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8 unusual facts about Brisbane River


Banks Creek, Queensland

It is now part of Somerset Region and lies adjacent to the Brisbane River to the west of Lake Manchester.

Battle of Brisbane

As a result, U.S. military authorities segregated African-Americans, restricting them to the south side of the Brisbane River.

Eustace Robert Hayles

Hayles' business continued to expand, offering fortnightly Cairns to Green Island services from 1928 onwards and in 1936 the company introduced Brisbane River cruises in Brisbane, Queensland.

HMQS Gayundah

Returning to Queensland, she was used to haul sand and gravel barge on the Brisbane River.

HMQS Paluma

As locals considered how to return her to the Brisbane River, another major flood two weeks later refloated the gunboat, and she was pulled clear without any significant damage.

John Allworth Clark

In 1893, the Brisbane River had a major flood and Clark was chairman of the Flood Relief Committee, which collected and distributed financial aid to the flood victims.

Stradbroke Island

Dunwich became a staging point where larger ships were unloaded of cargo which was placed into smaller vessels to be carried over the sand bars of Brisbane River and up to the penal settlement of Brisbane.

UQ Business School

Most of the school’s staff are located at the St Lucia campus, a 114-acre site located seven miles from the centre of Brisbane within a bend in the Brisbane River.


Bulimba Creek

It then flows in a northerly direction through the suburbs of Mansfield, Mackenzie, Carindale, Murarrie and Lytton, before meeting the Brisbane River along the Lytton Reach.

Gold Coast Oceanway

An example is Jim Soorley who championed the cause of the Riverwalk for Brisbane.

Greater Brisbane League 2009–10

Planned to be included in the season was a competition very similar to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, with two teams picked from the Northside and the Southside of the Brisbane River, presumably linked to their regions.

Robert Cribb

The land was bordered by Western Creek (now mostly culvertised), Indooroopilly Road (now Milton Road), the River Road (now Coronation Drive) alongside the Brisbane River and Chasely Street.

Santos Place

A major feature of the building its direct link with the Kurilpa Bridge which extends over the Brisbane River to the Gallery of Modern Art and South Bank cultural precinct.


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Battle of Brisbane

However, trouble continued with a major race riot at Wacol, knife fights in South Brisbane and American military police assaulting or killing black troops simply for crossing the Brisbane River.

Kangaroo Point

Kangaroo Point Cliffs - cliffs popular for rock climbing, abseiling and a pleasant picnic ground alongside the Brisbane River.

Linville, Queensland

During their occupancy of Colinton the Balfours built stockyards on the north bank of Greenhide Creek near its junction with the Brisbane River.

Pesch

Jack Pesch Bridge, bridge for pedestrians and cyclists which crosses the Brisbane River

Waterfront Place, Brisbane

The building features views of the City, the Brisbane River and Story Bridge, and, from its upper floors, the islands of Moreton Bay.