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The Acclimatisation Society
Early in the period of Brisbane’s colonisation, the Brisbane Municipal Council had marked York’s Hollow as a water reserve, being one of the main catchments of the city’s water supply. In 1863—at the prompting of the Council—the local government declared the lands of Barrambin (Victoria Park) to be a reserve for recreational use (Greenwood &…
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The water story of Kelvin Grove State College
It was my privilege to meet Mr Jimmy Southwood from the Kelvin Grove State College. Jimmy and the team at KGSC have undertaken eight years of research into the First Nations history of the land that their campus is built upon, consulting with Elders to design the school house totems and to refine the Indigenous…
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Barrambin: The Windy Place
Barrambin is the Turrbal name for the wetland that ran across the flats northwest of Brisbane City. The name means “windy place,” an indicator of the weather conditions in that expanse between the ridges, which persist to this day (Kerkhove, 2018). With individuals living close to these waters even before the establishment of the European…
