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Lagoon traditionally used for healing by Aboriginal people, in the middle of what was originally a pocket of rainforest. Presumably the waters and clays were used. Senator Neville Bonner gave the lagoon its current name, meaning ‘abode of good spirits.’
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Gerard Benjamin & Gloria Grant, 2008, Reflections on New Farm, New Farm: New Farm & Districts Historical Society
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Map References
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 1 chain to the inch. Plan of subdivision of section 30 City of Brisbane. 1 chain to an inch. Surveyor General’s Office, Brisbane.(quarter-size). 634488