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Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Est. 2004
McKenzie Street buildings: 
This month’s photograph shows some buildings that were in McKenzie Street.
p21_ddhs_kellys_store_600x352px_100dpi.jpgOn the left is Kelly Bros. store with their Buddy Stewart delivery vehicle parked in front.  Their bakehouse was at the rear of this building.  To the right of the store is the billiard saloon and to the right of that is the blacksmiths.  All of these buildings are now gone.  The billiard saloon was built in the front of a large Queenslander house (which is still there) and a small brick house occupies the site of the blacksmiths – next to the Dayboro Medical Centre.  Hazel Fealy still resides in the original Kelly family home which was built to the left of the store. 
Dayboro Butter Factory:
This is a follow-on from last month’s article on the Butter Factory fire in 1929.  The Butter Factory closed on 30th June 1965 “because it was too close to Brisbane”.  It was felt that the factory had outlived its usefulness.  It had become a depot for milk for the Brisbane market and caused double handling.  Most of the factory’s 90 suppliers had their milk taken direct to Brisbane, only 26 miles from Dayboro, while some were sending to Caboolture, which was closer to them.  There were 13 employees when the factory closed, all of whom found new work.  A short time after the factory closed, history repeated itself.  The following is an article from the Courier Mail dated 2nd December 1965:

“FIRE DAMAGE TO FACTORY
    A fire in the old Dayboro Butter Factory late last night caused damage estimated at £1500 ($3000).
    Mr. A.E. Henzell, Chairman of the Dayboro Co-operative Dairy Association Ltd., said the boiler and engine rooms at the rear of the building were destroyed.
    The main factory wall also was damaged and Mr. Henzell said this could cause the roof to cave in.  The cause of the fire is unknown.
    The Petrie Brigade which travelled 11 miles to the fire saved the front section of the factory.
    Since July 1 this year the factory has been closed.  The remainder of the factory will now be pulled down.”

Thank goodness the building was not pulled down and today the Butter Factory precinct houses some 6 or so businesses. 
Mt. Pleasant Cage Dip:
Thanks to Colin French we are able to add more names to this photograph shown in the last 2 Grapevines - (left to right) Unknown, Conrad Buhmann (on horse), August Kuhn, Unknown, Joe Fisher, Herman Kuhn Snr., Charlie Williams Snr., Unknown, Ben French and Bob Strain.  We started off with only 1 name and now have 7 of the 10.
Bert Bell, Saddler:
Problem solved thanks to Hazel Fealy.  Bert Bell operated his saddlery business in the old Billiard Saloon in McKenzie Street owned by Charlie Doyle and he used to camp in the back of the building  (see photograph for location).  Over time this building housed Jack Aubrey (men’s barber), Terry Cruice (ladies hairdresser), Bill Scriven (carpenter) and Ron Bishop (electrician) and there were probably others.  Did they ever actually play billiards or pool in this building?  The building was pulled down possibly in the early 1960s. 
Carmel Bond, ,
Dayboro District Historical Society Inc.
Phone: 3425 1717 (home)
or 3425 2032 (Dayboro Cottage)
 
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