James Toohey (prospector)  James Toohey (1827-1883) was a prominent Irish-Australian land owner of the early colony of Brisbane. James Toohey was born in Galway, Ireland in 1827, the son of Patrick and Bridget Toohey. His father served as an officer in the British Army in the Tasmanian penal colony of Hobart. His mother and two of his siblings remained in Sydney, Australia while his father was posted to other British colonies. Toohey joined the 1849 Gold Rush of California where he made his fortune. He returned to Australia in 1853 and settled in Brisbane, Queensland. Toohey opened a blacksmith's shop in Kangaroo Point and also began leasing land. He married Ann Doherty in Brisbane in 1859. After fires destroyed much of early Brisbane city, Toohey was able to add to his property holdings, with acquisitions in South Brisbane, Kangaroo Point, almost all of St Lucia, Holland Park, Greenslopes, Yeerongpilly, Tarragindi and Nathan. He built a large home in 1874 on land off Logan Road and named this hill Mount Galway (now Toohey Mountain). He leased land in what is now Toohey Forest Park, Mount Gravatt Cemetery, Queen Elizabeth Sports and Athletics Centre and Griffith University, and ultimately took freehold possession of the Toohey Forest area. James Toohey died on 22 November 1883 and was buried in Dutton Park Cemetery and later moved twice more to Toohey Forest Park and the Mt Gravatt Cemetery. His will protected land comprising the Toohey Forest area from being sold off after his death within his children's and wife's lifetime. The family's Irish Catholicism made them subject to discrimination. The leasehold properties of Toohey were either subdivided by the remaining family members or returned to the Crown. Toohey Forest Park and the Mt Gravatt Cemetery reflect the family's history within the region.