Stage Number: MBSH.02.02.17
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Fairfield-Annerley
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 607 Ipswich Road
Latitude & Longitude: -27.51670278,153.02973611
Time Link: 1862
Map Link: 1865
Image Time Point: 1865
The house dates from 1862, making it one of Brisbane’s oldest homes. It was used as a halfway house for travellers carrying cargo on horse and cart from Yatala to the port of Brisbane.
Slice of Brisbane history in Annerley. Online Quest Newspapers. April 19, 2012.
Rockmount House 1862. Patria Jannis. Quest Newspapers. 1226333432500
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
