BRISBANE EXCELSIOR BRASS BAND

1912-1995

 

by

 

DR. DAN O'DONNELL

CONTENTS

FORWARD by Colin Topp and INTRODUCTION                                                                

CHAPTER 1

The Birth of Brisbane Excelsior and its early years 1912-1930

CHAPTER 2

Brisbane Excelsior, 1930-1961 

CHAPTER 3

Colin J. Thomas 

CHAPTER 4

The Colin J. Thomas years, 1961-1984 

CHAPTER 5

Brisbane Excelsior, 1984-1995 

APPENDIX A

Highlights in the life of the Band 

APPENDIX B

 Life Members 

 

ILLUSTRATIONS, RULES, LETTERS, CUTTINGS

1. Original Band, 1912 

2. 1912 Rules 

3. Band at Toowoomba, 1922 

4. Mackay, 1929 

5. Band, 1938 

6. Band, 1946 

7. Band, 1949 

8. Billy Veal and Ben Chifley, Ballarat, 1949 

9. C.J. Thomas 

10. ETA Concert Band, 1963 

11. Letter to Tom Roache, April 1980 

12. 70th Birthday, 1982 

13. Band Membership 1927, 1976, 1988