Stage Number: MBSH.03.01.26
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: West End-South Brisbane-North Wolloongabba
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Corner George Croft Lane and Cordelia Street South Brisbane
Latitude & Longitude: -27.47692222,153.01714722
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1842
Image Time Point: 1842
The waterhole formerly here, part of a swamp and creek that stretched along Melbourne Street, was the main water supply for the Aboriginal camps in the vicinity and the town of South Brisbane in its infancy. Aboriginal children from the surrounding camps were the main water carriers.
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SLQ. First Survey of Crown Lands in the Moreton Bay District, 1842, by Surveyor Henry Wade.Brisbane, 1842. RBM 841.16 1842 00013 E
