Stage Number: MBNH.10.02.12
Group: Old Town & River
Local Study Area: Airport-Hendra-Eagle Farm
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: Brisbane Airport
Latitude & Longitude: -27.38347222,153.14411111
Time Link: unstated
Map Link: 1886
Image Time Point: 1886
Myrtletown is one of a few lost townships for Brisbane. In 1974 the Commonwealth Government made massive land acquisition across Cribb Island, Myrtletown, and Lower Nudgee for Brisbane Airport development. Although mostly farm land, whole local communities disappeared.
Kowald, Margaret. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Kay Cohen, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas: The Later Years. Volume 2. RHSQ. 2016 page 154
QSA. QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 8 chains to the inch. Town of Myrtle, Parish of Toombul, County of Stanley with inset of local sketch at 2 miles to the inch. 8 chains to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 620630
