Crabbing at Briggs Point, ca. 1940

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TitleCrabbing at Briggs Point, ca. 1940DescriptionCrabbing day at Briggs Point (on the North Pine River). Photograph shows four people in a boat. From left - Rick (soldier from Melbourne, surname unknown), Rill Lancashire (nee Hermann), Frances Herman and Edna Hermann. William Briggs owned Portions 14, 15, 16 and 17, Parish of Redcliffe. He bought these in August 1862, a total of 198 acres. His land was on the northern banks of the North Pine River, part of which would have been near the current university site, The Mill, located at 965 Gympie Road, Petrie. The area was locally known as Briggs Point and a popular area for crabbing.Dateca. 1940CollectorLancashire, RillRecord typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourBlack and whiteOriginal format descriptionMonochrome colour.

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CollectionPine Rivers Library Photographic Collection

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PlaceKallangur (Qld.)Petrie (Qld.)PersonLancashire, RillSubject (keywords)dinghiescrabsgroups (people)boatsriver banks

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Crabbing at Briggs Point, ca. 1940