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that is a

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of the

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, located in suburban

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in the South East region of

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Course and features

Rising as the

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that drains the

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in the

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, Breakfast Creek forms near where it flows a short meandering course of before reaching its

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with the Brisbane River at Newstead, next to

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. Travelling up the Brisbane River, the creek is the first to join the river on its northern banks. The

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Breakfast Creek Hotel is located near the confluence with the Brisbane River and is known for serving XXXX beer exclusively from wooden barrels. Also here the Breakfast Creek Green Bridge is under construction. The shorter race in the annual

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fun run starts at the Breakfast Creek bridge.

History

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and Allan Cunningham met members of an Aboriginal clan at the mouth of the creek in 1824. After they had breakfast at the site, minor conflict with the clan arose after one of them grabbed Oxley's hat. Oxley named the waterway in remembrance of the incident. An important Aboriginal camping ground occupied the Breakfast Creek / area until it was broken up by police raids in the 1860s. The camp was one of the major sources from which local Aboriginal people supplied the Moreton Bay colony with fish. It was also where Aboriginal leader Dalaipi spoke his famous "Indictments" which were published in the ''

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'' in 1858. One of the white first settlers on the creek was

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who, in 1845, built the still-standing Newstead House. Brisbane's

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community, who had established businesses in

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and built the Temple of the Holy Triad in 1886, settled in the flats around Breakfast Creek and Eagle Farm. During dry times in the early colony of Moreton Bay, when water from the Roma Street reservoir was depleted, supplies were carted from Breakfast Creek. Various streets close to Breakfast Creek were affected by Brisbane floods in

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and in

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Bridges

The first bridge across the creek was built in 1836. A number of floods destroyed early bridges across the creek. The first permanent bridge was built in 1858 using

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. As the timber of the bridge eroded, a second metal bridge was built in 1889. As traffic levels over the bridge increased, it became necessary to build a third larger concrete bridge in 1958, which stands . Remnants of the second bridge can still be seen and are listed on the

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. A new rail bridge as part of

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is due for operation by 2025.

Gallery

File:Breakfast Creek Hotel.JPG, The Breakfast Creek Hotel File:StateLibQld 1 109132 Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 1893.jpg, Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 1893 File:StateLibQld 1 239501 Bridge across Breakfast Creek, Brisbane.jpg, The 1858 ironbark bridge across Breakfast Creek, circa 1875 File:StateLibQld 1 104548 Breakfast Creek Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1889.jpg, The 1889 metal bridge, circa 1889 File:Breakfast Creek Bridge.JPG, The 1958 concrete bridge

References

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Breakfast Creek

Breakfast Creek Rowing Club notebook 1885-1894

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