"Moorlands" located in the grounds of the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane

"MOORLANDS" LOCATED IN THE GROUNDS
OF THE WESLEY HOSPITAL IN BRISBANE,
GENERAL BLAMEY'S RESIDENCE DURING WW2

visits since 6 December 2001

General (later Field Marshall) Sir Thomas Blamey, was based at his Advanced Land Headquarters in the Forgan Smith Building at the Queensland University at St. Lucia in Brisbane from 1 August 1942 to 31 December 1944 during World War 2.

General Blamey initially lived in a house in Macquarie Street, St Lucia. He then lived at "Moorlands" in the grounds of the Wesley Hospital. "Moorlands" was originally built by the Mayne family who donated it and considerable funds to the University of Queensland.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Pax Blamey for his assistance with this home page.

REFERENCE BOOKS

"Winning with Intelligence - A Biography of Brigadier John David Rogers, CBE, MC 1895 - 1978"
by Judy Thomson

"The Mayne Inheritance"
by Ros Siemon