Lytton

Lytton, an industrial suburb, is on the south-east bank of the Brisbane River at its seaward end. It is 13 km north-east of central Brisbane, but considerably further by road or railway. It was probably named after Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-73), Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1858-59.

In 1859 a village and pilot station were established at the end of Brisbane River and two years later a road from Norman Creek was surveyed. By 1862 the road to Lytton was gazetted and a telegraph line from Brisbane was installed. A post office operated there during 1876-1908.