former disgraced Queensland Commissioner of Police lived in Paddington prior to his incarceration on corruption charges Barry Maranta (educator, businessman, sports management, co-founder of the Australian-based Brisbane Broncos rugby league team) was educated at Marist Brothers Rosalie Warren Moon (Australian Footballer, soccer player, plays in the Scottish Football first division) was educated at Marist Brothers Rosalie Sir Arthur Morgan (1856–1916), newspaper proprietor and "progressive" Premier of Queensland 1903–1906 lived in Paddington at the time of his death. Sir Kenneth Morris (1903–1978), army officer, shoe/boot manufacturer, liberal/conservative politician, deputy premier of Queensland 1957–1962 was born in Paddington. Gordon Olive (1916-1987)- Australian fighter ace in the Battle of Britain, World War II Stan Pilecki (1947)(Australian Team Rugby Union Captain 1970s–1980s) was educated at Marist Brothers Rosalie Santo Santoro (1956)(former Liberal Party Senator) was educated at Marist Brothers Rosalie Bull Tillney, WW2 veteran and POW lived next door (oral history J. Campbell) The band The End lived in Paddington and played at the Caxton Street Hall in 1981, before transforming into the band Died Pretty. Paul Piticco, music and hospitality entrepreneur, grew up in the suburb and attended Petrie Terrace State School. Errol O'Neill (1945 - 2016) playwright, actor, writer, director, dramaturg and producer, specialising in the creation of new work for the theatre lived in Glanmire Street, Paddington for many years Cultural references Caxton Street is mentioned in the song "Brisbane (Security City)" by The Saints, from their 1978 album Prehistoric Sounds. "THE PADDO BOYS - A baby boomer's journey through the Seventies" (Zeus Publications, 2017) by Peter Coman is a memoir, in part, about growing up in the Paddington working class milieu of the 1960s and 1970s. Peter Coman was raised in Paddington and went to school at Marist Brothers Rosalie. Nick Earls’ 1996 novel "Zigzag Street" takes place around Brisbane's inner west - Red Hill, Paddington and Milton. Local references are frequent and specific. References Further reading Heritage Trail: Latrobe and Given Terraces, Paddington, Series No 10, 2nd Edition, Brisbane City Council, 1995. Padd, Paddo, Paddington, Dawn Buckberry (ed), Paddington History Group, 1999 The History of the Sacred Heart Parish Rosalie 1898–1998, Ellen Ries, Private Publication, 1998 Radical Brisbane: An Unruly History, Raymond Evans & Carole Ferrier (eds), The Vulgar Press, 2004 External links Suburbs of the City of Brisbane