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The original “spike” penninsular after which Brisbane earned its Aboriginal name (Meanjin). In pre-settlement times, this rainforest and swamp area was renowned for tulipwood bushes, used for spear-making and stunning fish. The area was favoured for hunting pigeons (which ate tulipwood berries), and as a women’s birthing area.
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Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 101.
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QSA. QSA Series ID 4314, Survey Plans, Charts and Maps of Moreton Bay Settlement and Queensland. 4 chains to the inch. Plan shewing the alignment of . streets in North and South Brisbane, ca 1854. 4 chains to an inch. 714424