Stage Number: MBSH.05.02.07
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Corinda-Oxley
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Bottom of Cliveden Avenue, Corinda
Latitude & Longitude: -27.55102778,152.99147222
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1876
Image Time Point: 1876
A significant Aboriginal ceremonial site, that sometimes saw 600 participants. It was used into the 1870s-1880s. It was probably used for rain-making ceremonies and rites associated with the Chelmer’penninsula’ and adjacent areas (e.g. FigTree Pocket).
Ray Kerkhove, ‘Enduring Prescence,’ in Stephen Sheaffe, Stories of Stephens: A History of Annerley and the Surrounding Suburbs Annerley: Annerley-Stephens Historical Society, 2017, pp.14-15.
QSA. QSA Series ID 1015 Moreton District 20 Chain Maps – AG3. 20 chains to the inch. Parish of Oxley, County of Stanley. 532954
