Editing Redcliffe Peninsula (section)

==History==
{{Further|History of Queensland}}
[[File:Queensland State Archives 2175 The Pavilion and bathers Redcliffe December 1937.png|thumb|left|Crowds at Suttons Beach in 1937]]
The Redcliffe Peninsula was occupied by the indigenous [[Ningy Ningy]] people. The native name is Kau-in-Kau-in, which means Blood-Blood (red-like blood).<ref>{{Citation | author1=Petrie, Constance Campbell | author2=Petrie, Tom, 1831–1910 | title=Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland | year=1992 | publication-date=1992 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | edition=4th |page=317| isbn=978-0-7022-2383-9}}</ref>

The area's first European visitors arrived on 17 July 1799, aboard the ''[[Norfolk (sloop)|Norfolk]]'', a [[Crown colony|British colonial]] [[sloop]] commanded by [[Matthew Flinders]].<ref name="SMHtravel">{{cite news | title = Redcliffe | department = Travel | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 8 February 2004 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/17/1108500203689.html | access-date = 17 May 2008 | archive-date = 23 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080523185157/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/17/1108500203689.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Flinders explored the [[Moreton Bay]] area and landed at 10:30&nbsp;a.m. at a location he called "Red Cliff Point",<ref name="PNoSEQ">{{cite web | last = Potter | first = Ron | title = Place Names of South East Queensland | publisher = Piula Publications | url = http://www.dovenetq.net.au/~piula/Placenames/page55.html | access-date = 17 May 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080523101131/http://www.dovenetq.net.au/~piula/Placenames/page55.html | archive-date = 23 May 2008 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> after the red-coloured [[cliff]]s visible from the bay, today called [[Woody Point, Queensland|Woody Point]].

In 1823, the [[Governors of New South Wales|Governor of New South Wales]], [[Thomas Brisbane]], instructed that a new northern [[Convictism in Australia|penal settlement]] be developed, and an exploration party led by [[John Oxley]] further explored the Moreton Bay area.  Oxley recommended Red Cliff Point for the new colony, reporting that ships could land at any tide and easily get close to the shore.<ref name="PNoSEQ"/>

The settlement, along the banks of what is now called [[Humpy]]bong Creek in Redcliffe town centre, consisted of small, temporary dwellings with gardens and vegetables planted.  However the lack of a reliable water supply, attacks by [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal people]], large [[mosquito]] numbers, and insufficient facilities for safe anchorage<ref name="SMHtravel"/> meant that the settlement needed to be moved after eight months.<ref name="RedcliffeMuseum">{{cite web | title = Exhibitions at Redcliffe Museum | publisher = [[City of Redcliffe|Redcliffe City Council]] | year = 2005 | url = http://www.redcliffenow.com.au/museum/exhibitions.htm | access-date = 17 May 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080719215157/http://www.redcliffenow.com.au/museum/exhibitions.htm | archive-date = 19 July 2008 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The settlement relocated to the banks of the [[Brisbane River]] at [[North Quay, Brisbane|North Quay]], {{convert|28|km|mi|1}} south.  Redcliffe was then abandoned, with just a small number of dwellings remaining.  Local Aboriginal people called these empty buildings "oompie bongs", [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] to mean, in reverse, 'dead house', and the name was given to the entire Redcliffe peninsula.

The area was designated as an agricultural reserve in the 1860s, and residential development began in the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/914602?searchTerm=humpybong |title=The Brisbane Courier Saturday 15 January 1881 – Humpybong-Redcliffe |newspaper=Brisbane Courier |date=15 January 1881 |access-date=6 December 2017 |archive-date=6 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206210546/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/914602?searchTerm=humpybong |url-status=live }}</ref> The population grew significantly after 1935 when the [[Hornibrook Bridge]] was opened; the two lane, {{convert|2.8|km|mi|1}} bridge crossed [[Bramble Bay]] and linked the peninsula with a more direct route to [[Brisbane]].  A replacement three lane bridge, the [[Houghton Highway]], opened in 1979. On 11 July 2010 the new three lane [[Ted Smout Memorial Bridge]] opened, and at {{convert|2.7|km|mi|1}} is claimed to be Australia's longest. The bridge was named to honour Queensland's longest surviving World War 1 Digger. It provides south-bound traffic flow as well as pedestrian and bicycle access, while the Houghton Highway has become a dedicated north-bound traffic bridge.

The Redcliffe Library opened in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016–2017|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=14|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007 the [[Government of Queensland|Queensland Government]]'s [[Local Government Reform Commission]] announced that Redcliffe would be amalgamated into the adjoining [[Shire of Pine Rivers|Pine Rivers]] and [[Shire of Caboolture|Caboolture]] shires to form the [[City of Moreton Bay|Moreton Bay Region]], which was renamed the City of Moreton Bay in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New City, New Ambition, Renewed Brand |url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/News/Media/New-City-New-Ambition-Renewed-Brand |access-date=2023-08-05 |publisher=Moreton Bay City Council}}</ref>
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