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Joy Bowman to be remembered by Street oy Bowman to be remembered by Street
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Names in her Honour.ames in her Honour.

(Joy Crescent & Bowman Court Will Carry The Name Of A Truly Remarkable Lady.)

With the strong endorsement of the Mango Hill Progress
Association, Moreton Bay Regional Council has recently
approved names for two streets in a soon to be constructed
development for land between John St & Chelmsford Road in
the Mango Hill Village, the former property of a truly remarkable
and generous Lady, Joy Bowman.

There will be many in the Village today who will remember Over the next 8 years Joy formed an Incorporated Association
Joy’s very petite frame covered with French style cap and black (Phoenix Homestead) with some remarkable and talented
shawl regularly (almost daily) catching the bus on John Street as colleagues and even obtained building approval for her dream
she travelled to the city, Redcliffe and everywhere in between in 2009.
cajoling Public Officials, Members of Parliament and business
Associates to adopt her plans to construct a Hospice on her
property she wanted to donate to society .

Along the way, Joy formed a close relationship with the Mango
Hill Progress Association, given that it was her strong desire to
donate her land for the benefit of the community. Between
2006 and 2009, the local newsletter of the Association (Mango
Hill News) carried various articles outlining Joy’s vision which
was overseen by an Incorporated body named, Phoenix
Homestead Incorporated. Local Resident, Mark O’Brien was
a strong advocate for Joy’s project and played a major role in
assisting Joy.

At first, with the support of Mark Obrien, the Progress Association
and Members of Parliament, there was considerable optimism
that Joy’s goal would be successful. However, despite receiving
Development Approval from the former Pine Rivers Shire Council
Arriving in Mango Hill Village in 2008, a final decision to move forward with construction did
When Joy Bowman purchased her acreage property 2002, she not eventuate, given the complexities of ensuring financial
had recently sold her very successful business in Springhill “Joy sustainability and Health Department approvals.
Bowman Galleries” which had operated from 1965 to 2001,
which was described as “an extraordinary length of time for an Sadly, Joy’s health deteriorated over time before being moved
arts-based business.” (The former Joy Bowman Galleries is in into Aged Care where she sadly passed away in 2019 leaving
Leichhardt Street in Spring Hill and is heritage listed.) much of her estate to benefit the community. This generosity is
recognized by Moreton Bay Regional Council with the support
A successful business woman in her own right, retirement of the Mango Hill Progress Association through the naming of
was not an option for Joy Bowman as she sought to use her Joy Crescent and Bowman Court in the residential estate that
considerable financial resources and her property to benefit will soon be constructed on her former property.
society with a “Hospice” for adults with a disability, one being
her own son who sadly passed away on Christmas Day 2002. Joy Bowman was truly a remarkable Lady who never sought
notoriety but only desired to help others. She will be
The “Phoenix Homestead” was that goal and nothing would remembered fondly.
sway Joy from achieving that goal, not even the loss of her son
at the age of 40. It made her more determined.