Information
A small convict outpost was built here in 1826 for road gangs working on the development of the main track from Brisbane to Limestone (Ipswich). During the 1830s, a convict-staffed cattle station was established in this area (then known as Cowper’s Plains), supplying meat for the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement.
Citations
Beryl Roberts, ‘Naming Brisbane’, Brisbane, B. Roberts, 2013, p.7.
Image Citations
A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sydney, New South Wales, by Edward Backhouse, Edward, 1843. National Library of Australia. nla.obj-138467409.
Map References
Granville Stapylton. Survey of Limestone to Brisbane Road. 1839. Lands Museum