G’day Merle

Thanks for your comments.

It’s a bit difficult to know where the Old North Road went exactly but there are clues.

Many local libraries plus the Dept. of Environment and Resource Management have a series of cadastral maps from the late 19th century showing old property boundaries and old roads. A useful series is the AG2 Moreton 40 Chain Map series and the 20 chain maps. If you know where to look it’s possible to see the road reserve related to the Old North Road on these maps. Bear in mind that the Old North Road was in disuse by about 1860, and these cadastral maps were created 30 to 40 years after that.

A second clue is the creek crossings. The Old North Road had several important crossings whose locations we can guess to within one or two hundred metres:
1. South Pine River / Cashs Crossing – near the current bridge on South Pine Road Albany Creek, probably 100m to the east.
2. Four Mile Creek, near Acland Drive Warner, south west of Bray Park High. It’s named “Four Mile Creek” because it was four miles south of where the Old North Road crossed the North Pine River.
3. One Mile Creek, at the foot bridge between Gordons Crossing Road East and Gordons Crossing Road West, Warner. It’s named “One Mile Creek” because it was one mile south of where the Old North Road crossed the North Pine River.
4. Gordons Crossing. Where the Old North Road crossed the North Pine River. Unfortunately this crossing is now under Lake Samsonvale / North Pine Dam.
5. Mosquito Creek. On Smiths Road South (A dirt track), south of Eric McSweeney Court, Kurwongbah.
6. Burpengary Creek. On Franz Road near the corner of Haywood Road, Moorina.
7. Browns Creek, south-west of the end of F.Lindsay Road, Rocksberg.
8. Caboolture River, Zilman’s Crossing, Rocksberg.

As far as I know there are no books on the subject, but you might like to check out the “Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying” at Wooloongabba. They have lots of old survey plans and maps. The curator of the museum may be able to help: https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/mapping-data/maps/research-history/museum

Hope this helps.

Neil