Myrtletown, Queensland#Luggage Point

In the north of Pinkenba, it is situated near the northern bank of the mouth of the Brisbane River. The north-easternmost point of Myrtletown at the mouth of the Brisbane River is Luggage Point (also called Uniacke Point) at ({{Coord|-27.3781|153.1597|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Lugguage Point}}).{{Cite QPN|20250|Luggage Point|point in City of Brisbane|accessdate=10 March 2020}}

Boggy Creek enters the Brisbane River at {{Coord|-27.3956|153.1403|type:river_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Boggy Creek}}.{{Cite QPN|3458|Boggy Creek|watercourse in the City of Brisbane|accessdate=10 March 2020}}

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The area was originally known as Boggy Creek after the creek of the same name. The name Myrtletown derives from a prominent grove of myrtle trees, which had disappeared by 1928.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21318285|title=FERTILE MYRTLETOWN.|date=18 August 1928|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=11 March 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=11|via=Trove}}

Luggage Point was named Uniacke Point by John Oxley during his exploration of the Brisbane River in the HM Colonial Cutter Mermaid in December 1823. The point was named after John Fitzgerald Uniacke (1798-1825) who was a naturalist and ornithologist on the expedition.{{Citation|author1=Steele|first=John Gladstone|title=Pamphlet, Uniacke and Field|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_246249/Qld_heritage_v2_no3_1970_p3_p14.pdf|publication-date=1970|access-date=11 March 2020}} However, by 1839, it was known both as Luggage Point and Uniacke Point.{{Cite book|last=Dixon|first=Robert|title=Survey of the Brisbane River (M10761)|date=26 June 1839}} The name Luggage Point derives from the practice of off-loading luggage at the point to enable ships to cross the bar at the mouth of the Brisbane River (no longer present due to dredging). The luggage would be transferred up river separately.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (which has been renamed the Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre) is the site for the main sewerage outfall for Brisbane.{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=Beryl |date=2013 |title=Naming Brisbane: Origins of Brisbane's Suburb & Locality Names |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6385507/Details |page=59 |isbn=9780987231529}}

Initially used only for fishing and gathering oysters, John Chapman established a farm in the area circa 1881. By 1928 it had developed within a town centre surrounded by about {{Convert|200|acres||abbr=}} of farmland, with approximately 250 people living in the area. The layout of the town can be seen in an 1889 map.{{Cite web|date=1889|title=Brisbane River Improvements sheet 2|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-brisbane-river-improvements-sh2-1889.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716204122/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-brisbane-river-improvements-sh2-1889.jpg|archive-date=16 July 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|website=Queensland Government|type=Map}} Many of the residents were descended from the early settler families of Chapman, Allnutt, Wenzel and Naumann. The farming consisted of orchards, banana plantations, vineyards (growing Black Hamburg grapes) and market gardens (growing tomatoes, beans, cabbages and cauliflowers). Prawns and fish were obtained from Boggy Creek.

Residents began lobbying for a local school in 1922.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184234594|title=MYRTLETOWN WANTS SCHOOL.|date=14 October 1922|newspaper=Daily Standard|access-date=11 March 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=10|via=Trove}} Myrtletown State School opened in 1924 and closed on 19 February 1971. It occupied the northern part of the block bounded by Main Beach Road, School Road (now Lewandowski Drive) and Sandmere Street ({{Coord|-27.3893|153.1412|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Myrtetown State School}}).{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-20chain-queensland-sh2532-1959.jpg|title=Cadastral map of Queensland Twenty Chain (1:15840) series sheet 2532 displaying real property information; majority of road names and Administrative Areas including Parish and County|date=1959|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=2 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-20chain-queensland-sh2532-1959.jpg|title=Cadastral map of Queensland Twenty Chain (1:15840) series sheet 2532 displaying real property information; majority of road names and Administrative Areas including Parish and County|date=1959|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=2 January 2020}}[http://education.qld.gov.au/information/service/libraries/edhistory/celebrations/dates/m.html Opening and Closing Dates of Queensland Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118001203/http://education.qld.gov.au/information/service/libraries/edhistory/celebrations/dates/m.html |date=18 January 2007 }}, Education Queensland, retrieved May 19, 2007

As at 1928, the town had a Methodist church but no post office. There were 3 or 4 omnibus services to Brisbane each day.

Brisbane's first sewerage treatment plant was officially opened at Luggage Point on 23 November 1923. It was Australia's first full-scale sewerage treatment plant, a key component of Brisbane's sewerage scheme which commended in March 1914. It was serviced by an electric tramway.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-06 |title=100 years of sewage treatment |url=https://urbanutilities.com.au/pipeline/blogs/100-years-of-sewage-treatment-FwpHrzYR1kSvAyDFlxOmdA |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Pipeline |publisher=Urban Utilities}}{{cite news |date=24 November 1923 |title=BRISBANE SEWERAGE. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181761437 |accessdate=15 January 2024 |newspaper=Daily Standard |location=Queensland, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=3397}}{{cite news |date=24 November 1923 |title=BRISBANE FALLS INTO LINE. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218221671 |accessdate=15 January 2024 |newspaper=The Daily Mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=6784}}{{cite news |date=24 November 1923 |title=SEWERAGE SYSTEM. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20673139 |accessdate=15 January 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=20,543}}

Formerly a semi-rural residential area, the construction of the Brisbane Airport at nearby Cribb Island caused most residents to leave. The area has become increasingly industrial ever since.

The cruise ship terminal at Portside Wharf at Hamilton was completed in 2006; however, due to the height restrictions of the Gateway Bridge and length restriction of {{Convert|270|m||abbr=}} that far upstream, the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal was opened in June 2022, causing the Portside Wharf terminal to close.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Tony |title=Bon voyage for Portside Hamilton as Brisbane’s cruise ship terminal |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/bon-voyage-for-portside-hamilton-as-brisbane-s-cruise-ship-terminal-20221214-p5c6bz.html |website=Brisbane Times |publisher=Brisbane Times |access-date=21 December 2022}} The new terminal is able to accommodate the largest cruise vessels in the world and is located at {{Coord|-27.3811|153.1542|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Brisbane International Cruise Terminal}} on the northern bank of the Brisbane River in Pinkenba, opposite the Port of Brisbane and next to the Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (which has been renamed the Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre). It is operated by the Port of Brisbane but is not part of the suburb of Port of Brisbane.{{Cite web|url=https://www.portbris.com.au/cruise/|title=Brisbane International Cruise Terminal|website=Port of Brisbane|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104224710/https://www.portbris.com.au/cruise/|archive-date=4 January 2020|access-date=2020-01-04}}

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