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unusual facts about Pinkenba


Pinkenba, Queensland

On 6 March 1963, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a roadside memorial which commemorates the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Australia.


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Pinkenba railway station

On 29 August 1906, a contract was let for refreshment rooms to be constructed at Pinkenba station, at a cost of £318.

Pinkenba Wharf

A February 2008 visit by the luxury cruise liner the MS Queen Victoria meant that passengers could not use the international standard cruise terminal facilities at Portside Wharf and had to use the industrial wharf complex at Pinkenba instead.

The railway was extended from Ascot railway station to Pinkenba in 1897 and the wharf was built in 1898.


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