There once was a creek somewhere in your neighbourhood, flowing where no creek flows today. Perhaps it flowed through a nearby park, or beneath what is now a busy street. Maybe it flowed through your own backyard.
Whatever this creek’s story may be, it is a story worth knowing, for it is the story of how your neighbourhood once was, and how it became the landscape that you know today.
Here, you will find the stories of creeks and their catchments from across Brisbane and beyond.
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Site performance issues
Over the 24 hours or so that the site has been live, I’ve found that on my PC it occasionally runs very slowly, sometimes to the point of pages timing out altogether. I’ve noticed some other occasional glitches too, like the picture at the top of the page not loading. Both have these problems have…
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Hello world!
Welcome to oncewasacreek.org! After a very lengthy gestation period, I am excited to finally have the site online. Now I get to find out if it makes sense to anyone else! This site is a work in progress. There are pages still to be written, and many that have been written will surely undergo further…
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Red Jacket Park?
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 Of the many people who use or live near Gregory Park today, I suspect that few have ever heard of Red Jacket Swamp. Probably, few of them have heard of A. C. Gregory either, but if they care to look they will find not…
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Gregory Park settles down (1945 – present)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — March 2012 After the war, there were no more drains to build, no more swamps to fill, and no more trenches to dig. Gregory Park could finally settle down. Competitive sports continued to be played at the district level and even interstate level at Gregory…
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Gregory Park comes of age (1904 – 1945)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 A reserve for recreation (1904 – 1916) For many years, the formal designation of Red Jacket Swamp as a ‘recreation reserve’ was at best ironic, and at worst insulting to the residents and school children who had to put up with its putrid condition.…
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Best laid plans (1887 – 1903)
This page is part of a series: Angus Veitch — 2012 A tale of two shires (1887 – 1890) Until the formation of the Brisbane City Council in 1925, Western Creek flowed through two local government areas, these being the shires of Toowong and Ithaca. Toowong Shire fronted the river all the way along the…