Mount Crosby, Queensland

Mount Crosby Brisbane, Queensland
Postcode:	4306
LGA:	City of Brisbane, Pullenvale Ward
State District:	Electoral district of Moggill
Federal Division:	Ryan
Suburbs around Mount Crosby: Kholo Kholo Pullenvale Kholo Mount Crosby Anstead Chuwar Karana Downs Anstead

Mount Crosby is a mountain and outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of the Brisbane CBD.

Geography

The Brisbane River, Mount Crosby and the adjoining State Forest are the dominant natural features of the area.

History

Pumping engine at the Mount Crosby waterworks, 1892

The Jagera Aboriginal people inhabited areas in Mount Crosby and they had ceremonial grounds on the slopes of Mount Elphinstone and at Bellbowrie, Queensland.
The first Europeans to enter the Mount Crosby region were John Oxley and Allan Cunningham.

The Mount Crosby Pumping Station is a major landmark. A tramway was built from Tivoli to convey coal from the Ipswich Coalfield to the station^[1]. In the early 1940s about 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land was sold to Scouts Australia. This was developed as the Tyamolum Scout Camp Site.

References

1. ^ Former Mt. Crosby Tramway Revisited Behan, E.D. Australian Railway History, July, 2005 pp258-276

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Mount Crosby
• ourbrisbane.com Suburb Home - Mt. Crosby
• BRISbites Suburb Sites
• Suburb Map

Coordinates: 27°32′24″S 152°48′14″E / 27.540°S 152.804°E / -27.540; 152.804