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Bishop Island was an island near the mouth of the Brisbane River in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[ Bishop Island was formed by dredging at the mouth of the Brisbane River between 1909 and 1912.[2] It was named Bishop Island in 1912 after Allan Fitzroy Gordon Bishop, the captain of the dredge Hercules involved in creating the island.[1][3] Many ships were dumped on the island. The Australian United Steam Navigation Company's SS Bingera was dumped in 1926; it was built to provide the mail service between Brisbane, Gladstone and Townsville and became redundant when the railway line to Townsville was completed. The Queensland Government's steam yacht Lucinda was dumped on 28 January 1937.[4][5] The island became a popular recreation spot visited by private boats and tourist operators.[2][3][6] In 1976, the island was used by the Port of Brisbane. In 2004, the port expanded through land reclamation in Moreton Bay, resulting in Bishop Island ceasing to exist as an island, becoming part of the mainland port.[2] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Island_(Queensland)

TEST FOR FORSTER CUP YACHTS The Weather Factor and Earlier Start GWYLAN AND DOLPHIN STAND OUT Weather conditions will play an important part in the first test race to decide the representation in the Forster Cup, to be sailed on Moreton Bay during the weekend. The claims of Gwylan, Dolphin, and Caress are strong, but Amity must be given a chance should the breeze be from medium to heavy strength. On Saturday the Brisbane Eighteen's Squadron will stage its first test for inter-state representation, the Sandgate raters, and 12ft. skiffs will contest the first heats of their clubs championships, and the cadet dingheys will sail the second heat of the Stonehaven Cup series. Friday, 08 November 1935; The Courier-Mail Brisbane, Qld Source: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35935901

The Pullenvale-Pinjarra Hills-Bellbowrie-Anstead-Moggill District covers an area of 55 sq km in the south-west region of Brisbane. It is bounded by the D’Aguilar and Mount Elphinstone Ranges with elevations of 200-600 meters above sea level in the west and north and by the Brisbane River in the south. an easterly corridor, Moggill Road, is the main arterial access to the city via the western Brisbane suburbs of Kenmore and Indooroopilly. The original vegetation that once covered the district was referred to as ‘Araucarian Vine Scrub’ i.e. forests dominated by emergent Hoop Pine (Araucaria Cunningham), nothphyl (medium-sized leaves), and microphyl (small-leaved) trees which supported vines. Within this general classification, three sub-groups could be identified depending on localized growing conditions including soil type, topography, and local climatic conditions. No extensive areas of this original vegetation remain in the district. However, a six-hectare example of the districts’ former vegetation survives at ‘Smiths Rainforest’ in the Brookfield Valley. Source: www.pullenpullencatchments.org.au/the-district-a-short-st...