Aboriginal "Healing" Camp and Stone Quarry

Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.07

Group: Western

Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly

Epoch: Early 19th Century

Street Address: Along Rokeby Terrace ridge - roughly 29 Rokeby Terrace Taringa

Latitude & Longitude: -27.49252778,152.97608333

Time Link: 1823

Map Link: 1859

Image Time Point: 1859

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Aboriginal Camp and stone quarry, used as a “health resort” (possibly convolescence for warriors injured at the Tournament Grounds below this area). It was in use into the 1870s.

Citations

Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 132-3.

Image Citations

Map References

QSA. QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 10 chains to the inch. Portions LXIV and LXV in the Parish of Indooroopilly, County of Stanley. 10 chains to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 620522