Stage Number: MBSH.03.06.13
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Greenslopes-Coorparoo
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: Off South-East Busway, Greenslopes
Latitude & Longitude: -27.51266667,153.04183333
Time Link: 1880
Map Link: TBA
Image Time Point: TBA
A quartzite and road base quarry on one side of Stephens Mountain was used from the 1880s until the late 1960s. Sourcing road base was an important part of expanding the transport networks of Brisbane and the transition form dirt tracks to more solid roads. In later years the quarry site became something of a playground for children from the surrounding estates and suburbs.
Norman Creek Catchment, ‘Navigating Norman Creek: Aerial Imagery from 1946’ (http://norman-creek-catchment.org.au/index.php/resources/item/61-norman-creek-in-1946), sighted 25 July 2017; Hugh Lunn. ‘Over the Top With Jim’, Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1989.
Ekibin Quarry, December 1951. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Record number: Brisbane City Council. Brisbane Images. BCC-B54-1504.
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