Stage Number: MBNH.09.03.04
Group: Old Town & River
Local Study Area: Fortitude Valley-New Farm-Newstead
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Breakfast Creek side of Newstead House, off Breakfast Creek Rd, Newstead
Latitude & Longitude: -27.44213889,153.04625
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1865
Image Time Point: 1865
Burial site for important elders, probably consisting of specific bones deposited in fig groves here. Rev Lang saw carved trees in the vicinity, indicating the proximity of the funerary site. A 300 year old fig in front of Newstead House may have been part of this grove.
Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 82-3.
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
