Taringa Aboriginal Springs

Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.08

Group: Western

Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly

Epoch: Early 19th Century

Street Address: 1. Park at 233 Moggill Road Taringa 2. Taringa Railway site

Latitude & Longitude: -27.49330556,152.97725

Time Link: 1823

Map Link: 1859

Image Time Point: 1859

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Former springs, important in Aboriginal healing. Part of the nearby Camp which was an ‘Aboriginal health resort’ in early Colonial times.

Citations

Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 132-3.

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Map References

QSA. QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 10 chains to the inch. Portions LXIV and LXV in the Parish of Indooroopilly, County of Stanley. 10 chains to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 620522