Stage Number: MBSH.02.06.06
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Rocklea-Yeerongpilly-Moorooka
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Dinmore and Hawtree Streets Moorooka
Latitude & Longitude: -27.53786111,153.01977778
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1891
Image Time Point: 1891
Main traditional Camp of Moorooka-Rocklea area, associated with the Rocky Water Holes. This was a large and important Camp, its high position during floods making it a refuge point. It seems to have been used into the 1880s. In the 1870s, many Aboriginal people from here worked in bark-stripping.
Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 140.
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
