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Lytton Quarantine Station
Lytton Quarantine Station is a Queensland Heritage Register, heritage-listed former quarantine station in Lytton, Queensland, Lytton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1913 to . It is also known as the Customs Reserve and Lytton Quarantine Complex and Animal Detention Centre. It forms part of Fort Lytton National Park. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 September 2000. History The Lytton Quarantine Station was established between 1913 and 1914. It accommodated newly arrived immigrants and persons considered to be at risk of causing infection to the general population. Situated at an isolated location at the mouth of the Brisbane River, the station illustrates early-20th-century attitudes to quarantine practices and the provision of quarantine facilities. It was important as a part of a continuum of sites in and adjacent to Moreton Bay used for quarantine purposes since 1844. There were no human quarantine facilities at Moreton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytton, Queensland
Lytton is an outer riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lytton had a population of 6 people. The historical region was a significant naval base after the establishment of Fort Lytton between 1880 and 1881. The Fort safeguarded the city and shipping routes from hostile invasions during the colonial period as Brisbane was close to the French naval garrison at Nouméa. Geography The suburb is bounded by the Brisbane River to the north-west. It is east of the Brisbane CBD, but travel by the railway or road is considerably longer. Lytton Hill is in the north-east of the suburb () above sea level. Clunie Flats is a pan in the west of the suburb (). History A pilot station and a village were established at Lytton in 1859. It was most likely named after Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–73) who was the Colonial Secretary of State in 1858–59. It would be two years before a road was surveyed from Norman Creek. A telegraph line was run from Bris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |