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26-December-2017
26-December-2017

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The time capsule commemorates the 80th anniversary of Montrose Access.

In 1932, the world was in the grip of a Polio epidemic, and Brisbane Rotary arranged a public meeting to discuss the best way of assisting children affected.  In April 1933, the Queensland Society for Crippled Children was established, and on 3 December 1933, “Montrose” the beautiful Queenslander house in Swann Road, Taringa was donated by Mr George Marchant and opened for the treatment of polio sufferers.

In 1937 George Marchant donated the Corinda site with accommodation for 90 children.  In 1959, advances in medical treatment reduced the impact of Polio, and Montrose focused on children with muscular disabilities, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and other debilitating conditions.

 

Location

Address:Consort Street, Montrose Park, Corinda, 4075
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.543092
Long: 152.976653
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Time Capsule
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 1st December, 2013
Front Inscription

Montrose Access

80 years of inspiring quality lives

Time capsule commemorating the  80th Anniversary of Montrose Access

Dedicated December 1, 2013

To be opened December 2093

Source: MA
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