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Teneriffe History

History of Brisbane’s Teneriffe A new suburb Until 2010, Teneriffe was in fact a place or location and was not recognised as a Brisbane suburb. The Brisbane neighbourhood of Teneriffe will officially be granted suburb status in February 2010 following extensive public consultation by the State Government, Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Stephen Robertson [...]

Anstead History

History of Brisbane’s Anstead Aboriginal history The Jagera and Turrbal groups occupied land in the Brisbane and Ipswich areas. The exact clan boundaries are not known, however the Turrbal generally occupied the area north of the Brisbane River. Both groups had closely related languages, which are classified as belonging to the larger Yaggera language group. [...]

Bellbowrie History

History of Brisbane’s Bellbowrie Bellbowrie’s history has been compiled by Lesley Jenkins as a part of the BRISbites community history project. Aboriginal history The Jagera and Turrbal groups occupied land in the Brisbane and Ipswich areas. The exact boundaries are not known, however, the Turrbal generally occupied the area north of the Brisbane River. Both [...]

Stretton History

History of Brisbane’s Stretton Stretton’s history has been compiled as a part of the BRISbites community history project. Aboriginal history The Jagara people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River and Stretton would have been the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains. Many years ago a collection of skulls [...]

Heathwood History

History of Brisbane’s Heathwood Heathwood’s history has been compiled as part of the BRISbites community history project. Aboriginal history This region was the home of the Yerongpan clan of Oxley Creek who spoke the Yaggera dialect of the Turrbal language. Lost cedar cutters, Pamphlet, Finnegan and Parsons were the first white men to make observations [...]

Indooroopilly History

History of Brisbane’s Indooroopilly Indooroopilly’s history has been compiled by local historian, Lesley Jenkins, as part of the BRISbites community history project. Aboriginal history The Jagera and Turrbal groups occupied land in the Brisbane and Ipswich areas. The exact boundaries are not known, however, the Turrbal generally occupied the area north of the Brisbane River. [...]

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