3-076-411 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Old Toowong Post Office, High Street, c1905. The chimneys, brick facade and verandahs of the two-storey building are prominent. This photo was taken by a 15 year old Ernest J. Melville whose father, James, lived in "Yaralla" on Musgrave street occupying a large area of land. Additional Info: James was a well known state surveyor. Ernest would have been attending the Normal School at around that time. Ernest's grandfather, William, arrived along with his James, his father, in 1849 on Petrie's "Fortitude" from Inverness, Scotland, along with the rest of the family.