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Welcome to the website of the
Queensland Manx Society Inc.
We are based in Brisbane, which is in the south east corner of Queensland, Australia. Our meetings are usually held about every two months and we gather in the rooms of the Queensland Irish Association which is at 175 Elizabeth Street Brisbane. The Queensland Manx Society was founded in August 1914 and has functioned continuously for the benefit of its members from that day. We have over 120 members, mostly from south east Queensland, but some of our members come from as far away as Northern New South Wales, far western Queensland as well as North Queensland and Islands on the Great Barrier reef. The black and white photograph featured, is of the original Manx Society on a picnic after travelling up river by steamer to Seventeen Mile Rocks, in the western area of Brisbane, 90 years ago. The flag that is being held in the background was presented by Mr. G.W. Cowin, a Vice President of this new society.
That same flag was again flying high on Saturday November 6th 2004 when the Queensland Manx Society celebrated its 90th anniversary with a boat trip up the Brisbane River to Seventeen Mile Rocks.
During the trip, a book entitled Gems of God's Earth was launched. It was written by members about their memories of the Society or the Isle of Man or anything to do with their Manxness. Over a hundred people joined together on this day to make this anniversary a most memorable milestone in this Society's long history.
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