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According to family stories, the Mayes initially made their income from selling timber as they cleared the land. Fruit trees, pineapples and grapes were planted and the produce sold in Brisbane or Beenleigh. Bees were also kept. By 1887, the Mayes had prospered and were able to build a new house of sawn timber. They called it "PIeasant Place" and it survives today as "Mayes Cottage". The Mayes family continued to supply timber including pit props for Ipswich coal mines, fence posts and long poles for foundation piles or bridge bearers. Mayes Cottage is now a colonial House Museum and is open Thursday to Sunday 10.30am to 4.00pm, at 36 Mawarra Street, Kingston
(UBD242 B12). Entry is FREE.
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