A cutting on Stuartholme Road showing an outcrop of Bunya Phyllite (Photo by Ned Hamer)

The drain under Tipuana Place from which spring water flows (9 October 2011)

The stream in the grove above Tristania Drive on 9 October 2011

The stream in the grove above Tristania Drive on 9 October 2011

The boggy area between the water main and Tristania Drive was a BMX track back in October 2011. The stream is just visible on the left.

Water flowing from the culvert under Tristania Drive in October 2011.

A cutting on Beatrice Street, Taringa, exposing the underlying bedrock. This is an example of Bynya Phylite ###.

The drain from which spring water flows into Western Creek above Tristania Drive. Upstream from here, the drain is no longer accessible as it goes under houses.

The stream above Tristania Drive. The red staining of the soil is likely to be iron oxide that has been dissolved from the rocks that the water has seeped through. (31 August 2026)

A pond in the stream flowing under Tristania Drive near Tipuana Place (31 August 2026)

The stream flowing through the culvert under Tristania Drive, August 2026 (taken by Ned Hamer)

Spring water flowing over iron-stained soil in the bush reserve above Tristania Drive (30 August 2026)

A pond in the boggy section of Western Creek just downstream of Tristania Drive (30 August 2026)

A dry channel in the Colorado Avenue Park reserve.

Milton House as depicted in a larger photo of the Milton area from 1874 (State Library of Queensland, Neg. 66141)

The Milton Congregational Church at the corner of Baroona and Haig roads, 1905. (State Library of Queensland,

The XXXX brewery in Milton in 2009 rendered in Google Earth.

The field owned by Helidon Spa Water Company at Lang Parade Milton, captured in 1946.

The Milton Village Commercial Complex in 2009. This site was previously owned by the Helidon Spa Water Company.

The XXXX brewery and surrounds in Milton, captured in the 1946 aerial imagery rendered in Google Earth.

Toowong Memorial Park in 2009.

The area around Land Street and Patrick Lane in 2009, overlaid with the Water Board’s plan from the 1920s or 1930s.

Toowong Memorial Park in 1946, rendered in Google Earth.

The area around Patrick Lane and Moorlands Park in 1946, showing the drain that replaced Langsville Creek.

The area around Patrick Lane and Moorlands Park in 2009.

The area around Land Street and Patrick Lane in 1946, overlaid with the Water Board’s plan from the 1920s or 1930s.

The area between Sylvan Road and Coronation Drive in 2009, including parts of Toowong Memorial Park and Moorlands Park.

Toowong Memorial Park in 1946, rendered in Google Earth.

Toowong Memorial Park, 2009.

The area between Sylvan Road and Coronation Drive in 1946, including parts of Toowong Memorial Park and Moorlands Park.

View of the Mount Coot-tha Gardens, the Western Freeway, and parts of Anzac Park and Toowong Cemetery in 2009.

View of the Mount Coot-tha Gardens, the Western Freeway, and parts of Anzac Park and Toowong Cemetery in 2012.

Toowong Creek, Langsville Creek and Western Creek as depicted on a plan of the area from 1859, rendered in Google Earth.

Aerial view (from Google Earth) of Toowong, Auchenflower and Milton.

McKellar’s map from 1895 overlaid on 2009 imagery showing Miskin Street in Toowong.

Areial view of Miskin Steet, Toowong, 2009.

Aerial view from 2009 showing the catchment boundaries of Toowong, Langsville, Western, Boundary and Ithaca creeks.

Annotations on Plan M.31.65 referring to the closing of the southern end of Miskin Street and the opening of Keltie Street.

Overlay of annotations on Plan M.31.65 referring to the closing of the southern end of Miskin Street and the opening of Keltie Street.

The southern end of Plan M.31.65, showing six portions in western Toowong, overlaid on imagery from 2009.

The coverage of Plan M.31.65. Also shown are the catchment boundaries of Toowong, Langsville, Western, Boundary and Ithaca creeks.

The southern end of Plan M.31.65, showing six portions in western Toowong.

The cemetery reserve on Plan M.31.65.

The land portions at the northern end of Plan M.31.65. In the upper-right part of the picture is the Governor’s residence, while in the middle foreground is the playing field of Rainworth Primary School.

The land portions at the northern end of Plan M.31.65. In the upper-right part of the picture is the Governor’s residence, while in the middle foreground is the playing field of Rainworth Primary School.

Aerial view of part of Toowong with details from Plan M.31.65.

Portions 288-290 of Plan M.31.65 were split up to accommodate Boundary Road, which presumably had not been formed when the 1862 plan was drawn.

The Rainworth area as depicted on a parish map dating from around 1900.

The cemetery reserve on Plan M.31.65, overlaid on 2009 imagery.

Aerial view of part of Toowong with details from Plan M.31.65.

Aerial view of part of Toowong with details from a plan of the Parish of Enoggera from 1859.

The end of the Leybourne Street drainage system in Chelmer, soon after the peak of the 2011 flood.

The end of the Leybourne Street drainage system in Chelmer in 2009.

The corner of Boomerang Street and Coronation Drive on a map published in 1914 but mostly showing details from the 1880s. (Queensland State Archives, Item ID 618816).

The corner of Boomerang Street and Coronation Drive on a map published in 1914 but mostly showing details from the 1880s. (Queensland State Archives, Item ID 618816).

The tram workshops on Coronation Drive were built in 1927, the same year as the Council’s detail plan for the site was drawn. They occupied the north-east corner of the site, but would later expand. The outlined buildings on the left side of the figure are the Carr brothers’ sanitary stables.

The tram workshops on Coronation Drive were built in 1927, the same year as the Council’s detail plan for the site was drawn. They occupied the north-east corner of the site, but would later expand. The outlined buildings on the left side of the figure are the Carr brothers’ sanitary stables.

The Milton Incinerator is visible in the upper-left corner of the CDOP site in this 1946 aerial photograph. The Carr brothers’ sanitary stables were in the adjacent lot. On the right-hand side of the site, and also fronting Coronation Drive, are the tram workshops and administration building.

Aerial view of the Coronation Drive Office Park in 2012.

James Warner’s plan of 1850 defined the boundaries of the modern CDOP site. (Queensland Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, Plan B.1234.14.)

James Warner’s plan of 1850 defined the boundaries of the modern CDOP site. (Queensland Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, Plan B.1234.14.)

The location of the Milton Distillery building indicated on the Water Supply and Sewage Board’s Detail Plan 122, dated 1927. (Brisbane City Archives)

The cemetery stream of Langsville Creek, as depicted in 1929.

Langsville Creek’s headwaters in the area between Birdwood Terrace and Mount Coot-tha Road, as depicted in 1929.

Part of a map of Brisbane dating from 1929. The watercourses shown are the upper reaches of Langsville Creek.

Part of a map of Brisbane dating from 1929. The watercourses shown are the upper reaches of Langsville Creek.

The empty area in the middle of Plan M.31.65. This area corresponds with the slopes on either side of Birdwood Terrace near the Toowong Cemetery.

The empty area in the middle of Plan M.31.65. This area corresponds with the slopes on either side of Birdwood Terrace near the Toowong Cemetery.

The area beneath Stuartholme Road and Birdwood Terrace in 2009.

The area between Boundary Road and Macgregor Terrace in 1946.

The area between Boundary Road and Macgregor Terrace in 2009.

The area between Main Avenue and Sixth Avenue in 1946.

The area between Main Avenue and Sixth Avenue in 2009.

Norman Buchan Park and the Governor’s residence (Fernberg) in 2009.

Rainworth School (right), St Pauls Villa (middle) and Rainworth Park (left) in 1946.

Rainworth School (right), St Pauls Villa (middle) and Rainworth Park (left) in 2009.

Norman Buchan Park and the Governor’s residence (Fernberg) in 1946.

Gregory Park, with Rosalie Village in the background in 1946.

Gregory Park, with Rosalie Village in the background in 2009.

Rosalie, looking from above Howard Street in 1946.

Rosalie, looking from above Howard Street in 2009.

Milton Park (foreground), Frew Park and Gregory Park in 1946.

Milton Park (foreground), Frew Park and Gregory Park in 2009.

The mouth of Western Creek, with Milton Park and Frew Park visible in the distance, in 1946.

The mouth of Western Creek, with Milton Park and Frew Park visible in the distance, in 2009.

Part of a pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

Part of a pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

Part of a pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

Part of a pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

Part of a pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

Part of a pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

A pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

A pre-1905 plan showing the old dam in the Toowong Cemetery.

The graves of Thomas and Elizabeth Dale and several Dodds in Toowong Cemetery.

The graves of Thomas and Elizabeth Dale and several Dodds in Toowong Cemetery, showing details from a map from around 1929.

Toowong Cemetery, looking from above Frederick Street towards Mount Coot-tha, overlaid with details from a map dating to around 1929.

The grave of Thomas (and Elizabeth) Dale in the Toowong Cemetery, looking from above Frederick Street towards Mount Coot-tha.

The two new plantings in the governor’s paddock at the south-east corner of the Fernberg property.

The pond at the edge of the governor’s paddock. The two rows of newly planted trees can be seen in the background.

Textual associations in the greater Brisbane area.

Textual associations in the region surrounding Dutton Park, an inner suburb of Brisbane.

Textual associations of locations in the Milton area, a short distance from the CBD.

Textual associations of locations in Brisbane’s central business district.

Part of a plan of Norman Creek drawn in 1839 by the government surveyor James Warner.

The stretch of Norman Creek between Deshon Street and Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, in 2013.

The stretch of Norman Creek between Deshon Street and Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, in 1946.

Flooding in Boobock St, Rocklea, 4:53pm, 2 May.

A, umm, wooden thing deposited by the floodwaters in Kookaburra Park, Rocklea.

Debris in the railing of the bridge.

The bridge over Stable Swamp Creek in Kookaburra Park, Rocklea, at 5pm, Saturday 2 May,

Kookaburra Park, Rocklea, flooded by Stable Swamp Creek (4:45pm, Saturday 2 May).

The end of Boobock St, Rocklea, flooded by Stable Swamp Creek (4:50pm, Saturday 2 May).

Kookaburra Park, Rocklea, at 4:43pm, Saturday 2 May.

The corner of Elmes Rd and De Hayr St, Rocklea, at 4:28pm, Saturday 2 May.

De Hayr Street, Rocklea, at 4:20pm, Saturday 2 May.

Melbourne Street, Rocklea, flooded by Rocky Waterholes Creek, 8:42pm.

Rocky Waterholes Creek, looking towards the intersection of Fairfield Rd and Sherwood Rd.

And let’s be honest… ‘enlightenment’ wouldn’t make much more sense.

‘Out of all the days…’ Submitted to the UQ StalkerSpace Facebook group by Aileen Zhang.

The path to the UQ Lakes bus stop, just before 8pm.

Google tells me that this is a Harry Potter reference. (Posted to Facebook by Yazi Stemp at 4:20pm.)

The bridge over the UQ lakes had gone under by 5pm. (Posted to the Facebook group ‘UQ StalkerSpace’ by Harry King.)

This was posted with the caption ‘UQ Falls’ to a UQ student group on Facebook just after midday.

A photo (of a photocopy of a photo) of the dam in the Toowong Cemetery, taken before the dam was drained in 1905.

The installed duckbill valves. If you look closely, you can see some water trickling through the one on the right.

The whole assembly seen from the footbridge.

The main gate seen from inside.

The flapgate seen from the inside.

The entrance to the footbridge as seen from inside.

The specifications on the entrance to the pedestrian bridge.

The (relatively) small flapgate as seen from outside.

A view of the main gate (right) and the entrance to the pedestrian bridge, which can be closed off by a sliding door.

The view looking down on the main component of the floodgate — a large penstock valve that will be lowered into position when the river rises.

Elizabeth’s triangle of tragedy: the dam in which she drowned is surrounded by the graves of her husband, brother, and parents.

Elizabeth Dale’s memorial is on the northern face of Thomas Dale’s headstone.

The site of the dam today, seen from a similar angle as the previous images.

This hand-tinted photograph of the dam hangs in the cemetery museum.

Henry Dodd’s gravestone also commemorates his daughter, Elise Gerletti.

The grave of Elizabeth’s brother, Henry Harris Dodd. A warden at the prison on St Helena Island, Henry was killed by a prisoner while on duty.

The clearing in Portion 16 of the cemetery, where the dam was located. The row of trees conceals the remaining part of the creek.

The dry creek bed. The bank on the left (south) is steeper and seems more natural than the one on the right (north), which is full of rubble.

The northern bank of the creek is full of rubble, suggesting that the land here might have been filled in.

The remaining fragment of the old creek at the bottom of the hill on which the graves of Elizabeth’s husband and brother are located. (Looking towards the east.)

The wooden cross that is the sole marker of William Dodd’s grave.

Looking down the hill from just above William Dodd’s grave.

The grave of William George Dodd is marked with nothing but a small wooden cross, which is fast becoming one with the ground beneath it.

Thomas Dale’s epitaph is inscribed on the front face of the headstone, while Elizabeth’s is on the side.

Thomas Dale’s epitaph is weathered and unreadable.

The grave of Thomas and Elizabeth Dale.

Elizabeth’s epitaph has weathered much better then her husband’s.

The lawn near the grove of trees containing the remaining fragment of the creek.

Care for a drink?

Where gravestones go to die. This short segment of creek in the Toowong Cemetery was filled with broken bits of old gravestones.

A natural (more-or-less) creek bed in the Toowong Cemetery.

Almost picturesque. The hedges really accentuate the drain’s beauty.

Just upstream of the hut, the drain passes through a lawn . . .

. . . and then through a clump of tangled trees.

The park-and-ride site in 1982. (BCC-B120-2696)

The tramway administration building in 1929. (BCC-CD1-9)

The site in 1980 after the transport depot had closed. (BCC-B120-1123.1)

Buses at the CDOP site in 1976. (BCC-B120-30940)

Trams being destroyed in 1969. (Brisbane Tramway Museum)

The tram workshops, 1968. (Brisbane Tramway Museum)

The decommissioned incinerator in 1949 (BCC-B54-213)

The decommissioned incinerator in 1949 (Brisbane City Archives, BCC-B54-213).

The incinerator in 1949, after it had been decommissioned (Brisbane City Archives, BCC-B54-207).

A memo contained within the file of Tramways correspondence at the Brisbane City Archives (BCA0967) which suggests that the Milton nightsoil dump was still operating in 1943.

Sheds at the decommissioned sanitary depot in 1949. (Brisbane City Archives, BCC-B54-276)

The Milton Incinerator was depicted on the City Council’s Detail Plan from 1927, shown here over the modern CDOP site.

The front of the Milton Distillery building, still standing in 1949. (Brisbane City Archives, BCC-B54-280)

The Milton Distillery in flood in 1890. In the background, the residences of E.J. Bennett and J.G. Cribb are also visible. (State Library of Queensland)

The CDOP site in flood in 1890. The photo is taken from the railway line near the intersection with Boundary (now Boomerang) Street. Fairholme can be seen in the distance to the right. In the foreground are the stables of the Brisbane Sanitary Company. (State Library of Queensland)

The poster advertising the sale of the Fairholme Estate, 1914. (State Library of Queensland)

John George Cribb’s residence, Fairholme. (State Library of Queensland)

E.J. Bennett’s and his family relaxing at the Poplars, c1895. (State Library of Queensland)

E.J. Bennett’s residence, the Poplars, was located between Boundary Street and Boundary Creek. The property was marked on A.R. McKellar’s Map of Brisbane and Suburbs (1895), details of which are shown here over the modern landscape.

Edward James Bennett (1829-1920). (State Library of Queensland)

The revised town boundary is marked on red on this map dating from 1858.

Boundary Creek was the western limit of the ‘environs of Brisbane’

Boundary Creek as depicted on Wade’s 1844 map, overlaid on the modern landscape. The approximate extent of the Boundary Creek catchment is outlined and shaded in blue.

Part of the ‘Map of the Environs of Brisbane situate in the County of Stanley’, made by the surveyor Henry Wade in 1844, showing the extent of the CDOP site.

The Coronation Drive Office Park covers 4.5 hectares and is bounded by Cribb Street, the railway line, Boomerang Street and Coronation Drive.

A sign erected at the Leybourne Street site.

A temporary dam at the outlet of the Leybourne Street drainage system, where the duckbill valves will be installed.

A sticker showing the manufacturer of the two big duckbill valves.

The tip of the duckbill valve. The rubber is thick and hard, but will open up when there is enough water pressure behind it. We hope.

Two large duckbill valves waiting to be installed near Leybourne Street, Graceville.

A sign announcing the construction of a backflow valve at the mouth of Western Creek. It is erected on the gate to the footbridge under Coronation Drive. (Photo: S. Cowley)

Part of the table listing the corners of the land portions (from Sheet 2).

Details from McKellar’s map of Brisbane (1895), showing the school reserve between Birdwood Terrace and Mount-Coot-tha Road.

Survey Plan M3165 (sheet 2). ##credit DNRM etc.

Survey Plan M3165 (sheet 1). ##credit DNRM etc.

A view of the Legacy Way construction site from the pedestrian overpass.

A view of the Legacy Way construction site from the pedestrian overpass.

The pedestrian overpass over the Western Freeway, from which you can get a good view of the Legacy Way construction site.

The sign outside the construction site explaining the purpose of the 29m high garden shed.

The temporary shed installed to reduce noise and dust from the machines boring the Legacy Way tunnel.

A panorama of the main lagoon at the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens.

A pond in the Japanese Gardens.

A damp streambed running through the exotic rainforest section.

The upstream part of the main lagoon at the Mount Coot-tha Gardens.

The stream closest to Mount Coot-tha Road is in parts lined with stone walls.

The stream closest to Mount Coot-tha Road is in parts lined with stone walls.

The stream closest to Mount Coot-tha Road intersects with the water pipeline that runs (I think) from Enoggera to Taringa.

A small dam at the top of one of the streams in the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

A stream running through the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, parallel with Mount Coot-tha Road.

Part of the visitor’s map of the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens. The ponds and waterways, though not entirely natural, are all part of the Langsville Creek system.

A stream running through the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, parallel with Mount Coot-tha Road.

The land between Birdwood Terrace and Mount Coot-tha Road between 2001 and 2012.

The bottom of a gully near Old Mount Coot-tha Road.

A dry channel at the bottom of a gully between Birdwood Terrace and Mount Coot-tha Road.

A footbridge over a gully near Walter Street.

One of the gullies below the ‘Treetops on Birdwood’ estate.

The view of Melbourne from the observation deck on the 88th floor of the Eureka Tower. (Flickr: pasukaru76)

Melbourne’s Eureka Tower (Flickr: thewamphyri)

The Batman’s Hill Marker near Spencer Street Station. (Coburg Historical Society, via Picture Victoria)

The removal of Batman’s Hill, as depicted in an engraving from 1892. (State Library of Victoria)

Melbourne in 1838, painted (apparently from a model) by Clarence Woodhouse (1852-1931). Flagstaff Hill is in the upper left of the picture, while Batman’s Hill (cut down in 1866) is in the lower left. (State Library of Victoria)

The town of Melbourne as surveyed by Robert Hoddle in 1837 (more information).

The view from Flagstaff Gardens towards Melbourne’s harbour. (Flickr: Charlievdb)

A view of Melbourne’s harbour at sunset from Flagstaff Gardens.

The view to the south not quite from Rocklea, but from the nearest big hill, Toohey Mountain.

One of the two educational signs on the new footbridge (photo by Steven Cowley)

A map on one of the signs, showing past and present landmarks (photo by Steven Cowley)

Welcome to Western Creek (photo by Steven Cowley)

One of the signs on the new footbridge (photo by Steven Cowley)

The new footbridge alongside the bikeway over the mouth of Western Creek (photo by Steven Cowley).

The bottles from the gully.

The four cans from the gully.

A bottle from Reckitt & Colman Pty Ltd.

A bottle of Symington’s essence of coffee and chicory (Will S, flickr)

A bottle of Nyal Milk of Magnesia, depicted in an ad in the Women’s Weekly in 1949 (Trove).

Part of an ad for Nyal Milk of Magnesia in the Australian Women’s Weekly, March 1949 (Trove).

A notice from the Brisbane Bottle Exchange, published in the Courier Mail in 1941 (Trove).

Logo of the Brisbane Bottle Exchange (IP Australia)

A modern can of Golden Pash softdrink (Dave M, flickr)

The Castlemaine Perkins brewery as depicted on a modern can of XXXX Bitter (image sourced from danmurphys.com.au).

A steel Cascade Lager can, picked by the Australian Beer Can Collectors Association as the 1986 Can of The Year.

Mr Fourex (Trove)

The Castlemaine Brewery at Milton in 1879. (State Library of Queensland, negative no. 9357)

Broken coke bottle

Kirks bottle etc

The XXXX can…

ESS Coffee and Chicory

Brisbane Bottle Exchange

Nyal Milk of Magnesia

A piece of a one-litre coke bottle, sitting more or less where I found it in the gully.

An ad for Helidon Spa printed in the Townsville Daily Bulletin in March 1908 (Trove).

The Castlemaine brewery on Milton Road, depicted on a XXXX Bitter can from 197#.

The Comalco logo on the Export Cola can

An ad for Kirk’s Dry Ginger Ale published in 1952. The drink was then a product of Owen Gardner and Sons. (Trove)

An ad for ‘Vita Spa’ (sold by Owen Gardner and Sons) printed in the Brisbane Courier in 1925 (from Trove).

An ad for Gardner’s Spa Water in The Brisbane Courier, 15 May 1901 (from Trove).

An ad for Gardner’s Spa Water from the Queensland Figaro, 7 May 1903. (From Trove)

An intact specimen of the Helidon Spa bottle that I found in the gully. (Photo courtesy of Ian & Kristina Enright)

‘Oogarding’ at 100 Simpsons Road, was built by Gerb Joyce in 1940 and remained in the Joyce family until 1999. (Photo from the Queensland Heritage Register, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection)

The residence ‘Pen-y-lan’, at 96 Simpson’s Road, Bardon, 1915. The Joyce Family lived here from 1919 to ###. (John Oxley Library, Negative No. 188102)

The Helidon Spa bottling factory at North Quay, 1899. (John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Image no. 11983)

An advertisement for Tristram’s Soft Drinks in The Brisbane Courier, 4 April 1933.

Writing on the back of the Kirks bottle

Can of Golden Pash yada yada

Lid from a Kirks bottle etc etc

The words on this broken bottle read ‘The property of Helidon…”

The faded label reads ‘Tristram’s Orange Flavour’. Tristram’s soft drinks were available until ###.

The top of a can of “Tristram’s Orange Flavour”

An Export Cola can in which a seed has taken root.

The top of an Export Cola can in which a seed has taken root.

A gully not far from Walter Street, Toowong. This is part of the headwaters of the Langsville Creek system.

Steps on the footpath along Milton Road. These steps follow the original hill, which has been cut down along the roadway.

The catchment boundary in cross-section. This panorama of Milton Road shows the ridge separating the Western and Langsville creek catchments.

The top of Birdwood Terrace is also the top of the Langsville Creek catchment.

The view from ‘Treetops on Birdwood’, part of the boundary of the Langsville Creek catchment.

The Mount Coot-tha Quarry, seen from the edge of the botanical gardens.

The catchment area of Norman Creek. (Shapefile obtained from this map created by N4C.

The dam at the top of the stream flowing through the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens

Part of the stream flowing through the Mount Coot-that Botanical Gardens on the side closest to Mount Coot-tha Road.

Part of the stream flowing through the Mount Coot-that Botanical Gardens on the side closest to Mount Coot-tha Road.

The water pipe cutting across the stream in the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens

The stream flowing through the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, seen from the entrance to the car park.

The dam at the top of the stream flowing through the Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens

The catchment area of Langsville Creek

A drain through the worksite for the entrance to the Legacy Way tunnel (May 2013).

View of the South-Western Freeway from the edge of the Botanical Gardens. The hill that has been cut down is the boundary of the Langsville and Toowong creek catchments.

The catchment and streams of of Western Creek.

The four catchments of the Crescent Reach along with the larger catchments of Ithaca Creek and Enoggera Creek.

The catchments of the Crescent Reach. From left to right: Toowong Creek, Langsville Creek, Western Creek and Boundary Creek.

Langsville Creek as depicted in 1859 and 1895, showing the difference in alignment between Land Street and Toowong Memorial Park.

Langsville Bridge at Auchenflower, ca.1910. (State Library of Queensland, Negative no. 118279)

The pond constructed in the grounds of Auchenflower House, 1885. (State Library of Queensland, Neg. no. 150992)

Langsville Creek as depicted on a map of the Parish of Enoggera, County of Stanley, from 1859.

Langsville Creek as depicted in 1859, overlaid on the present-day landscape.

Langsville Creek as depicted on McKellar’s 1895 map, overlaid onto the modern landscape in Google Earth.

Langsville Creek as depicted on A.R. McKellar’s map of Brisbane, published in 1895.

A section of plan no. 771 (above) showing details of houses, tram tracks, an embankment and a contour line.

Detail Plan no. 771, showing the area between Baroona Road and Elizabeth Street.

The path of Western Creek above Tristania Drive, showing features from the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1940s-1960s.

The path of Western Creek leading up to Birdwood Terrace, showing features from the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1940s-1960s.

The path of Western Creek through the bushland above Couldrey Street, showing features from the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1940s-1960s. Note the corridors that were reserved for Fifth Avenue and Main Avenue.

The path of Western Creek from Couldrey Street to Rainworth State School, showing features from the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1940s.

A gully (Western Creek) running around the playing field of Rainworth State School, as shown on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plains’ from the 1940s. A footbridge is marked across the gully in the foreground.

The City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1940s, showing the drain, tram line and streets before the roundabout was built.

The drain running through the top of Norman Buchan Park, as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s.

Norman Buchan Park as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. The (then) open drain is clearly marked, and the contours show that the cricket field had not yet been leveled.

The drain running through the bottom of the Government House grounds, as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. The large ornamental pond was then a plot for cultivation.

Norman Buchan Park as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s.

The path of the drain between Mary Street (now Back Street) and Murraba Street as depicted on the City Council’s Detail Plans from the 1930s. A bridge on Murraba Street is visible.

An open concrete sewer running between Beck Street and Fernberg Road, as shown on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s.

The covered brick sewer running between Beck and Elizabeth Streets, as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s.

Rosalie Village as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. The concrete drain is covered except for a small section near Baroona Road. The tram line is also visible.

Milton State School as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. The main brick building of today had not yet been built.

The City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s, showing the Milton School swimming pool and the drains running past the school and Haig Road.

Frew Park as depicted on the City Council’s “Detail Plans” from the 1930s. As well as the tennis courts, you can see the open drain stretching across the property.

Milton Park as depicted on the City Council’s “Detail Plans” from the 1930s. Milton Drain is marked as an open concrete sewer, but along a different alignment to today.

Milton Drain as depicted on the City Council’s “Detail Plans” from the 1930s. The tram line along Milton Road is also shown.

The path of Milton Drain as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. Camford Street is not marked; instead there is a continuation of the open concrete sewer. The building overlapping Douglas Street is marked “Summerland Fruit Preserving Coy”.

The path of Milton Drain as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. The drain is marked as an ‘open concrete sewer’. Development either side of the drain is sparse.

The mouth of Western Creek as depicted on the City Council’s ‘Detail Plans’ from the 1930s. The markings show an open concrete sewer but also the meanders of the original stream.

A map from 1864 showing the route of the water pipeline Enoggera Reservoir to Brisbane City. The original is held by the Brisbane City Archives.

Contrasting conditions at the same location along a tributary in the headwaters of Ithaca Creek, in Mount Coot-tha forest.

A pond in a tributary of Ithaca Creek, Mount Coot-tha. (February 2013)

Clipping from The Courier, 17 October 1862, page 3.

Detail from a photo of the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, taken in 1870.

The North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Milton, 1870.

Table describing the corners of lots on a map of Milton from 1850.

The swampy area of Boundary Creek, Milton, as depicted in 1850. The area was first used as a cemetery, and is now Suncorp Stadium.

Part of Western Creek near Kilroe Street, Milton, as depicted in 1850.

Western Creek and Red Jacket Swamp, as depicted in 1850.

A lagoon between Cribb Street and Park Road, Mitlon, as depicted in 1850.

Boundary Creek (Milton), as depicted in 1850.

Western Creek as depicted on a map from 1850. In the foreground is a pond marked ‘good water’, and in the distance is Red Jacket Swamp.

Red Jacket Swamp (now Gregory Park and Frew Park), as depicted in 1850.

The lagoon that once stretched between Cribb Street and Park road (foreground), and Boundary Creek, as depicted on a map from 1850.

The burial ground swamp (now Suncorp Stadium) flowing into Boundary Creek, as depicted on a map from 1850.

The area around Suncorp Stadium, Milton, as depicted on a map from 1850.

A survey plan of the Milton area in about 1850, held in the archives of the Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

A lagoon between Cribb Street and Park Road, depicted on a map from 1859 ( Queensland State Archives, Item ID620656)

Back from whence they came: as the tide receded, a whirlpool formed in this drain in Gregory Park, 28 January 2013.

The waters recede from Gregory Park, 28 January 2013.

The Coronation Drive bikeway, 28 January 2013.

The rotting carcass of the floating restaurant at the mouth of Western Creek, 28 January 2013.

The walkway under Dunmore Bridge (Coronation Drive), 28 January 2013.

Milton Drain from the back of the John Oxley Centre, 28 January 2013.

The nest of CityCycles on Roy Street, 28 January 2013.

The nest of CityCycles on Roy Street, 28 January 2013.

The intersection of Kilroe and Roy streets, 28 January 2013.

Milton Drain, 28 January 2013.

Milton Drain, from the old scout den on Milton Park, 28 January 2013.

Milton Drain, from the mystery building on Milton Park, 28 January 2013.

Milton Drain from the Western Creek Bridge, 28 January 2013.

Milton Drain, looking from Milton Road, 28 January 2013.

Milton Park, 28 January 2013.

The playground at Milton Park, 28 January 2013.

The playground at Milton Park, 28 January 2013.

The playground at Milton Park, 28 January 2013.

Frew Park, looking from the Western Creek Bridge on Milton Road, 28 January 2013.

Vincent Street, looking towards Torwood Street, 28 January 2013.

Torwood Street, 28 January 2013.

Haig Road, 28 January 2013.

Gregory Park, 28 January 2013. The tide was still rising, and water was gushing into the park through this drain.

Gregory Park, 28 January 2013. The tide was still rising, and water was gushing into the park through this drain.

Gregory Park, 28 January 2013.

Gregory Park, 28 January 2013.

The predicted extend of flooding on 29-30th January 2013 (from the Brisbane City Council’s flood map).

Under Dunmore Bridge (Coronation Drive), 27 January 2013.

The Brisbane River just near Lang Parade, 27 January 2013.

The Brisbane River at Auchenflower, 27 January 2013.

The river spills onto the bike track, just downstream of Lang Parade.

Milton Drain, 27 January 2013.

Milton Drain, 27 January 2013.

Milton Drain, 27 January 2013.

Milton Drain under Milton Road, 27 January 2013.

The two … erm, ‘pages’ on the posts outside the John Oxley Centre.

The two ‘signposts’ at the entrance to the newly renovated John Oxley Centre.

Milton Drain at high tide on 12 January 2013.

Milton Drain at high tide on 12 January 2013.

Milton Drain at high tide on 12 January 2013.

Milton Drain at high tide on 12 January 2013.

Tides at the Brisbane Port Office for the week of 8 January 2013, according to willyweather.com.

A flap-gate valve installed on a drain by the river at Milton.

A duckbill valve on the riverbank at Milton.

Sign erected at the bridge over Western Creek on the Bicentennial Bikeway (January 2013).

Major Kong rides the bomb in the floodwaters at Milton, 1931. (Modified from State Library of Queensland, Negative no. 118217)

Letter to the editor from Milton resident Hugh Bell, arguing for the use of tidal valves to prevent flooding in Milton and Rosalie. (The Brisbane Courier, 24 July 1889, p3.)

H.W. Herbert’s article published in The Courier Mail, 4 March 1953.

Milton Congregational Church and Milton Primary School under flood, 1890. (State Library of Queensland)

Makeshift bridge of railway wagons during the 1890 flood in Auchenflower. (State Library of Queensland, Negative no. 22684)

Excerpt from the Brisbane Courier, 17 October 1890, describing part of the proposed Toowong Shire drainage scheme. (Trove)

The 2011 floodline in the Western Creek catchment.

An example of a penstock valve (Australian Water Engineers)

An example of a backflow valve (Australian Water Engineers).

The 2011 floodline over the drainage systems of Cribb Street (foreground) and Castlemaine Street (Boundary Creek, near the stadium).

The 2011 floodline in the Cribb Street draingage area.

Concept diagram of backflow flooding, taken from the Brisbane City Council’s factsheet.

1893 flood taken from the Rosalie Torwood area looking towards old Bishopsbourne. (State Library of Queensland, Image number: 6288-0001-0001)

Old creek bed running between Fernberg Road and Mary Street, Paddington, ca. 1905. (State Library of Queensland, Negative no. 47487)

Advertisement for McDougall’s bread factory on Fernberg Road, c1920. (State Library of Queensland, Image no. 109414))

Advertisement for McDougall’s bread factory on Fernberg Road, c1920. (State Library of Queensland, Image no. 109414))

An open drain in a backyard at Ellena Street, c1905. (State Library of Queensland, Image no. 47486)

An open drain in a backyard at Ellena Street, c1905. (State Library of Queensland, Image no. 47486)

Google Street view photo from 2009 showing the house at 67, the vacant lot next door at 65 and a cleared area that used to be 63.

The Toowong Cemetery as depicted on McKellar’s 1895 map. Further in the distance are the Lizzy Lee, Soudan and Rose Hill estates.

Part of Ithaca Creek as depicted on McKellar’s 1895 map. At the lower-right of the picture, the old path of the creek can be seen over Purtell Park.

The Toowong Cemetery as depicted on McKellar’s 1895 map. Further in the distance are the Lizzy Lee, Soudan and Rose Hill estates.

Western Creek as depicted on McKellar’s 1895 map, viewed in Google Earth.

The reservoir and creek that once flowed through the CDB, as depicted in 1843. Also visible is the Old Windmill on Spring Hill.

The creek that once flowed from Spring Hill, down through Roma Street (where it was dammed), and through King George Square and the CBD, as depicted in 1843.

Looking over Western Creek (as depicted in 1859) towards Suncorp Stadium and the city. In the immediate foreground is Dunmore Park.

Looking down the Milton Reach, with Langsville Creek in the foreground and Western Creek in the middle, as depicted on a map from 1859.

The course of Western Creek through Norman Buchan Park, Fernberg and Rosalie, as depicted on a map from 1864.

Boundary Creek as depicted on a map from 1864. In the foreground is the Coronation Drive Office Park, and behind it is Suncorp Stadium.

Part of a plan of the Brisbane town limits from 1843 overlaid on an aerial photo from January 2011. The ‘old burial ground’ can be seen on the left, between North Quay and Upper Roma Street.

The Auchenflower area, as depicted on a map from 1859 as depicted on a map from 1859 (Queensland State Archives, Item ID620656), overlaid on Google Maps.

The Milton area, as depicted on a map from 1859 as depicted on a map from 1859 (Queensland State Archives, Item ID620656), overlaid on Google Maps.

Present day Milton and Auchenflower, depected on a map from 1859 ( Queensland State Archives, Item ID620656)

Part of a plan of the Brisbane town limits in 1843 overlaid on an aerial photo from January 2011. A creek can be seen flowing through the Convention Centre and into Southbank.

Part of a plan of the Brisbane town limits from 1843 overlaid on an aerial photo from January 2011. Towards the lower left is the reservoir that was the town’s first water supply. Also marked is the windmill on Spring Hill.

A plan of the town limits from 1843 overlaid on an aerial photo (Dept of Natural Resources and Mines) from January 2011.

Langsville Creek, as depicted on a map from on a map from 1859 (Queensland State Archives Item ID620656), overlaid on an aerial photograph of the January 2011 flood (Department of Natural Resouces & Mines)

Western Creek as depicted on a map from 1859 (Queensland State Archives Item ID620656) overlaid on an aerial photograph of the January 2011 flood (Department of Natural Resouces & Mines)

A lagoon, as depicted on a map from 1859 ( Queensland State Archives, Item ID620656), overlaid on a photograph of the January 2011 flood (Department of Natural Resources and Mines)

Boundary Creek as depicted in 1864 overlaid on the flood of January 2011. (The map is titled “Plan of Brisbane Water Works” and is held by the Brisbane City Archives; the photograph is from the Department of Natural Resources & Mines)

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The pond at Norman Buchan Park, 2 September 2012

The pond at Norman Buchan Park, 2 September, 2012.

The pond at the bottom of the Fernberg grounds, 2 September, 2012.

Daily rainfall data from the Bureau of Meteorology (station 040913)

The site of one of Brisbane’s earliest cemeteries, as depicted on a memorial plaque (also shown on the map).

Panorama from Dunmore Terrace, 1910. Chasely Street is on the right, running between the block where Chasely Apartments now stand, and the Moorlands Estate (now the Wesley Hospital) (State Library of Queensland, Negatives 183967, 183958 and 183970)

Panorama from Dunmore Terrace, 1910. Chasely Street is on the right, running between the block where Chasely Apartments now stand, and the Moorlands Estate (now the Wesley Hospital) (State Library of Queensland, Negatives 183967, 183958 and 183970)

Dunmore Terrace and Chasely Street in 1910. The property on the right is Moorlands. (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 183958 ))

Dunmore Terrace and Chasely Street in 1910. The property on the right is Moorlands. (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 183958 ))

Dunmore Terrace and Chasely Street in 1910. The property on the right is Moorlands. (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 183958 ))

The view from Dunmore Terrace in 1910, near Chasely Street (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 183970)

The view from Dunmore Terrace in 1910, near Chasely Street (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 183970)

The view from Dunmore Terrace in 1910, near Chasely Street (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 183970)

Dunmore House, residence of the late Robert Cribb, 1886 (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 16165)

Dunmore House, residence of the late Robert Cribb, 1886 (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 16165)

Dunmore House, residence of the late Robert Cribb, 1886 (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 16165)

View of Milton, showing Milton House in the middle-right of the photo, 1874 (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 66141)

View of Milton, showing Milton House in the middle-right of the photo, 1874 (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 66141)

View of Milton, showing Milton House in the middle-right of the photo, 1874 (State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 66141)

View of the Petrie Terrace Gaol, 1862. (State Library of Queensland, John Oxley Collection, Negative number: 61766)

View of the Petrie Terrace Gaol, 1862. (State Library of Queensland, John Oxley Collection, Negative number: 61766)

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Milton Drain at night, looking towards Milton Road, 8 January 2012.

Milton Drain under a full moon, 8 January 2012.

Milton Drain under a full moon, 8 January 2012.

Milton Drain under a full moon, 8 January 2012. (The orb in the centre is a car’s headlights.)

A pond in the Cubberla Creek tributary

A path carved through the lantana that covered most of the stream

The steep descent from Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, down to the tributary of Cubberla Creek

A waterbird sitting on the fence by the pond at the bottom of the Fernberg grounds

Part of an old campsite by a tributary of Cubberla Creek, Mount Coot-tha.

Part of an old campsite by a tributary of Cubberla Creek, Mount Coot-tha. This spot looked a bit like a grave.

An old campsite by a tributary of Cubberla Creek, Mount Coot-tha

The main fireplace at an old campsite by a tributary of Cubberla Creek, Mount Coot-tha

Where the bush becomes suburbia and the creek becomes a drain at Caladenia Street, Indooroopilly.

A small creek near the Lookout Trail leading from the summit of Mount Coot-tha towards Caladenia Street, Indooroopilly.

The grove of Chinese elms on the path leading back to the main lawn

The path leading up from the western part of the grounds (looking west, towards Macgregor Terrace)

A bridge over a gully in the Ferngerg grounds

The stream running down the western edge of the Fernberg grounds

A low-lying path on the western side of the Fernberg grounds

Somewhere in the south-west corner of the Fernberg grounds

The stream running down the western side of the Fernberg grounds

The natural pond at the bottom of the fernberg grounds. (The pond is in the distance; that’s just a puddle in the foreground!)

The old horse paddock at the bottom of the Fernberg grounds. The stormwater pipe can be seen running through the middle.

The opening to the culvert that runs under Murraba Street

The lower of the two ornamental ponds at Fernberg

The lower of the two ornamental ponds at Fernberg

Approaching the ornamental ponds in the south-east corner of the Fernberg grounds

Remnant bush in the Ferngerg grounds, viewed from the path leading down to the pools

Plan of Portions 203 to 257 in the Environs of Brisbane, 1859. (Queensland State Archives Item ID620656)

Present-day Gregory Park depicted in 1859

The oncewasacreek.org flyer. (Please download the PDFversion if you wish to use it.)

The courtyard of the John Oxley Centre, Coronation Drive, Decmber 2012

The stream flowing from the Couldrey Street clearing, 29 January 2012

The Tristania Falls, 29 January 2012. If you look very closely, you can see a water dragon.

The pond at Norman Buchan Park, 29 January 2012

The pond at the bottom of the Fernberg grounds, 29 January 2012

The stream just before it vanishes under Haining Street, 29 January 2012

The stream just before it vanishes under Haining Street, 29 January 2012

Fighting through the weeds along the creek near Tristania Drive, 29 January 2012

A drain near Tristania Drive, 29 January 2012

A stream in the Birdwood Branch of the Weedy Wonderland, 29 January 2012

A stream in the Birdwood Branch of the Weedy Wonderland, 29 January 2012

A stream in the Birdwood Branch of the Weedy Wonderland, 29 January 2012

A stream in the Stuartholme Branch of the Weedy Wonderland, 29 January 2012

A stream in the Stuartholme Branch of the Weedy Wonderland, 29 January 2012

A stream in the Stuartholme Branch of the Weedy Wonderland, 29 January 2012

The drain at Norman Buchan Park, 29 January 2012

The Tristania Falls, 29 January 2012

The Couldrey Street clearing, 29 January 2012

One of the streams leading to the Couldrey Street clearing, 29 January 2012

Daily rainfall at the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens in January 2012

Daily rainfall at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, December 2011 to February 2012. (Bureau of Meteorology, Climate Data Online)

A section of McKellar’s 1895 map of Brisbane (retrieved from the Queensland Historical Atlas)

Part of a sketch from 1901 indicating the tidal limit of Toowong Creek (Queensland State Archives Item ID620230)

A map accompanying an 1864 petition overlaid on Google Maps. The proposed water reserve can be seen on Fernberg Road, to the left of the picture.

Map accompanying a petition sent in 1864 to the Department of Lands and Works (Queensland State Archives Item ID22054, Corresponcence – inwards)

The 2011 floodline along the Crescent Reach (Brisbane City Council interim flood level maps)

The Perrin Park section of Toowong Creek as viewed on the Map and Satellite views of Google Maps

Toowong Creek near low tide, at the downstream end of Perrin Park

The mouth of Toowong Creek

Toowong Creek and Milton Drain

Toowong Creek and Milton Drain

The Langsville Bridge at Auchenflower, ca. 1914. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 10579.

The Langsville Bridge at Auchenflower, ca. 1914. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 10579.

What’s left of Langsville Creek – the drain at Moorlands Park, Auchenflower.

An extract from John Oxley’s field book in the courtyard at the John Oxley Centre

The John Oxley Centre on Coronation Drive

The plaque on the obelisk at North Quay

The John Oxley memorial at North Quay, seen from the path behind it leading to the riveside bikepath.

The Oxley Obelisk being constructed (The Brisbane Courier, 4 January 1928, p16)

The Oxley obelisk viewed from Makerston Street

The monument at Milton commemorating John Oxley’s landing. The text reads: On 28 September 1824, Lieutenant John Oxley, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, landed hereabouts to obtain fresh water from a nearby stream declaring it to be “by no means an ineligible station for a first settlement up the river”.

The monument at North Quay commemorating Oxley’s landing. The text reads: Here John Oxley landing to look for water discovered the site of this city. 28th September 1824.

Finding Oxely’s landing place using Google Earth

Brisbane’s first water supply: the Roma Street Reservoir, ca. 1862 (John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 147714)

Sinking a water bore at the Castlemaine Brewery, Milton, Brisbane in 1895 (John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 94888)

Pages from John Oxley’s diary of his expedition up the Brisbane River in September 1824 (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW: ML C246)

Mean montly rainfall recorded at the Brisbane Regional Office Gauge, 1840-1994

Langsville Creek, Auchenflower, depicted on McKellar’s 1895 map of Brisbane (sourced from the Queensland Historical Atlas)

The Milton/Toowong Reach of the Brisbane River, depicted on a map produced by the Queensland Surveyor General’s Office in 1884

The sign near the corner of Haig and Baroona roads

Milton State School, physical education activity, Brisbane, April 1951. (Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1645. Caption supplied with photograph.)

Milton State School, physical education activity, Brisbane, April 1951. (Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1645. Caption supplied with photograph.)

Article from The Mail (Adelaide), 16 May 1953. (Trove)

Clipping from The Courier Mail, 29 September 1954, p12. (Trove)

Wardens attacking an oil incendiary bomb with sand-mats during the Rosalie-Torwood inter-zone A.R.P.competition (description supplied with photograph). John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/210944.

Wardens attacking an oil incendiary bomb with sand-mats during the Rosalie-Torwood inter-zone A.R.P.competition (description supplied with photograph). John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/210944.

Fire fighting display outside Milton State School, ca. 1942. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/132920.

Fire fighting display outside Milton State School, ca. 1942. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/132920.

Milton State School, physical education activity, Brisbane, April 1951. (Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1645. Caption supplied with photograph.)

Milton State School, physical education activity, Brisbane, April 1951. (Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1645. Caption supplied with photograph.)

Clipping from The Courier Mail, 3 March 1942, p4. (Trove)

Clipping from The Courier Mail, 14 March 1942, p5. (Trove)

A sketch attached to a memo describing an estimate of a new covered drain through Gregory Park. (Brisbane City Council, Gregory Park, Brisbane – file relating to declaration of, 1928-1940. Brisbane City Council Archives.)

Clipping from The Courier Mail, 10 November 1938, p3. (Trove)

A page from the file held by the Brisbane City Council Archives on the creation of Gregory Park.

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 23 November 1932, p14. (Trove)

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 23 November 1932, p14. (Trove)

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 27 May 1911, p2.

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 22 June 1910, p21. (Trove)

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 1 May 1911, p5. (Trove)

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 11 July 1906, p4.

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 12 November 1898, p6.

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 20 November 1896, p4.

A clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 18 March 1896, reporting on a meeting of the Central Board of Health. (Trove)

Clipping from The Brisbane Courier, 17 October 1890, describing the proposed Toowong Drainage Scheme. (Trove)

Gregory Park depicted in 1906.

Present-day Gregory Park as depicted in 1895

Present-day Gregory Park depicted on a map of the Brisbane area dating 1884.

The swampy area of Western Creek (shaded) passing through what is now Norman Buchan Park, Government House (J.C. Heussler’s property) and Rosalie. The map is dated 1864 and titled “Plan of Brisbane Water Works”. It shows the pipeline route between Enoggera Reservoir and Brisbane City, and is hanging in the Brisbane City Council Archives.

The area of present-day Milton, as depicted on a Brisbane parish map held by the Brisbane City Council Archives. (The map was published around 1900, but is thought to show the original land grants.)

An adverstisement placed in The Brisbane Courier by Ambrose Eldridge in 1855.

A drain cover at the upstream end of Norman Buchan Park

The downstream end of the open drain pit in Norman Buchan Park, after rain.

The drain pit in Norman Buchan Park, after rain

The Birdwood Branch of the Weedy Wonderland as seen from Tristania Drive (looking downstream)

A tributary in the headwaters below Birdwood Terrace (looking downstream)

The plaque on the Western Creek Bridge, Milton Road

Milton drain at low tide (and just after rain)

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The extent of the 2011 flood in Western Creek (DERM / Google Maps)

The extent of the 2011 flood in Western Creek (DERM / Google Maps)

The extent of the 2011 flood in Western Creek (DERM / Google Maps)

The extent of the 2011 flood in Western Creek (DERM / Google Maps)

A plaque in the old courtyard of the John Oxley Centre, comemmorating Oxley’s landing at Western Creek.

The Western Creek Bridge on Milton Road

Milton Drain, looking towards Milton Road

A Plaque in the John Oxley Centre

The John Oxley Centre

Torwood Street during the January 2011 flood

Torwood Street during the January 2011 flood

Torwood Street during the January 2011 flood

The carpark on the corner of Baroona Rd and Nash St in Rosalie village, January 2011

The carpark on the corner of Baroona Rd and Nash St in Rosalie village, January 2011

The carpark on the corner of Baroona Rd and Nash St in Rosalie village, January 2011

The carpark on the corner of Baroona Rd and Nash St in Rosalie village, January 2011

Looking down Baroona Road to Rosalie Village during the flood

Looking down Baroona Road to Rosalie Village during the flood

Looking down Baroona Road to Rosalie Village during the flood

Looking down Baroona Road to Rosalie Village during the flood

Rosalie Village during the January 2011 flood

Rosalie Village during the January 2011 flood

Rosalie Village during the January 2011 flood

Rosalie Village during the January 2011 flood

Haig Road during the January 2011flood

Haig Road during the January 2011flood

Haig Road during the January 2011flood

Haig Road during the January 2011flood

Milton School reflected on Gregory Park (January 14, 2011)

Milton School reflected on Gregory Park (January 14, 2011)

Milton School reflected on Gregory Park (January 14, 2011)

Milton School reflected on Gregory Park (January 14, 2011)