Stage Number: MBNH.07.04.02
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Ashgrove
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Bancroft Park and bridge (Kelvin Grove Road), Ashgrove
Latitude & Longitude: -27.44311111,153.00683333
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1865
Image Time Point: 1865
An important Aboriginal crossing point for the major Aboriginal pathway north to the Sunshine Coast. It traversed the Three Mile Scrub – a tall rainforest that extended to Lutwyche. The area was favoured for fishing and plant foods, and was shown to Governor Bowen on his tour of the new colony (1859). By the 1850s, Bayuba was used as a boundary for policing purposes – i.e. Aborigines were expected to not be south of here after sunset.
Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 70-72.
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 1 chain to the inch. Plan of subdivision of section 30 City of Brisbane. 1 chain to an inch. Surveyor General’s Office, Brisbane.(quarter-size). 634488
