Brisbane River System

The Brisbane River has its headwaters in the Brisbane Range about 25 km north-east of Nanango and 140 kms from central Brisbane.

Further Reading: 

James Bird, Seaport gateways of Australia, London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1968

Brisbane and its river, 43rd ANZASS Congress, 1971

R. Fisher and R. Sumner, Brisbane: housing, health, the river and the arts, Spring Hill, Brisbane History Group, 1985

Port of Brisbane Authority, Port of Brisbane general information, various years

J.M. Powell, Plains of promise and rivers of destiny, Brisbane, Boolarong Publications, 1991

Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission, Sixth Annual Report, 1927-28

Peter Davie, Errol Stock and Darryl Low Choy, The Brisbane River: a source-book for the future, Moorooka, Australian Littoral Society, 1990

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