Low Reunion
Saturday, 11 October 2014
Second Newsletter
150 years since James & Christina Low arrived to live on the Sunshine Coast! The Lows were the first European family to come to the Sunshine Coast in 1864! Incredible but true. They settled at Yandina in 1868. Now, they have many descendants all over Australia as well as some who have gone overseas.
This is a chance to celebrate all the Lows who arrived in Moreton Bay in the 1850s and 1860s and really find out what their descendants have done since that time.
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It will be lovely to see everyone again - time to get out all the old photos and stories. Much new research has been done and so there will be much to display and talk about.
There will be a table of give-aways such as copies of documents, photos or books. Maybe you have something you would like to make available to others. We will try to have a photocopier available on the day.
Either wear your own name tag or we will have one for you. Make sure you write in big letters!
Details
The reunion is on Saturday 11 October 2014 from 9am for setting up and for the official start at 10am.
What to bring
There will be display tables for photos and documents. Bring a story about yourself or an ancestor or relation. Be prepared to share your own story of your family.
Where
The venue for the day will be the Nambour Baptist Church Hall on the corner of Coes Creek Road/Erbacher Road, Nambour. UBD reference is 65R3. There is good, level, off-street parking, catering facilities, toilets, tables, chairs, a microphone and a projector for a slide show, air conditioning.
Cost
Cost for the reunion will be $25 per adult. Young children are free but older children will be $15 per head. The cost includes hire of the hall, very nice morning and afternoon teas and a lunch of sandwiches, fruit platter and cakes/slices, all provided. The caterers have a good reputation.
Payment
Frank Carroll has set up a bank account and we are asking, if you intend coming to the reunion, please deposit the cost by 30 September and please write your name on the deposit slip so we know it is you! Please use the following details to make a electronic funds transfer to the Reuinion account.
| Bank | Commonwealth |
| BSB | 064-118 |
| Account No | 1012 5290 |
For the to account reference use "Low Re " and your name in the form of initials and family name.
Programme for the day
| 9am – 10 am: | Meet and greet. Time for a cup of tea or coffee and time to view the displays of photos and documents and watch the slide show.<\td> |
| 10am | The Red Cross Singers will entertain with some Scottish songs. Thanks to John Low who is the generous sponsor. |
| 10.45am | Frank Carroll will be our MC for the day. Hopefully family members will come forward and speak about their families, tell stories about where they grew up or speak about the life of family members. Some interesting stories should evolve out of this such as the story of the Clark girls who climbed the two Glasshouse Mountains. There is also the time that Dave and Billy Low vied for selection for the Country Party in 1946. How did Low’s Lookout get its name? Or the David Low Way? Who remembers Uncle Alick and his stories? The aboriginal breast plate? |
| 12.30pm – 1.15pm | Lunch time – good food and time for chatting. |
| 1.15 pm | Official Photo Session – a photographer will take photos of us all. |
| 1.30 pm | Audienne has written a book about James and Christina and she will talk about it. Copies will be for sale at little cost. |
| 1.45pm | By this time we should be well in the swing of talking about the different members of the Low family. We will have another cup of tea and keep going till about 3 pm. |
Saturday Night
Some may like a dinner at night say at Coolum Bowls Club. Keith Hall and Ian McFadden have supplied information about this. If you are interested a group booking needs to be made two weeks before, say 27 September so let us know. The cost should be about $15 per head for a choice of meals.
Sunday Morning
Tthere is a heritage drive you could do to places of interest. You could visit Charles Clark Park at Mooloolaba where the Lows first lived, Lows Lookout at Coolum (historic plaque there), Christina Low Park at Yandina where the first hotel, post office and store were built, Bankfoot House at Glasshouse which was owned by James Low’s partner, William Grigor, local cemeteries where many of the Lows are buried. Visitors are welcome to call in at Audienne and Jim Blyth’s house (J.A. Low house built in 1894), Koongalba, 12 Wharf Street, Yandina, UBD 46 D12.
Further information
Audienne Blyth, 12 Wharf Street, Yandina 4561
Ian McFadden, Ninderry, 43 Devonshire Street, Ashgrove
John Low, 22 Low’s Drive, Pacific Paradise
Judith Hall, 8 Gilbert Street, Buderim
Frank Carroll
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