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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 159663 Woody Point shoreline, ca. 1876.jpg en Woody Point shoreline ca 1876 Woody Point is on the southern tip of Redcliffe Peninsula on the shores of Bramble Bay In 1799 Matthew Flinders landed on the peninsula and named the location Red Cliff Point after the colours in the cliffs In 1823 the peninsula was selected as the site of Queensland s first penal colony but by 1825 the prisoners were moved further up the Brisbane River to escape the mosquitoes and the menace posed by local Aborigines Redcliffe was once a small seaside retreat 40 km north of Brisbane When the Hornibrook and Houghton Highways linked Brighton an outer Brisbane suburb to the Redcliffe peninsula Redcliffe then became much more accessible and grew as part of Brisbane's suburban sprawl circa 1876 handle 10462/deriv/6866 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Bays of Queensland Boats in Australia Woody Point Queensland 1876 in Queensland Black and white photographs | ||||
