Arthur John Turner
The birth of Arthur John Turner, my great grandfather was probably unremarkable at the time. It occurred on 10 January, 1867 in Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland. Kangaroo Point is the oldest suburb of Brisbane. Before white settlement, it was occupied by the Turrbal People. In 1823, explorer John Oxley described Kangaroo Point as a "jungle, fringed with mangroves with the higher land open forest, covered with grass". During the time of the subsequent convict settlement (1825-1841), Kangaroo Point was cleared and used for cultivation of crops. Following that the area was opened up for free settlement, the first land sales taking place on 13 December, 1843. Among the early purchasers was Captain J C Wickham, the Police Magistrate. Surveyor James Warner built the first house at Kangaroo Point in 1844. Kangaroo Point 1910 wikipedia.org/wiki/kangaroo_Point_Queensland Arthur was the second son born to Thomas Clarke Parker Turner and Eliza Penn...