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Petrie
A coaching stop at Tom Petrie’s river crossing, renamed in his honour.
1888Railway reaches North Pine
WHAT STARTED IT
The settlement grew where the road north from Brisbane crossed the North Pine River, about 17 miles out, beside Tom Petrie’s Murrumba homestead. Coaches to the Gympie goldfield stopped there, Petrie opened a hostelry in 1870, and a post office followed in 1872 under the name North Pine.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
The northern railway passed through North Pine in 1888, and a timber School of Arts opened in January 1890 with a special train of Brisbane visitors. After Petrie’s death in 1910 the station was renamed Petrie in 1911 as a mark of respect, and the township took the same name.
TURNING POINTS
1888The northern railway opens through North Pine.
1890The North Pine School of Arts is opened by Education Minister Charles Powers.
1911Executive approval renames North Pine station as Petrie.
1957The Australian Paper Manufacturers mill is completed near the station.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A northern Moreton Bay suburb whose growth began with the Australian Paper Manufacturers mill, opened in 1957 east of the station. The heritage-listed North Pine School of Arts and the Tom Petrie memorial stand near the old township.