Past Present Future Blackbird images 2013

2013 is a significant year for us, descendants of the pacific islanders bought here as labourers over 150 years ago!!

Some Townsville History HERMIT PARK: Robert Towns was the original owner of the land, which contained his boiling down works and cotton/ sugar plantation. Leo Ferdinand Sachs, one-time manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, purchased the “Boiling Down Paddock” from the estate of the late Robert Towns in 1877. He placed a notice in the Townsville Herald on 6th July 1878 which gave his address as “Hermit Park (late Boiling Down Paddock), apply at the Lodge.” He was still using “Hermit Park” as an address in 1883. The name Hermit Park is said to be derived from a bachelor establishment there, of which Sachs was the head. In 1884 a syndicate formed the Townsville Land and Investment Company to purchase the property for subdivision