WOLSTON HOUSE TOUR + HISTORY!!

[@Christine005]

As a child in primary school (1980s), I remember going on excursions to Wolston House. It fascinated me back then and I can still remember walking through every room and being in awe of how people lived and how it was immensely different to the world I knew at that time. I'm glad that the house is still available for all to visit.

[@thehousedetective]

Wow, it obviously made an impact on you! I feel the same when I visit now!

[@graemedobson2067]

My wife and I (together this year for fifty years) were married there and held our reception around the gardens in April 1974. Wonderful and lasting memories.

[@thehousedetective]

Oh my gosh! CONGRATULATIONS!!! How wonderful! :)

[@carolynwhetter166]

Thank you Marianne for a great video. As someone who did quite a lot of research during my time there as a volunteer, it was refreshing to see that you had also done your research. The number of times I had to correct people’s assumptions based on stories they had been told. I’m still not certain they believed me and probably to this day still believe things like ‘this is where the superintendent of the mental hospital lived’ or ‘this farm was named after the mental hospital’ 😁

[@thehousedetective]

Oh I am very relieved to hear that! Thank you! I did a lot of research and double checking. Even the heritage register entry gets a lot wrong!! I still remember hearing the old chestnut “convicts were locked up in the rooms under the house”… even though it was built after the penal colony closed! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@barryhood7659]

Great video! I got married there in 1984. Stood next to the hitching post near the fig tree for the ceremony and signed the register at that fabulous dining table. Extension leads had to be run from the information office for lights for the reception, as the home had no electricity (or running water). The present Cafe annexe did not exist at that tme. Thank you.

[@thehousedetective]

Oh wow! What a wonderful place to get hitched! Love it! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Excellent presentation, research and production values. This is definitely your best video so far.

[@thehousedetective]

Hey thanks!!! 😊😊😊

[@bishkahunter7197]

First item I noticed was the fig tree as you went into the garden. Thank you for talking about the garden too. Great tour. Cheers 🐨

[@thehousedetective]

👍

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure! It's an amazing tree isn't it!!

[@thequeitone59]

Love this place, that house and surroundings have so much history

[@thehousedetective]

I agree!

[@SteveMack]

That was great Marianne! It's a fabulous place. I remember going there for the 1st time, almost 30 years ago I guess, one Christmas eve or close to it, and it was a little eerie, as they had next to the tree, a stuffed DOG dressed as Santa!! I was told by whomever showed us around, that the extent of the property was so vast originally, that it encompassed not only where Wolston park now is (I used to work immediately next to there, at the then Basil Stafford Centre), but even up to and including where the Oxley hotel now stands. Amazing place - pity they demolished the extra buildings, but as you said; they did things a little differently back then. Cheers, Steve

[@thehousedetective]

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[@SteveMack]

@@thehousedetective 👍❤️

[@ingridMOD]

I love spending time at Wolston Farmhouse. Thank you for sharing the story of this great old place.

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure! It’s a wonderful place isn’t it!

[@divarachelenvy]

yet another amazing place presented by an amazing lady, cheers..

[@thehousedetective]

Hey thanks! 😊

[@FrothNinja]

Not been there since I was a schoolkid!!! Reckon it was one house with, probably a separate kitchen. The 'gap' looks like a external chimney stack (to avoid fire spreading) and looks right for the period - including being whitewashed (perhaps)

[@thehousedetective]

I agree!!

[@BARNESSHANE713]

So much history in that area

[@thehousedetective]

Absolutely!

[@LeandaBowden]

Wow what a beautiful old house loved the old stove and bread oven

[@thehousedetective]

Me too! If you couldn’t tell 😂

[@BradGryphonn]

13:15 Back in the latish 2000s, my soulmate and I were renting a late 1800s era Queenslander manager's home on the Archer's original property near Gracemere and Rockhampton. That place still had the copper and fireplace for heating it at the back of the house. The upstairs kitchen still had the nook and the old wood stove, as well as an electric stove that might been made in the fifties. Bakelite light switches and outlets. And all the wiring was inside pipes on the wall because electricity came to the property long after it had been built. It was like living in a time machine.

[@thehousedetective]

😱 oh my gosh! How incredible!!

[@AnarchyEnsues]

best video yet, i remember going here on my school excursion around 1998

[@thehousedetective]

Thanks!!

[@kristyhaysart]

One of my favourite places ❤

[@thehousedetective]

Me too!

[@sandramackin9817]

Absolutely beautiful, had no idea it was there. Have heard of it but never realized it was so close to the city. Thank goodness it has land around it . Thank you for this, will have to go have a look one of these days.

[@thehousedetective]

It's such a hidden gem isn't it! It really is wonderful!

[@LeandaBowden]

Wow I loved this old beautiful house

[@thehousedetective]

It’s a great place isn’t it!!

[@LeandaBowden]

@@thehousedetective yes sure is If you get a chance to drive out S/w qld out back to Roma take a drive out to Midowbank Homestead

[@LeandaBowden]

@@thehousedetective I went there this winter

[@shellebelle53]

What a wonderful place and great video 👌 Thank you 😊

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GrahamHouston-y9j]

Love this episode great history thanks

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gretabrown8320]

Thankyou for this wonderful video

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure 😊

[@ianmynard431]

that was great. In the 25 years I lived in Qld I never got there, despite visiting Wolston Park Hospital many times..

[@thehousedetective]

Thanks! 😊

[@4evaMrsBrentWeston1]

Loved this... didn't know it existed... somewhere to visit when my son is residing in the nearby facility of Wolston or Brisbane CC... It is a beautiful drive out that way I have to admit for being so close to the city...

[@thehousedetective]

It’s such a lovely hidden little pocket isn’t it. I hope you enjoy your visit!

[@gregwallace9035]

Thank you. I really enjoy your content.

[@thehousedetective]

So glad you enjoy it! Thank you 😊

[@sharonbergman3023]

I remember wash day at Nanna's. She still lit the copper in the back yard to do the sheets then afterwards brought them back inside the laundry and put them through the wringer. I remember the blue bags! Back home my mother had a twin tub which used to move around the laundry when it spinned. Wonder when they decided that sheets didn't need to be boiled anymore?

[@thehousedetective]

How wonderful! My nana still used a wringer when I was a kid too!

[@OzzieJayne]

Thanks for a great tour; the building and history is delicious! Simpson looked like a character! Yes, the painting does look like it was 2 separate buildings, probably the kitchen was separate from the living quarters. Just curious but what are the laws (at least in QLD) regarding family cemeteries/mausoleums when selling/dividing properties ?

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure! Absolutely no idea about your last question sorry!!

[@lampertmorton8068]

thank you for sharing

[@thehousedetective]

My pleasure!

[@blakeshannon2083]

One of your best marriage, great research, as always, thankyou

[@thehousedetective]

Thank you! 😊

[@brydensears6318]

Great video

[@thehousedetective]

Thanks!

[@graemeutteridge5365]

I love the video in this one. New gear? Definitely new mic. Great content + great video = success!

[@thehousedetective]

Same mic and same camera as my Detective Diaries vids, but a real videographer behind the camera and editing this time! 🤣 Also my office where I normally film is a bit echoey. Thanks so much for the feedback, really appreciate it!

[@fractalmusicj]

Another great video, they now need a volunteer gutter cleaner as well, Bit odd that this area hasnt been developed, Might be something to do with flooding, Keep up the good work :)

[@thehousedetective]

Thanks!! 😊 yes that fig might be old and beautiful but it would be better if it was further away from the house!! The roots were causing problems too!!

[@4evaMrsBrentWeston1]

@@thehousedetective I wondered that about the fig trees roots causing problems... as it would in search of water... still beautiful though

[@spamcanastis8514]

Thank you. Where would of they have sourced the stone?

[@thehousedetective]

There was actually a quarry quite close by, so they didn’t have to go far! It was later known as “Jeay’s Quarry” as it was owned by Joshua Jeays. It was near Simpson’s original house, where The Park Centre for Mental Health is today. mappingbrisbanehistory.com.au/history-location/jeays-quarry-428/

[@spamcanastis8514]

@@thehousedetective Holy Moly...cool....thank you.

[@LesleySmith-l6k]

Thank you for your amazing story on Wolston House. I have always found this place to be very interesting and knew very little about it until I came across your channel. Sadly, I was only able to get 5 minutes in before I had to turn it off as I found the background music incredibly distracting from what you where saying. Thank you though :)

[@thehousedetective]

Yeah I’m sorry about that! We thought we fixed the music, but for some reason it was still too loud in the final upload! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@uzetaab]

That was amazing! Did you hire a television producer or something? This could have been a segment on a lifestyle program like the Better Homes and Gardens TV show.

[@thehousedetective]

Hey thanks! I had a professional videographer who filmed it and did most of the editing for me. He made it look so good hey!!

[@karengayehammat4199]

🌞I remember my grandparents combined bathroom laundry with the copper and also that they stayed filthy with dog excrement too He had no problems working as an electrician staying drunk and bringing home cigarettes to Nanna but they didn't put any effort into themselves or home maintenance

[@thehousedetective]

Oh dear 😥

[@craigdutton6072]

I clicked on this as I was thinking of wolston park mental hostpital ✊dug some bottles down on the river their with a mate of mine yrs ago 👌

[@thehousedetective]

That place is amazing isn’t it!!

[@craigdutton6072]

@@thehousedetective we used to skulk across in canoes to go detecting lol 😂 like young glass detectives 🕵️‍♀️ on a stealth mission lol 😂 we never found much but did take home a few blue poisons and utilty type bottles 👍inks medicines and their was lots of broken cod bottles from gardeners and sons of Brisbane 😎they had a castle 🏰 turret on top 🔝 with 7 flags each representing his sons 😎🥳

[@melstephen5191]

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[@thehousedetective]

😊

[@SashiT2020]

Isn’t Wolston house haunted? they do paranormal investigations there. Have you heard of any eerie stories. I visited Wolston house as a young lassie with my parents after immigrating to Australia back in 82 from Scotland, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 after having my children years later we took them to Wolston house and they loved it, my son now is a history Buff loves all history and he is a train enthusiast loves train since he was little lol Great video throughly enjoyed you should be on Tv 😊

[@SashiT2020]

I also love Newstead house

[@thehousedetective]

Oh thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!! Also love hearing that your son is a history enthusiast too!! Woohoo!

[@thehousedetective]

Me too!!

[@dougstubbs9637]

Prussian Blue used to make whites whiter wasn’t dye, it was finely crushed glass, which would be trapped in the fabric weave to do it’s light reflecting thing. We still call Monday…Blue Monday, because of laundry day. Whites and undies etc, would be spread over longish grass lawn to dry, as the ammonia chlorine expelled from the grass couldn’t hurt the brightness process. The Child Bride and myself were married at Wolston House in 1995. Spectacular Photographs. The huge fig in the front lawn used to have a hitching post in the shade, no longer there, sadly. Cheers. PS….I started watching you following the episode you did with Walkabout Rob. Top Bloke, Rockin’ Rodney, for someone who lives in Crim City.

[@thehousedetective]

Oh wow, lovely wedding memories! Prussian blue is a dye though, not glass en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_blue

[@FrothNinja]

Could I please make an appeal, for you to consider, on behalf of those whose hearing is starting to fail - could you please either lower or not play the music when you are talking. The music clouds what you are saying and what you are saying is so much more interesting than the music, Thank you.

[@thehousedetective]

Yes I am so sorry about that! We lowered it when editing for that reason and listened to it several times but in the final upload it was loud for some reason!