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81-678: In the north of Pinkenba, it is situated near the northern bank of the mouth of the Brisbane River . The north-easternmost point of Myrtletown at the mouth of the Brisbane River is Luggage Point (also called Uniacke Point) at ( 27°22′41″S 153°09′35″E  /  27.3781°S 153.1597°E  / -27.3781; 153.1597  ( Lugguage Point ) ). Boggy Creek enters the Brisbane River at 27°23′44″S 153°08′25″E  /  27.3956°S 153.1403°E  / -27.3956; 153.1403  ( Boggy Creek ) . The area

162-489: A "stone wharf presumably used for landing the blocks of stone ferried across the river for the construction of buildings in the settlement". This was in the vicinity of Edward Street ferry terminal. Quarrying this volcanic rock formed part of the hard labour undertaken by the convicts of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement , which not only provided the convicts with the punishment of hard labour but also provided

243-735: A bitumen plant, a lubricants and grease manufacturing facility, several warehouses and a fuel storage unit. There are no schools in Pinkenba. The nearest government primary school is Hamilton State School in Hamilton to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Aviation State High School in Hendra to the west. Pinkenba Post Office is at 46-48 McBride Road ( 27°25′19″S 153°07′08″E  /  27.4219°S 153.1188°E  / -27.4219; 153.1188  ( Pinkenba Post Office ) ). Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant

324-524: A drain due to the development of Brisbane Airport . The name is often thought to be an Aboriginal word. Bulwer Island was named after Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton who, as the British Secretary of State for the Colonies , separated Queensland from New South Wales in 1859. As the name suggests, it was originally an island in the Brisbane River which became permanently attached to the mainland through

405-571: A land reclamation project in the 1960s. Boggy Creek State School opened on 22 February 1875. It was renamed Myrtle State School in 1888. In 1900, it was renamed Pinkenba State School. With student numbers falling to 6 students, the school was mothballed on 31 December 2008 and closed on 31 December 2010. It was located at 248 Eagle Farm Road, on the corner of Serpentine Road ( 27°25′13″S 153°07′18″E  /  27.4202°S 153.1218°E  / -27.4202; 153.1218  ( Pinkenba State School (former) ) ). The school's website

486-459: A natural tidal limit of only 16 km (10 mi). The current tidal limit now extends 85 km (53 mi) upstream due to continual channel dredging. The first bridge built across the Brisbane River was the original timber Victoria Bridge , opened in 1865 between Brisbane and South Brisbane. The current concrete Victoria Bridge is the 4th to be built on the site, the original bridge collapsed after marine borers weakened its timber piles, and

567-535: A neighbourhood, is located ( 27°25′47″S 153°06′25″E  /  27.4297°S 153.1069°E  / -27.4297; 153.1069  ( Meeandah (neighbourhood) ) ) at the southern end of the suburb of Pinkenba. Pinkenba has the following headlands: The land use is mostly industrial except for a small residential area at the town centre. Pinkenba is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Aboriginal country. The Turrbal people are custodians within

648-441: A somewhat reluctant guide, entered the river and sailed upstream as far as present-day Goodna . Oxley noted the abundant fish and tall pine trees . Early European explorers marvelled at the sheer natural beauty they witnessed while travelling up the lower reaches. Reports by early European explorers such as Allan Cunningham and Oxley indicate rainforest once fringed the Brisbane River and its major tributaries, especially on

729-553: A spur line was built from Pinkenba to the wharf, to facilitate the movement of goods. In 1909, a separate railway wharf was constructed. Pinkenba Wharf was the point of embarkation for many World War I soldiers. The Pinkenba & District War Memorial commemorates those from the district who served and died in the war. The memorial was unveiled on 16 August 1919 by the Queensland Governor , Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams . Pinkenba Presbyterian Church opened in 1915. In 1969, it

810-474: A suitable new site for a convict settlement to be established. An entry in Oxley's diary on 19 November 1823 describes his surprise meeting with one of the shipwrecked men: By that time Pamphlett and Finnegan were living with natives near Bribie Island . Parsons, who had continued to travel north in search of Sydney, was picked up by Oxley on 11 September 1824. On 2 December 1823, Oxley and Stirling, with Finnegan as

891-534: A timber getting mission to Illawarra, Thomas Pamphlett , John Finnegan , Richard Parsons and John Thompson were blown north by a storm. They went 21 days without water, continuing north in the belief they had been blown south, during which time Thompson died. They landed on Moreton Island on 16 April and made it to the mainland on the south of the Brisbane River. They immediately began trekking north in order to return to Sydney, still believing themselves to be somewhere south of Jervis Bay. Subsequently, they became

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972-581: Is a tidal estuary and the water is brackish from its mouth through the majority of the Brisbane metropolitan area westward to the Mount Crosby Weir . The river is wide and navigable throughout the Brisbane metropolitan area. The river travels 344 km (214 mi) from Mount Stanley. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam , forming Lake Wivenhoe , the main water supply for Brisbane. The waterway

1053-420: Is a habitat for the rare Queensland lungfish , Brisbane River cod (extinct), and bull sharks . Early travellers along the waterway admired the natural beauty, abundant fish and rich vegetation along its banks. From 1862 the Brisbane River has been dredged for navigation purposes. The river served as an important carriageway between Brisbane and Ipswich before a railway linking the towns was built in 1875. By

1134-471: Is a sewage treatment plant ( 27°22′47″S 153°09′02″E  /  27.3797°S 153.1505°E  / -27.3797; 153.1505  ( Luggae Point sewage treatment plant ) ). Bulwer Island Power Station generates electricity from gas ( 27°24′17″S 153°08′06″E  /  27.4048°S 153.1349°E  / -27.4048; 153.1349  ( Bulwer Island power station ) ). Numerous development projects have been proposed for

1215-521: Is no longer extant; its land is now part of the Brisbane Airport, just south of Qantas Hangar 3's carpark. Qantas selected Pinkenba for its flying boat base in the 1930s. Until World War II , the other flying boat base, at Hamilton Reach , was too congested, but the Qantas base eventually moved upstream, providing better access for passengers. During the war, a Royal Australian Navy Defence Station

1296-784: Is south of Avoca Vale , and the river then makes its way south past townships including Linville , Moore and Toogoolawah before being joined by the Stanley River , just south of Somerset Dam . The river runs from there into Lake Wivenhoe , created by the Wivenhoe Dam. Beyond the dam, the river meanders eastward, meeting the Bremer River near Ipswich , then making its way through Brisbane's western suburbs, including Jindalee , Indooroopilly and Toowong . The Brisbane River then flows past wharves including Pinkenba Wharf and Portside Wharf , past Bulwer Island and Luggage Point through

1377-579: Is the longest river in South East Queensland , Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane , before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea . John Oxley , the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales , Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. The river

1458-412: Is the river's first underground crossing for road transport. The Moggill Ferry continues to provide a crossing for vehicles northeast of Ipswich . The Albert Bridge was the first railway crossing of the Brisbane River, opened in 1876. It was destroyed in the 1893 flood and replaced by a 2 span design that is flood tolerant. A second bridge was built adjacent to it, opened in 1957 in conjunction with

1539-413: Is the site for the main sewerage outfall for Brisbane. Initially used only for fishing and gathering oysters, John Chapman established a farm in the area circa 1881. By 1928 it had developed within a town centre surrounded by about 200 acres (81 ha) of farmland, with approximately 250 people living in the area. The layout of the town can be seen in an 1889 map. Many of the residents were descended from

1620-495: The 2016 census , Pinkenba had a population of 368 people. In the 2021 census , Pinkenba had a population of 350 people. Pinkenba has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Pinkenba is the site of BP 's Bulwer Island Refinery (an import terminal since 2015), and Shell 's Pinkenba Terminal. In 2011, Shell's operations at Bulwer Island were expanded, with the opening of a new bitumen and marine fuel import facility. Shell facilities include its Queensland state office,

1701-580: The City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Pinkenba had a population of 350 people. Pinkenba is a long narrow strip of land on the northern side of the Brisbane River , facing Moreton Bay , 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Brisbane central business district . The area is spatially isolated from other residential suburbs and is bounded by the Brisbane Airport to west, Moreton Bay to

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1782-538: The Port of Brisbane and into southern Bramble Bay an embayment of Moreton Bay . On the southern side of the river, opposite Gardens Point , are the Kangaroo Point Cliffs ; made from Triassic aged volcanic rock of rhyolite composition called Brisbane tuff . The Kangaroo Point Cliffs were created by a quarrying operation that, according to Allan Cunninghams' Field Book, was underway prior to 1829 when he observed

1863-500: The Seventeen Mile Rocks were completely removed in 1965 after numerous partially successful attempts in the past. The northern river bank at the mouth of the river has undergone reclamation projects over the years, especially in the suburbs of Hamilton and Pinkenba . More recently, extensive facilities for the Port of Brisbane have been constructed on Fisherman's Island which has also seen significant land reclamation into

1944-540: The University of Queensland St Lucia campus), and the Jack Pesch Bridge between Indooroopilly and Chelmer . The Brisbane City Council has announced plans for a pedestrian and cycle only bridge between Kangaroo Point and the city. The Brisbane City Council has developed a network of riverwalk pavements along the banks of the Brisbane River. The Riverwalk runs along much of the Brisbane River foreshore throughout

2025-404: The capsize of the ferry Pearl (which struck the anchor chain of the government yacht Lucinda ) with the loss of around 40 lives. By 1928, due to the early settlement of Brisbane, the water quality had deteriorated to the point where several public baths had to cease sourcing water from the river. Yet even up to the 1930s, the water was said to be very clear, with reports of people seeing

2106-417: The 186-mile (299 km) pipeline to Brisbane was not completed until the following year. Bulwer Island Oil Refinery commenced with a major land reclamation project on Bulwer Island in the Brisbane River , which was then a tidal mangrove swamp . Over 2,000,000 cubic metres (71,000,000 cu ft) of material was dredged from the bed of Brisbane River to connect the island with the northern bank of

2187-405: The Brisbane River has been dredged for navigation purposes. Throughout much of the 20th century large quantities of sand and gravel were extracted from the estuary of the river. Since the rate of materials being deposited is not as high as that which was removed, the river has acted as a subaqueous mine . In 1865, water police were stationed on board Proserpine , a hulk moored at the mouth of

2268-408: The Brisbane River has the potential to be devastating, as documented in 1974, 2011 and 2022. For much of the river's length its banks are relatively high, but topped by a broad plain. The river's meandering course means that flood waters from upstream cannot be quickly discharged into Moreton Bay. Thus higher than normal flows cause river levels to rise rapidly and once the top of the banks are breached

2349-578: The Brisbane River was spiritually important and a vital food source for the Aboriginal people of the Turrbal people, primarily through fishing in the tidal sections downstream. Additionally, fishing and fire-stick farming took place in the upper reaches of the river where there was freshwater, in some seasons. Four European navigators , namely James Cook , Matthew Flinders , John Bingle and William Edwardson , all visited Moreton Bay but failed to discover

2430-452: The Brisbane River. In 1866, there was a breakwater built at the junction of the Bremer and Brisbane rivers that was designed to stop shingle from blocking the access to the Bremer's boat channel. The first pile light using kerosene was built in 1882. The steel framed light also served as an early port signal station . In February 1896, one of the river's worst disasters occurred with

2511-529: The Brisbane river to date. These were seen by Liel Daniel. In 1823 John Oxley named the river after the Governor Thomas Brisbane while surveying the area to locate a new penal settlement. The name is of Scottish origin, dating from at least 1643, from their family lands at Rothiebrisbane, Aberdeenshire . This is the name now used by the Queensland Government. Maiwar is the name of

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2592-623: The Cluya Road area ( 27°24′51″S 153°07′31″E  /  27.4142°S 153.1254°E  / -27.4142; 153.1254  ( The Port Brisbane Estate ) ). In 1902, a Baptist church opened in Pinkenba. Prior to the opening of the church, the Baptist congregation met in Harris's Hall. A stump-capping ceremony for the new church was held on Monday 11 November 1901. The church officially opened on New Year's Day, 1 January 1902. In 1902,

2673-483: The Fisherman Islands, now known as the Port of Brisbane , located at the mouth of the river on Moreton Bay . There are 16 major bridges that cross the river. The Clem Jones Tunnel , opened in 2010, is the river's first underground crossing for road transport. The CityCat and KittyCat ferry services deliver passengers along the inner-city reaches of the river. There are only 20 bullsharks documented to be seen in

2754-455: The River. Past floods have resulted in both deepening and reduction in river depth, creation of new sand banks and shoals as well as increased transport of suspended sediment from upstream. Before the invention of modern dredging techniques the sediment deposited by flooding created hazards to ships navigating the river. Even medium-sized vessels no longer travel up the Brisbane River beyond

2835-595: The Yugurabul traditional country. The name Pinkenba comes from the Turrbal word binkinba , which means "place of land tortoise". The former suburb of Meeandah took its name from the now disused Meeandah railway station on the Pinkenba railway line , which in turn was named after a corruption of the Greek word meander , and referred to Serpentine Creek which flowed through the area, but has subsequently been converted into

2916-496: The area sprayed with insecticide in advance of her visit (which are no longer extant). The memorial was designed sculptor Rod Shaw of Narrabeen , Sydney . The bas relief monement reflects the cooperation between the United States and Australia in the search for oil though the imagery of oil workers handling a drill bit with flags of the two countries in the background. Although significant oil deposits had been found at Moonie,

2997-479: The area, including residential developments and an immigration detention centre . Pinkenba has a historical trail, which was designed on behalf of the Pinkenba Community Association and the Port of Brisbane with help from Brisbane City Council Neighbourhood planning team. More work has still to be done over the next ten years, involving the beautification of Pinkenba, with the first part being

3078-431: The bay. Early rivers crossings were made using small oared boat ferries , beginning in 1843, followed by steam ferries. In 1865 the first Victoria Bridge , later destroyed in a flood, was built across the river. Professor Hawken of the University of Queensland undertook a study in 1914 to identify the future crossing points for the river. Historically, the Brisbane River contained upstream bars and shallows and had

3159-413: The broader floodplains such as St Lucia and Seventeen Mile Rocks . The coastal lowlands were extensively vegetated with Melaleuca woodlands in low lying, poorly drained coastal areas. When first described by Europeans, the lower reaches of the Brisbane River were fringed by a mosaic of open forest, closed forest and rainforest. In the same year of 1823, the river was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane ,

3240-483: The city reach, and dredging of the upper reaches has ceased, allowing the river to recover substantially from the fine silt dislodged by gravel and sand extraction. Significant floods have occurred several times since the European settlement of Brisbane. There have been 12 Major flood peaks (over 3.5m) recorded at the Brisbane gauge since records began in 1841, including: Post construction of Wivenhoe Dam Flooding along

3321-468: The cliffs was deposited in the Triassic period about 220 million years ago. They currently form the banks of the Brisbane River. A number of the reaches of the Brisbane River are named, including the following listed below (from upstream to downstream), together with their location relative to tributaries of the river and river crossings : The following major tributaries flow into the Brisbane River from

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3402-478: The discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Australia at Moonie . The location was chosen because it was close to the site of the oil refinery which was to be built to process the oil. However, at the time of the queen's visit, The Canberra Times described the site as "desolate" and "a smelly, muddy, mosquito-infested swamp", but the site was planted with 12-foot (3.7 m) high palm trees and flower beds and

3483-424: The early settler families of Chapman, Allnutt, Wenzel and Naumann. The farming consisted of orchards, banana plantations, vineyards (growing Black Hamburg grapes ) and market gardens (growing tomatoes, beans, cabbages and cauliflowers). Prawns and fish were obtained from Boggy Creek. Residents began lobbying for a local school in 1922. Myrtletown State School opened in 1924 and closed on 19 February 1971. It occupied

3564-523: The expedition. However, by 1839, it was known both as Luggage Point and Uniacke Point. The name Luggage Point derives from the practice of off-loading luggage at the point to enable ships to cross the bar at the mouth of the Brisbane River (no longer present due to dredging). The luggage would be transferred up river separately. Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (which has been renamed the Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre)

3645-472: The first known Europeans to discover the river, stumbling across it somewhere near the entrance. They walked upstream along its banks for nearly a month before making their first crossing at Canoe Reach, the junction of Oxley Creek. It was here they stole a small canoe left by the Turrbal people of the region. John Oxley was Surveyor General of New South Wales when, in the same year and under orders from Governor Brisbane, he sailed into Moreton Bay looking for

3726-424: The first pilots were commissioned to guide ships entering from Moreton Bay and another service for those travelling upstream. Flying boats used the waters of the river in Pinkenba , to take-off for domestic and international destinations in the 1930s. The river depth was progressively increased and narrow points widened to allow larger vessels into the river and further upstream. For navigation and safety reasons

3807-489: The floodwaters can spread over wide areas of the city. There has been much dredging and widening work done over the years to allow ships to transport cargo to and from Brisbane the river is no longer dredged. The river served as an important carriageway between Brisbane and Ipswich before a railway linking the towns was built in 1875. By early 1825 buoys were being laid along the South Passage and shortly after that

3888-645: The height restrictions of the Gateway Bridge , and length restriction of 270 metres (890 ft) that far upstream, larger cruise liners must dock further down the river at the more industrial multi-user terminal at the Port of Brisbane . In late 2020, the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal was scheduled to open on the northern bank of the Brisbane River at Myrtletown, opposite the port ( 27°22′52″S 153°09′15″E  /  27.3811°S 153.1542°E  / -27.3811; 153.1542  ( Brisbane International Cruise Terminal ) ), but its opening

3969-491: The inner-city area, with the longest span running between Newstead and Toowong . Another popular stretch runs beneath the Kangaroo Point Cliffs between South Brisbane and Kangaroo Point . Several spans of the Riverwalk are built out over the Brisbane River. Pinkenba Download coordinates as: Pinkenba ( / ˌ p ɪ ŋ k ə n ˈ b ɑː / PING -kən- BAH ) is a town and eastern coastal suburb within

4050-457: The late 1920s, water quality in the river had significantly deteriorated. Multiple major floods occurred in 1893. In 1974, the most damaging flood on record occurred, causing the 66,000-tonne vessel Robert Miller (largest ship ever built on the river) to break free from its mooring. Other major floods occurred in January 2011 and February 2022 . Extensive port facilities have been constructed on

4131-432: The local park and historical path and local pub. The suburb is accessed by road via Kingsford Smith Drive , which passes an industrial area before reaching the suburb. A railway branch line to Pinkenba was constructed to encourage port development downstream away from the Brisbane central business district. The now-abandoned Pinkenba railway station opened in 1882 as the terminus of the line, and closed in 1993. On

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4212-508: The national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7%, Iran 6.8%, England 2.5%, Italy 1.4%, France 0.8%. 77.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 2% Italian, 1.7% Cantonese, 1.1% Tagalog, 0.9% Afrikaans, 0.9% Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian. The most common religious affiliation was "No Religion" 22.8%; the next most common responses were Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Uniting Church 4.3%. In

4293-562: The north, and the Brisbane River to the east. The neighbourhood of Myrtletown is at the northern end of the suburb of Pinkenba ( 27°23′31″S 153°08′01″E  /  27.3919°S 153.1336°E  / -27.3919; 153.1336  ( Myrtletown (neighbourhood) ) ). The neighbourhood of Bulwer Island is in the centre of the suburb ( 27°24′35″S 153°08′11″E  /  27.4097°S 153.1363°E  / -27.4097; 153.1363  ( Bulwer Island (neighbourhood) ) ). The former suburb of Meeandah , now

4374-457: The north; Breakfast Creek , Moggill Creek and the Stanley River . On the southside Bulimba Creek , Norman Creek , Oxley Creek , Bremer River and Lockyer Creek waterways enter the Brisbane River. The following smaller creeks also flow into the river; Cressbrook Creek, Cooyar Creek, Cubberla Creek, Black Snake Creek, Wolston Creek, Woogaroo Creek, Goodna Creek, Six Mile Creek, Pullen Pullen Creek and Kholo Creek. Before European settlement,

4455-615: The northern bank of the Brisbane River in Pinkenba , opposite the Port of Brisbane and next to the Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (which has been renamed the Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre). It is operated by the Port of Brisbane but is not part of the suburb of Port of Brisbane . 27°24′S 153°08′E  /  27.400°S 153.133°E  / -27.400; 153.133 Brisbane River The Brisbane River ( Turrbal : Maiwar )

4536-490: The northern part of the block bounded by Main Beach Road, School Road (now Lewandowski Drive) and Sandmere Street ( 27°23′21″S 153°08′28″E  /  27.3893°S 153.1412°E  / -27.3893; 153.1412  ( Myrtetown State School ) ). As at 1928, the town had a Methodist church but no post office. There were 3 or 4 omnibus services to Brisbane each day. Brisbane's first sewerage treatment plant

4617-472: The proposed Queensland Cultural Centre . The jets pushed the floodlit river water up to 75 m (246 ft) in the air. The floating fountain sank late on the 31 December 1984. 1987 was proclaimed the "Year of the River" by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane at the time, Sallyanne Atkinson . Over the 20th century, enough obstacles, sand and gravel had been removed from the river that its channel depth increased

4698-490: The purpose by Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane. Gray also transferred the soldiers and convicts from the First Settlement at Redcliffe at this time. The first small private wharves were built on the river in about 1848. and the once popular, shark-proof river baths were first built in 1857 at Kangaroo Point. By 1850, nearly all the prime alluvial lands in the Brisbane River valley had been taken up by settlers. From 1862

4779-637: The quadruplication of the railway between Roma Street and Corinda . The Merivale Bridge , opened in 1978, connects the South Brisbane railway system to the City. Four bridges have been built that cater for pedestrians and bicycles, being the Goodwill Bridge and Kurilpa Bridge in the City area, the Eleanor Schonell Bridge between Dutton Park and St Lucia (which also caters for public buses to

4860-563: The ranges east of Kingaroy . The two branches merge into a single watercourse south of Mount Stanley. Using an alternative modern definition, the source is located at the top of Fig Tree Gully in the Bunya Mountains , which are the headwaters of the river's longest tributary Cooyar Creek. Water from the highest point in the catchment has fallen on the Bunya Mountains, 992m above sea level. The junction of Cooyar Creek and Brisbane River

4941-522: The river and to create a 90-hectare (220-acre) site ( 27°24′08″S 153°08′30″E  /  27.4021°S 153.1416°E  / -27.4021; 153.1416  ( Bulwer Island oil refinery ) ) raised to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) above the high tide level. During its operation, it was the largest oil refinery in Queensland. It was decommissioned in 2015 and now operates as an import terminal. In 1975, Myrtletown (then an independent suburb)

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5022-510: The river bed 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft) below the surface. Swimming was once popular at Oxley Point under the Walter Taylor Bridge . In the middle tidal reaches in more recent times, visibility has been about 0.2 m (8 in). As Brisbane grew, the condition of the river worsened until at its worst it was no more than an open sewer and waste dump. The banks were cleared of timber and introduced animals and plants rapidly changed

5103-461: The river in the Turrbal language (the language of an Aboriginal group native to the Brisbane area). The name is also used for the inner-western state electorate of Maiwar . According to Archibald Meston and Tom Petrie in 1901, the Aboriginal people of the Brisbane area did not have a single name for the river, but rather they named individual reaches and bends. The Brisbane River East and West branches traditionally have their headwaters in

5184-550: The river's ecology to its detriment. On 25 March 1941, a USA goodwill flotilla arrived in the city docking at wharves along the River and built Naval Base Brisbane . The largest ship built on the river was the Robert Miller . Construction was near complete when the 66,000 tonne vessel became un-moored in the 1974 Brisbane flood . In 1977, Queen Elizabeth II switched on the Jubilee Fountain positioned in front of

5265-571: The river. The exploration by Flinders took place during his expedition from Port Jackson north to Hervey Bay in 1799. He spent a total of 15 days in the area, touching down at Woody Point and several other spots, but failed to discover the mouth of the river although there were suspicions of its existence. This is consistent with accounts of many other rivers along the east coast of Australia, which could not be found by seaward exploration but were discovered by inland travellers. On 21 March 1823, four ticket-of-leave convicts sailing south from Sydney on

5346-492: The second was destroyed in the 1893 flood . As of 2012 the Brisbane River is crossed by 16 major bridges (counting the new second Gateway, now Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge), including the historic 1940 Story Bridge and the tolled Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges . There are two other major bridges upstream (west) of Brisbane, on the D'Aguilar Highway and the Brisbane Valley Highway . The Clem Jones Tunnel , opened in 2010,

5427-565: The settlement with a useful building material. Many of the early buildings including the Commissariat Store, Brisbane were built by convicts using tuff from this quarry. After the penal settlement was closed, the Petrie family leased the cliffs and quarried the tuff for use in their construction projects, but ultimately quarrying this material became uneconomic without the free labour of the convicts. The volcanic rock Ignimbrite which formed

5508-627: The south-east ( 27°25′19″S 153°07′11″E  /  27.4219°S 153.1197°E  / -27.4219; 153.1197  ( Town of Pinkenba estate ) ). A postal receiving office was opened in 1892, becoming Pinkenba Post Office in 1897. In 1969, it was on the north-eastern corner of Hopper Street and McBride Street ( 27°25′21″S 153°07′08″E  /  27.4224°S 153.1190°E  / -27.4224; 153.1190  ( Pinkenba Post Office (1969) ) ). On Saturday 15 December 1900, auctioneers Isles, Love & Co offered 42 suburban allotments and seven farm sites for sale in

5589-525: The suburb of Port of Brisbane (which is on the southern bank of the river). In the 2011 census , Pinkenba recorded a population of 350 people; 42.9% female and 57.1% male. The median age of the Pinkenba population was 42 years, 5 years above the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population. 62.5% of people living in Pinkenba were born in Australia, compared to

5670-577: The then Governor of New South Wales . Upon the establishment of a local settlement in 1824, other explorers such as Allan Cunningham, Patrick Logan and Major Edmund Lockyer made expeditions and surveys further upstream, and, in May 1825, the Moreton Bay penal colony at Redcliffe under the command of Heny Miller relocated to North Quay . The entrance to the Brisbane River was surveyed and marked with buoys in May 1825 by Pilot John M Gray sent from Sydney for

5751-414: The tidal flow and tidal range upstream. On 9 August 2020, it was discovered that Google Maps accidentally changed the Brisbane River name to Ithaca Creek after a complaint that Ithaca Creek was incorrectly named Brisbane River. The Brisbane River floods frequently, although the occurrence and magnitude of flooding has diminished following the construction of the Wivenhoe Dam on the upper reaches of

5832-488: Was archived. In 1892, the opening of the Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company's meatworks in Pinkenba necessitated the establishment of a town where workers could live close to their work. On 15 October 1892, there was an auction of 40 allotments of land in the new town of Pinkenba. That land was bounded by the present-day streets of McBride Road to the west, Serpentine Road to the north, and Eagle Farm Road to

5913-648: Was completed in 2006; however, due to the height restrictions of the Gateway Bridge and length restriction of 270 metres (890 ft) that far upstream, the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal was opened in June 2022, causing the Portside Wharf terminal to close. The new terminal is able to accommodate the largest cruise vessels in the world and is located at 27°22′52″S 153°09′15″E  /  27.3811°S 153.1542°E  / -27.3811; 153.1542  ( Brisbane International Cruise Terminal ) on

5994-764: Was dedicated on 14 February 1925 by Canon de Witt Batty . It closed circa 1981. It was located on the south-east corner of Hopper Street and McBride Road ( 27°25′22″S 153°07′08″E  /  27.4227°S 153.1189°E  / -27.4227; 153.1189  ( St Matthias' Anglican Church (former) ) ). Myrtletown Methodist Church opened circa 1930. In 1969, it was on the western side of Myrtletown Road (now Main Myrtletown Road) between Rowlingson Street (no longer extant) and Priors Road (approx 27°24′20″S 153°07′32″E  /  27.4055°S 153.1255°E  / -27.4055; 153.1255  ( Myrtletown Methodist Church (former) ) ). The church

6075-508: Was delayed because of shut-down of the cruise industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The new cruise terminal is located at Luggage Point next to the Luggage Point sewage treatment plant (which has been renamed the Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre). The new terminal will be able to accommodate the largest cruise vessels in the world. It will be operated by the port but will not be part of

6156-510: Was downgraded to a neighbourhood within Pinkenba. Myrtletown was historically known as a residential and farming locality, though maritime and industrial facilities have developed in recent decades. As of March 2020 , two cruise ship wharves for Brisbane are located there, with differing facilities. Portside Wharf at Hamilton was completed in 2006 and is an international-standard facility for cruise liners, offering restaurants, coffee shops, gift shops, and other facilities. However, due to

6237-403: Was established, with the remains of the facility listed on the current Queensland Heritage Register.   On 6 March 1963, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a roadside memorial at 315 Tingara Street (corner of Kirra Street, 27°25′01″S 153°08′09″E  /  27.41690°S 153.13579°E  / -27.41690; 153.13579  ( Discovery of Oil Memorial ) ). It commemorates

6318-686: Was officially opened at Luggage Point on 23 November 1923. It was Australia's first full-scale sewerage treatment plant, a key component of Brisbane's sewerage scheme which commended in March 1914. It was serviced by an electric tramway. Myrtletown State School opened on 1924 and closed on 19 February 1971. It occupied the northern part of the block bounded by Main Beach Road, School Road (now Lewandowski Drive) and Sandmere Street ( 27°23′21″S 153°08′28″E  /  27.3893°S 153.1412°E  / -27.3893; 153.1412  ( Myrtetown State School (former) ) ). St Matthias' Anglican Church

6399-497: Was officially opened at Luggage Point on 23 November 1923. It was Australia's first full-scale sewerage treatment plant, a key component of Brisbane's sewerage scheme which commended in March 1914. It was serviced by an electric tramway. Formerly a semi-rural residential area, the construction of the Brisbane Airport at nearby Cribb Island caused most residents to leave. The area has become increasingly industrial ever since. The cruise ship terminal at Portside Wharf at Hamilton

6480-459: Was on the north-eastern corner of McBride Street and Esker Street ( 27°25′17″S 153°07′09″E  /  27.4213°S 153.1193°E  / -27.4213; 153.1193  ( Pinkenba Presbyterian Church ) ). It was demolished circa 1980. Pinkenba Rail Post Office opened at the Pinkenba railway station in mid 1915 and closed in April 1954. Brisbane's first sewerage treatment plant

6561-545: Was originally known as Boggy Creek after the creek of the same name. The name Myrtletown derives from a prominent grove of myrtle trees, which had disappeared by 1928. Luggage Point was named Uniacke Point by John Oxley during his exploration of the Brisbane River in the HM Colonial Cutter Mermaid in December 1823. The point was named after John Fitzgerald Uniacke (1798-1825) who was a naturalist and ornithologist on

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