Brisbane Scavenger Hunt

How much do you know about the local area in which you live?

Click on the following hyper-links to find the answers to these questions about Brisbane.

GENERAL	HISTORY
1. Name the 4 city bridges which cross the Brisbane River?	7b. In which year did the people of Brisbane begin using the Walter Taylor bridge?
2. What is the weather forecast for Brisbane for today?	8.What is the address of the Museum of Brisbane? What is the current exhibition?
3. What kind of birds would you see if you visited the Boondall Wetlands?	9. What is the aboriginal name for Indooroopilly?
4. Name 3 suburbs which overlook Moreton Bay.	10. Who was the first premier of Queensland?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT	11. What is the bird emblem for Queensland?
5. In which Brisbane City Council ward is the suburb of Indooroopilly?	12. Look at the old photos of Indooroopilly? How did people cross the river at Indooroopilly before the Walter Taylor Bridge was constructed?
6. What is the current population of Indooroopilly?	MAGILL’S COUNTRY
7. Which 3 suburbs surround Indooroopilly?	13. Click on the map of Magill’s Country.. What is the name of the original indigenous tribe in the Moggill area?
14. Look at the map of the Brisbane River. Pass your mouse over each element and compare the past with the present.	Click on the water dragon and follow the slide show.
15. How were these suburbs named? Toowong; St Lucia; Mt Coot-tha.	16. What is special about the Nudgee Junior College site?
If you have time then search for your own suburb in BRISbites.

March 2003