Stage Number: MBSH.05.07.05
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Durack- Doolandella-Willawong-Pallara-Larapinta
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Oxley Golf Course, Boundary and Blunder Road area, Durack
Latitude & Longitude: -27.57261111,152.98027778
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1891
Image Time Point: 1891
In the 1820s, large and fairly permanent Aboriginal encampments were noted by Charles Fraser on the low sandy hills (the Blunder) just east of Oxley Creek. These are not recorded in the 1850s-1870s so presumably did not persist into the period of early settlement.
Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 188.
QSA. QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 1 mile to the inch. Queensland Census Districts. 1 mile to the inch. Government Engraving Office, Brisbane. 620650
