Stage Number: MBSH.03.09.08
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Mount Gravatt-Mount Gravatt East
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Mt Gravatt summit
Latitude & Longitude: -27.54263889,153.07288889
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1891
Image Time Point: 1891
Mt Gravatt was associated with a Dreaming story about a “dragon” (presumably a reptile or Rainbow Serpent) and was important as a site for echidna. Here and Holland Park once had several springs and the hills and cliffs of Holland Park and Mt Gravatt were used for Aboriginal Burials, but none remain. In 2010, Brisbane’s very first Indigenous-run café opened here, and operated for a number of years.
Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 157-8.
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 74 chains to the inch. Queensland Census Districts. City and suburbs of Brisbane. Area within a radius of 5 and 10 miles. 74 chains to the inch. Government Engraving Office, Brisbane. 634515
