047 shows Ken (left), Cyril, and Brum (right) at Coolangatta. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0057 was taken of 'Kookaburra' in the 1920s. It shows the surrounding area of Coolangatta.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0058 was taken from the backyard of 'Kookaburra' at Coolangatta and shows the outlook of Coolangatta Beach.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0059 was taken in the backyard of 'Kookaburra' at Coolangatta in the 1910s and shows: Back: Ken. Second row: Friend, Dors, Lillah, friend, Betty. Front: unknown
Image qips-2022-10-09-0041 was taken at Coolangatta and shows: Betty (left), Cyril, Estele, Dors, Joan, Ivy G., Mr Kews, and Brum (right). Ivy G. may be Ivy Knox (nee Greenfield), Cyril's sister, who attended Betty and Cyril's engagement party.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0042 was taken at 'Kookaburra' (plaque with name of house next to front door visible upper left of image) in the 1920s and shows: Back row: Dors, Betty, friend. Front: friend.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0029 was taken on the verandah of 'Kookaburra'. Back: unknown, unknown friend, Betty. Second row: Dors (on stairs), Lillah. Front: Ken, Unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0043 was taken in the backyard of 'Kookaburra' and shows: Back row: unknown friend (crouching), unknown friend (standing), unknown friend (standing). Second row: Dors, unknown friend, Betty. Front: Ken.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0046
References:
Wedding at Toowong: Confirms Betty Married Cyril from Claughton (the Wheeler home in Toowong) in St Thomas's Church, Toowong, in 1928. Betty was the younger daughter. Dors was a bridesmaid. Brum was a groomsman and went by Brumwell.
Burnt on the Range: Confirms that Edward George Brumwell Wheeler was the full name of "Brumwell Wheeler".
Agricultural Bursaries: Confirms that Brum Wheeler's preferred name form was E. G. Brumwell Wheeler, and that Claughton was on Sherwood Road, Toowong.
Enlistments in Brisbane: Confirms that Brumwell Wheeler offered to join the army during WWI.References (online)Wedding at Toowong - The Telegraph - 6 Dec 1928 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023Burnt on the Range - Inquiry in Motor-Car Fire - The Telegraph - 21 Apr 1926 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023Agricultural Bursaries - The Successful Candidates - The Queenslander - 13 Jan 1917 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023Enlistments in Brisbane - The Brisbane Courier - 27 Jul 1918 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023PRE-WEDDING PARTY. - - The Brisbane Courier - 26 Nov 1928 - [accessed 22/06/2023]Death Notice - The Telegraph - 10 Feb 1937 - [accessed 22/06/2023]
The Wheelers had a holiday home called 'Kookaburra', which was on Greenmount Hill, Coolangatta.
The Wheeler family at this time consisted of Dr James Atkin Wheeler (1861-1939) and Lillah Constance Wheeler (c.1865-1959) and their children Francis James Kendall (Ken) Wheeler (1901 – 1973), Edmund George Brumwell (Brum) Wheeler (1899 – 1970), Dorothy Constance (Dors) Wheeler (1895-1988) and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Greenfield (nee Wheeler) (1897-1982) with Mary's husband, Cyril Greenfield.Additional Information Image qips-2022-10-09-0044 shows: back row: Brum; unknown. Front row: unknown; Dors; Betty; Cyril.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0045 shows back row: Brum; unknown. Front row: unknown; Ken; Betty; Cyril. It was likely taken at the same time as image qips-2022-10-09-0044, though Dors is replaced with Ken, so it is possible that Dors took image qips-2022-10-09-0045 and Ken took image qips-2022-10-09-0044.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0049 is of the Wheeler family holiday home in Coolangatta, Australia.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0054 was taken of a beach by a member of the Wheeler family while on holiday in Coolangatta.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0051 was taken of a beach by a member of the Wheeler family while on holiday in Coolangatta.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0046 was taken in the backyard of 'Kookaburra' and shows: Back row: James (standing). Second row: unknown friend, Dors, Lillah. Front row: unknown friend, Betty, unknown friend.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0056 was taken of 'Kookaburra'. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0050 was taken of Point Danger, a headland in Coolangatta. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0048 was taken of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0047 shows Ken (left), Cyril, and Brum (right) at Coolangatta. Date unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0057 was taken of 'Kookaburra' in the 1920s. It shows the surrounding area of Coolangatta.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0058 was taken from the backyard of 'Kookaburra' at Coolangatta and shows the outlook of Coolangatta Beach.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0059 was taken in the backyard of 'Kookaburra' at Coolangatta in the 1910s and shows: Back: Ken. Second row: Friend, Dors, Lillah, friend, Betty. Front: unknown
Image qips-2022-10-09-0041 was taken at Coolangatta and shows: Betty (left), Cyril, Estele, Dors, Joan, Ivy G., Mr Kews, and Brum (right). Ivy G. may be Ivy Knox (nee Greenfield), Cyril's sister, who attended Betty and Cyril's engagement party.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0042 was taken at 'Kookaburra' (plaque with name of house next to front door visible upper left of image) in the 1920s and shows: Back row: Dors, Betty, friend. Front: friend.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0029 was taken on the verandah of 'Kookaburra'. Back: unknown, unknown friend, Betty. Second row: Dors (on stairs), Lillah. Front: Ken, Unknown.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0043 was taken in the backyard of 'Kookaburra' and shows: Back row: unknown friend (crouching), unknown friend (standing), unknown friend (standing). Second row: Dors, unknown friend, Betty. Front: Ken.
Image qips-2022-10-09-0046
References:
Wedding at Toowong: Confirms Betty Married Cyril from Claughton (the Wheeler home in Toowong) in St Thomas's Church, Toowong, in 1928. Betty was the younger daughter. Dors was a bridesmaid. Brum was a groomsman and went by Brumwell.
Burnt on the Range: Confirms that Edward George Brumwell Wheeler was the full name of "Brumwell Wheeler".
Agricultural Bursaries: Confirms that Brum Wheeler's preferred name form was E. G. Brumwell Wheeler, and that Claughton was on Sherwood Road, Toowong.
Enlistments in Brisbane: Confirms that Brumwell Wheeler offered to join the army during WWI.References (online)Wedding at Toowong - The Telegraph - 6 Dec 1928 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023Burnt on the Range - Inquiry in Motor-Car Fire - The Telegraph - 21 Apr 1926 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023Agricultural Bursaries - The Successful Candidates - The Queenslander - 13 Jan 1917 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023Enlistments in Brisbane - The Brisbane Courier - 27 Jul 1918 - Accessed 2 Jun 2023PRE-WEDDING PARTY. - - The Brisbane Courier - 26 Nov 1928 - [accessed 22/06/2023]Death Notice - The Telegraph - 10 Feb 1937 - [accessed 22/06/2023]
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People & FamiliesWheeler familyFrancis James Kendall (Ken) Wheeler (1901 – 1973)Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Greenfield (nee Wheeler) (1897-1982)Cyril GreenfieldDorothy Constance (Dors) Wheeler (1895-1988)Edmund George Brumwell (Brum) Wheeler (1899 – 1970)Dr James Atkin Wheeler (1861-1939)Lillah Constance Wheeler (c.1865-1959)Curated CollectionsLittle Ipswich by the SeaDefining Tulmur | IpswichAdversity & Resilience: RecreationTaxonomy20th Century | 1920s
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