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Deception Bay (Qld.)
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Description"The name of Deception Bay has been the source of considerable debate, variously attributed to different explorers and early settlers. Some have suggested Lt James Cook, others argued for Matthew Flinders...John Oxley also explored the area and he did make reference to a 'Deception River' in his journals. Oxley's Deception River was, however, the Pine River, named because the runaway convict Finnegan had told Oxley it was the Brisbane River. The name of Deception Bay can most likely be attributed to Andrew Petrie...The journal of the German missionary, Christopher Eipper, records a journey to Toorbul in August 1841. The entry for Thursday August 5 reads: The next morning we went to the sea-coast, to the place where the natives gather oysters and catch fish; it was part of the bay, apparently quite enclosed with land, but we afterwards ascertained that it has an outlet into the sea to the northward - Mr Petrie calls it Deception Bay." from 'Deception Bay : the history of a seaside community’ by Thom Blake and Peter Osborne.
Dr Joseph Bancroft was a pioneer in experimenting in native plants for their health properties and through his meatworks, the preservation of meat, fish and vegetables. His son Thomas carried on the tradition with some work in cultivating cotton and castor oil. A rough-hewn pyramidal block of granite stands today on the foreshore highlighting the towering biological achievements of these two doctors.
The area was once large parcels of land supporting dairying and farming and while some large blocks remain today, most have been subdivided in line with providing housing for a growing community.
Dr Joseph Bancroft was a pioneer in experimenting in native plants for their health properties and through his meatworks, the preservation of meat, fish and vegetables. His son Thomas carried on the tradition with some work in cultivating cotton and castor oil. A rough-hewn pyramidal block of granite stands today on the foreshore highlighting the towering biological achievements of these two doctors.
The area was once large parcels of land supporting dairying and farming and while some large blocks remain today, most have been subdivided in line with providing housing for a growing community.
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Deception Bay (Qld.). Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 17/07/2025, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/3136
