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Cribb Island is one of a few lost townships for Brisbane. In 1974 the Commonwealth Government made massive land acquisition across Cribb Island, Myrtletown, and Lower Nudgee for Brisbane Airport development. Although mostly farm land, whole local communities disappeared.
Citations
Kowald, Margaret. with Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Kay Cohen, Lyndsay Smith, and Jean Stewart. Lost Brisbane and Surrounding Areas: The Later Years. Volume 2. RHSQ. 2016 page 154-155
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Map References
Qimagery. Brisbane 1936. Scale: 1:11,000.