Image: StateLibQld 1 102336 Drawing room at Stanley Hall during E. G. Blume's occupancy, ca. 1910

Description: Drawing room at Stanley Hall during E. G. Blume's occupancy, ca. 1910 This large masonry residence was erected c1885-86 as a single-storeyed building for successful Brisbane produce dealer John William Forth. The house was remodelled and two-storeyed additions were constructed for the subsequent owner, Western Queensland pastoralist Herbert Hunter, in 1890. Hunter eventually sold Stanley Hall in 1910 to wealthy pastoralist Edward Goddard Blume, who owned a string of stations (principally sheep) throughout Queensland and New South Wales.Blume was well known in Queensland social circles, and during the visit of the Prince of Wales to Brisbane in July 1920, entertained the Prince at Stanley Hall.
Title: StateLibQld 1 102336 Drawing room at Stanley Hall during E. G. Blume's occupancy, ca. 1910
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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License: Public domain
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