Stage Number: MBSH.03.01.89
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: West End-South Brisbane-North Woolloongabba
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: Dock Street, South Brisbane
Latitude & Longitude: -27.48225,153.03
Time Link: 1884
Map Link: 1884
Image Time Point: 1884
The South Brisbane Coal Wharves was built in 1883 and the following year the wharves were connected by railway running from Woolloongabba to what was called the ‘South Brisbane Junction’ (Corinda). The wharves serves the trade from the West Moreton coal fields.
Cohen, Kay. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Margaret Kowald, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas 1860-1960. Volume 1. RHSQ. 2014. page 201, 203
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 5 chains to the inch. City of Brisbane. 5 chains to the inch. Government Engraving, and Lithographic Office, Brisbane. 634496
