History of Rochedale Worksheet

On the main page, answer these questions:

1. Around what year did settlement begin in the Rochedale area? ______

2. Name the two families who between them owned nearly all the Rochedale area at one time.

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3. In what year did Rochedale State School open? ______

4. How many pupils did the school open with? ______

5. Name the 3 roads that make up the boundary between Rochedale and Rochedale South.

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6. How many species of birds were recorded in Rochedale in the 1981 survey? ______

7. What park has a lagoon with wild fowl living on it? ______

Click on the small map of the Rochedale area to open up the larger one, then answer these questions:

8. Name the creek that runs alongside the Gateway Motorway ______

9. Name the 2 roads that cross Priests Gully. ______

10. What direction is:

(a) Rochedale State School from Dennis Road ______

(b) Runcorn from Rochedale State School ______

(d) Underwood Park from Springwood Rd ______

11. Along what roads would I travel to get to Priests Gully from Rochedale State School?

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Click on the Aboriginal History page and answer these questions:

12. How long have Aboriginal people live in South East Queensland? ______

13. What was another name for an Aboriginal family group? ______

14. Did the family group move from camp to camp throughout the year? ______

15. Name two suburbs that originated from Aboriginal words and their meanings. ______

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16. Where was a bora ring found? ______

17. Who was often helped by Aboriginals in the early days? ______

18. What sort of nuts did the Aboriginal people like to gather? ______

19. Who grew grew these trees to encourage the Aboriginals to come? ______

Click on the Early Settlers page and answer these questions:

20. In what year was free settlement first allowed in Queensland? ______

21. Where was the first Post Office at Eight Miles Plains located and who was its first Post Master?

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22. In what year was the first school erected at Eight Mile Plains? ______

23. Where was William Roche born and in what year? ______

24. Who did he marry and when did he marry her? ______

25. His wife was from England - True, False

26. She came to Australia on the “Young Australia” – True, False

27. Rochedale State School stands on part of William Roche’s land – True, False

28. The Roche’s only had one child, Thomas – True, False

29. Grapes were sold for three shillings a dozen – True, False

30. William went shearing for 6 months of the year – True, False

31. Briefly write how the name Rochedale for the suburb came into being:

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32. After World War 1 Rochedale was known as the “Home of the ______”

33. Name four of the crops grown in the Rochedale area ______

34. Name the special event in the year Emil Obrist Snr was born ______

35. How much did his house cost to build? ______

36. ______had the first motor vehicle, bought in 1914. It was a ______Ford. Most of the homes in the area were built by the ______family. The ______family held a considerable portion of the district around the turn of the century and sold ______acres to Mr Otto Fischer. When the Roche and Fischer estates were cut up, they were originally sold for around ______shillings an acre and some of the original families like the ______still live in the area today.

37. Who was the local publican and post master who owned 640 acres situated along Rochedale Road between Springwood and Underwood Road? ______

38. This property became known as “Springwood”. Why? ______

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39. Colonel Harold Langford bought this land in ______?

40. This land was known as the “______Paddock”

41. What was Colonel Langford’s nickname? ______

42. Where was he wounded in the First World War? ______

43. In what brigade did he serve in WWI? ______

44. ______was cut from the property and sold for furnaces. Moulding ______was also sold and some of this was used to make moulds for the ______Bridge. There was also a ______pit near ______Road halfway between Rochedale and ______Roads. The Main Roads Department later took over the pit and used the gravel for the ______. When World War II broke out Colonel Langford again enlisted as Lieutenant Colonel and was in charge of the "______", a force of ______Strait Islanders. He studied methods of using landing craft to put troops on beaches and raised the 1st Australian and 2nd Australian Beach Landing Groups. He was awarded an ______for his services to Australia.

45. After World War II, Langford returned to "Springwood" but increasing rates soon forced him to subdivide the block into _____ acre and 40 acre blocks. He kept a ______acre block along what is now ______Avenue where he lived and grew ______until 1958 when he sold up

and moved away from the area.

Name these people associated with the history of Rochedale:

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Click on the “Landmarks” page and answer these questions:

46. In what years was the Roche homestead built? ______

47. Where was it situated? ______
48. What was a feature of the homestead? ______

49. Around what year did the property become known as Rochedale? ______

50. In what year was the property subdivided? ______

51. Small crops like ______and ______were planted on the subdivided blocks by the 1930's.

52. Rochedale Homestead was a popular gathering place for the area with ______and ______popular there.

53. An annual ______match for Brisbane ______was also held.

54. ______Church services were held at Roche’s house when the priest came from ______every ______months.

55. How much land was purchased to build Rochedale State School? ______

56. How much did this cost? ______

57. Name 3 of the original school committee members ______

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58. In what year did the school open? ______

59. Who was the first headmaster? ______

60. How many pupils attended? ______

61. Who first built St Phillips Anglican Church? ______

62. What is the expected life of the Brisbane Landfill?______

63. Which road is it in? ______

64. Give 2 reasons why you think the local residents would have opposed building the Landfill in the Rochedale area ______

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65. What company owns the Brickworks in the Rochedale area?______

66. Underwood Park forms part of the boundary of the suburbs of Rochedale and ______

67. What does the name “Chung Tian” mean? ______

68. When was the Chung Tian Buddhist Temple built? ______

69. Name the creek that forms part of the western boundary of Rochedale ______

70. Who was the Catholic Priest who became lost and was found in Priest’s Gully? ______

Click on the Cultural Diversity section and answer these questions:

71. In which electorate are the suburbs of Rochedale and Rochedale South? ______

72. In the 1996 census, there were ______people living in the Rochedale area.

73. What is forecast for the Rochedale area? ______

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74. Which sporting ground can be seen from the corner of Rochedale and Miles Platting Roads? ______

75. Rochedale is easily accessible to both the ______Freeway and ______Motorways. There are no shopping centres in the suburb but residents have easy access to the ______Complex a few minutes away.

76. In the 1996 census, there were ______people living in the Rochedale South area.

77. Various religions are catered for in the Rochedale area and there is an ______mosque at Eight Mile Plains.

78. This mansion in the Rochedale area was built by a rich businessman whose last name was ______.

Total: 125 marks