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North Pine Pumping Station (2007), Another Angle
North Pine Pumping Station is a heritage-listed pumping station at Lake Kurwongbah-Dayboro Road, Whiteside, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1956 to 1961 by K D Morris & Sons Pty Ltd. It is also known as Dayboro Road Pumping Station. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 January 2009. History The North Pine Pumping Station is located on Dayboro Road opposite Lake Kurwongbah dam near Petrie. It is an important component of the North Pine Water Supply scheme constructed in the late 1950s to supply water to the former Pine Rivers Shire, Redcliffe and the Amcor carton board mill at Petrie. A scheme to supply water to the (then) townships of Strathpine, Lawnton, Petrie and Kallangur was first proposed in 1946. Water was to be obtained from Brisbane City Council via the South Pine River Bridge. However, before this proposal could be acted upon, Pine Shire Council (later Pine Rivers Shire Council) was approached by Australian Pape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteside, Queensland
Whiteside is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Whiteside had a population of 753 people. Geography Whiteside is from Brisbane CBD. History The European history of the area began 1843, when Captain Francis Henry (Frank) Griffin (ca. 1813-1881) became the first free settler to occupy the land. A short time later, Frank was joined by his brothers John and William. In 1845 they were joined by the mother Jane and father Gearbe who was the controlling partner in the property. . The run taken up by the Griffins for raising both cattle and sheep, which was named ''Whiteside'', was an extensive portion of 28 square miles of land on the north bank of the North Pine River stretching from the sea coast as far west as Terror's Creek (now Dayboro) and northwards nearly as far as the Caboolture River. Circa April 1847, it was alleged that servants at the ''Whiteside'' sheep station of Captain Francis Griffin mixed flour laced with arsenic and left in a hut wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
