Mount Petrie is a mountain in the south east of the city of

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, Australia. The 170 metre rise is sometimes referred to as Petrie Hill. It elevates semi-rural residential parts in the suburbs of

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and Burbank. The mountain was named after

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Superintendent of Works, Moreton Bay Colony, who climbed it to get his bearings when lost in the bush in the company of the Commandant of Moreton Bay Colony Major Cotton in 1838. It is believed that this was the first climbing of this mountain by white men. The southern summit of the mountain has an abandoned

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with a collapsed radio tower, while the top of the mountain has a trig tower for taking bearings and measurements. At the top of the mountain one can get great views of Brisbane and

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. For many years the undeveloped

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around this hilly area was empty, except for the occasional dirt track. This was partly due to the proximity to the Belmont Rifle Range, around which access is restricted for safety reasons. The bushlands near Mount Petrie are an important habitat for koala, wallaby, and echidna colonies. A few kilometres east of Mount Petrie is the

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. This places the large hill in the

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area for

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, another reason that development has been curtailed in this part of the city. The construction of permanent facilities for the

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in 2008 had a significant impact on the bushland on the mountain. The other two tallest mountains in Brisbane are

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and

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. The

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passes a few kilometres to the west of the mountain.

1942 DH-86 aircraft crash

On 20 February 1942, a

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de Havilland 86 passenger aircraft, VH-USE "Sydney", crashed into the base of Mount Petrie, killing all nine people on board.

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1942 DH-86 aircraft crash

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