Moggill Country Club closes
Moggill Country Club and golf course in Weekes Road closes and Kerdic Homes buys the 20 ha site for subdivision and redevelopment.
Opening of St Catherine's
St Catherine's Mass and Community Centre opened in Moggill.
Remaining BCC gravel roads sealed
Brisbane City Council seals remaining council gravel roads. including Lather, Sugars, Kangaroo Gully from Sugars to Mt Crosby Road, Hawkesbury, Priors Pocket and Witty Roads.
Hall built on Sugarwood Road lease - BSRC
Bellbowrie and District Sports and Recreation (BSRC) Association builds a hall on its Sugarwood Road Lease, granted by the Brisbane City Council in 1981.
Ferry service recommences
The ferry service recommences with a 20-car, twin-cable driven ferry, the Stradbroke Star, operated by a private company, Ferry Services Pty Ltd.
Moggill Ferry withdrawn from service
The two-car Moggill ferry is withdrawn from service and plans for a bridge are announced by the Queensland Government but there is significant opposition from Moggill residents.
Anstead and Pinjarra Hills declared
The suburbs of Anstead and Pinjarra Hills are declared from areas formerly in Moggill and Pullenvale.
Bellbowrie Shopping Centre opens
Bellbowrie Post Office opens in new Bellbowrie Shopping Centre and the Australia Day Flood inundates the newly built shopping centre.
Lord Mayor Clem Jones formally names suburb
Bellbowrie suburb formally named at a ceremony conducted by the Lord Mayor, Clem Jones. The name is thought to be an Aboriginal Expression meaning Place of the Flowering Gums.
Pony Riding for the Disabled operated by June and Peter McIntyre opens
Pony Riding for the Disabled, a horse-riding program for disabled children operated by June and Peter McIntyre in Kenmore, opens their new facility on the corner of Moggill and Mount Crosby Roads.
Moggill 4 bus service introduced
After an absence of public bus services for many years, Brisbane City Council introduces Moggill 4 service from Indooroopilly Station to Moggill School.
Bellbowrie subivision begins
Developer John D Booker begins the ‘Bellbowrie’ subdivision.
Original MSS building moved
Original Moggill State School building moved next door to become the Anglican Church building. It is moved on rollers bypassing the tennis courts to avoid disturbing the ant-bed surface
Moggill General store opens
Riverside Coal Mine formally closes and Moggill General Store, opposite Moggill State School, is opened by Bill Lickiss, State Member for Mount Coot-tha.
Establishment of Moggill Pony Club
Moggill Pony Club established in April. They meet at Le-Ridge on O’Brien Rd, Boyle’s paddock on Pullen Pullen Creek and then John Bird’s Paddock, Grandview Rd (now Pullenvale State School Oval).
Establishment of Moggill Country Club
Moggill Country Club established at the end of Weekes Road. A small 9-hole golf course is laid out down to the river’s edge
Electricity for all of Moggill
Electricity supply reaches the whole of Moggill.
Opening of St Catherine’s Church, Pullenvale
St Catherine’s Church, Pullenvale opens on Grandview Road near Moggill Road, (named in honour of Catherine O’Brien who died in a fire in 1902).
Acquisition of Moggill Quarry
Brisbane City Council acquires the Moggill Quarry.
Establishment of first pony club in Queensland
Le Vale Pony Club established in Pullenvale, the first Pony Club in Queensland.
Electricity supply reaches Moggill
The electricity supply from the Brisbane City Council reaches Moggill. The service was confined to Moggill Road and Priors Pocket Road using poles and cables erected for the army.
Bus overturns near Kenmore
The steering fails on a bus travelling from Moggill to the city causing it to overturn near Kenmore. 29 out of 35 passengers are injured, all but one come from Moggill or Pullenvale.
Moggill Post Office closes
Moggill Post Office closes and mail has to be taken to Kenmore for posting.
Flame thrower experiment in Moggill
A flame thrower experiment in Moggill to control a plague of caterpillars organised by the Department of Agriculture proves most successful killing millions of insects.
Fire destroys Moggill State School teacher residence
Fire destroys the Moggill State School teacher’s residence and the Head Teacher, Henry Guymer, loses all his possessions.
Frederick Sugars killed at Sugars Quarry
Frederick Sugars is killed at Sugars Quarry when a rock fall, caused by wet weather, overturns a nearby truck.
Manual telephone exchanged installed
The Postmaster-General installs a manual telephone exchange at the Moggill home of Mr H. B. Aplin with some 20 customers connected for three hours per day in three one-hour periods.
Gravel, Sand and Metal Supply Ltd take over quarry
Moggill Quarry taken over by Gravel, Sand and Metal Supply Ltd.
Coal discovered by Mr A.S. Mackay
A dairy farmer, Mr A. S. Mackay discovers coal while digging a well for water and sets up the Riverside Collieries Pty Ltd at the junction of Moggill and Hawkesbury Roads.
Moggill Cemetery reserved by Governor of Queensland
The Governor of Queensland, Sir Matthew Nathan, orders on 23 June that the land described as subdivision 2 of portion 7 and 8 in Moggill, be permanently reserved for a cemetery.
First car believed to be in Moggill
First car believed to be owned in Moggill is a 1918 Buick, owned by Fred Sugars.
First man from Moggill enlists for Great War
Thomas Currie is the first man from Moggill to enlist for service in the Great War on 8 November. He serves in the 5th Light horse Regiment and sees action in Gallipoli and Egypt.
