{"id":48,"date":"2004-10-20T20:55:46","date_gmt":"2004-10-20T10:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=48"},"modified":"2012-03-10T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T14:59:38","slug":"a-must-read-for-any-brisbanite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2004\/10\/a-must-read-for-any-brisbanite\/","title":{"rendered":"A Must Read for Any Brisbanite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About half an hour ago, I finished reading the book, The Mayne Inheritance, written by historian, Rosamon Siemon. When I first stumbled across it at the library, I was reminded of the book\u2019s substantial popularity when it was first published by the excessively large number of available copies that remained on the shelf.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Mayne Inheritance is a short book and is extremely well written. The chillingly factual book details the tragic tale of the Mayne Family, whose members rose to significant power over the city of Brisbane in the middle of difficult times and is the main reason the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uq.edu.au\">University of Queensland<\/a> sits on its magnificent piece of land today. Its blurb \u201cA gothic tale of murder, madness and scandal across the generations\u201d is about as succinct and as accurate as you could get, with the many references to many local names of people and places only adding realism to the book\u2019s factual basis. <\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend this book for anyone that has spent any significant time in Brisbane or anyone that is an alumnus of UQ. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About half an hour ago, I finished reading the book, The Mayne Inheritance, written by historian, Rosamon Siemon. 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