Identity shift: developing Spring Hill

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During the nineteen eighties there was a developmental movement in SpringnHill that the council of the time had intended would protect the character of thenarea. One hundred and twenty years before, the suburb was having thisncharacter crafted.nIt is a short history, but being one of the oldest suburbs of Brisbane, SpringnHill is a link to our most distant Queensland past. There is a stark contrastnbetween the two development periods and their effects. A postcard from thenearlier time describes a simple, workingmans suburb, with wife at thenwashbasin and kids under the house. Much is the same in people today.nIrrespective of upbringing, it is natural for a child to play under an old house.nThe workingman has become the professional, but he works with similarnstruggles. The only thing that has really changed is the washbasin.n It is, more relevantly, in the building stock that the area has changed. It was innthe building stock the council encouraged landholders to preserve andnaccommoda

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