Cribb Island - Brisbane's Lost Suburb

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Cribb Island, or "Cribbie" as it was affectionately known, was a coastal suburb north of Brisbane that overlooked Moreton Bay.
During the roaring 1920s, Cribb Island was a thriving beach destination for Brisbane locals. In the 1960s, the suburb was an early stomping ground for one of the world's most successful musical artists. On 5th June 1980, it was closed down, controversially cleared out and later erased from Brisbane's maps to make way for a new airport.
44 years have passed since the closure of Cribb Island. This video provides a detailed history of Brisbane's forgotten suburb.
Much of this documentary is based on "Cribb Island: As it Was", written by James William Jackson. Special thanks to Roy Jackson.
Check out the Cribb Island Facebook Group:
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0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - Early beginnings
2:38 - Jackson's Estate
3:43 - The Roaring Twenties
5:50 - Changing Fortunes
7:46 - A Local Success Story
9:00 - The 1960s
10:31 - Brisbane Airport
11:37 - An Uncertain Future
13:54 - The New Airport
15:45 - Gone, But Not Forgotten
IBIS Channel 32 acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands presented in our videos, and pays tribute to Elders past and present.

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@paulinehollywood9461 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video. It brought back some lovely memories when I was lucky enough to work on the district clinic for six months which took us, six staff in all, from the RBH to Cribb Island once a week, & Sandgate and Wynnum twice a week. It was a fantastic job for someone new from the UK back in 1971. The clinic at Cribby, an old converted house, had an outside dunny which needed jacking up which, when repaired, was found to have a nest of nine brown snakes underneath; something amazing to write home to family and friends back in the in UK. ❤

@StrangeAustralian 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff! I haven't seen that many videos of this style with such a specific local focus before, and even less so for Australia. Well done to you and anyone who worked on it!

@VadaWestlake 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting this documentary together, the history will never be lost

@rosemariechilds2033 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 💓 for the amazing video my heart my home. Thanks for acknowledging the Bee Gees living there not many do. Born and bred Cribbie kid thanks for the happiest memories and tears of lost for my forever home. Mostly keeping Cribb Island memories alive.💓💓💓

@Lionizeu21 2 ай бұрын

Great short doco of Cribby. My Mother grew up there. My Grandmother and Great Grandmother lived in Cribby from the 1940's till the mid 1970's. I had a few holidays there as a young child visiting extended family's. I remember all the old car tyres on the beach to stop erosion. Mum always referred to the area as the Chocolate Coast because the water was always brown. I will always treasure the memories of Cribb Island. Thanks for a wonderful documentary on the area, it bought a tears to my eyes seeing what was lost, so the airport could be expanded. It reminds me of the movie The Castle. Where people were fighting to keep there homes also.

@JohnByrne-go7pd Ай бұрын

Well Done, as a former New South Welshmen, who moved here in the sixties I was always interested in the history of CRIBB ISLAND. Good to know about it's history

@IBISChannel32 Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@max_dee 2 ай бұрын

Great historical information and doco thanks. I had forgotten about this lost suburb, even having lived in Brisbane North all my life since the 70's. I often cycle along the Jim Soorley bikeway and had no idea that the remnants of the main road still exist today?!

@craigroaring 2 ай бұрын

Great video.

@madmunga 2 ай бұрын

Thanks again for another fantastic vid! Really enjoyed watching, your content selection is exceptional. Can't wait to see what's next!👍

@elephantgiftstore 20 күн бұрын

Over the years I've seen many Cribbie vids and done my own research out of curiosity. This is the best. Well done.

@deanscott614 Ай бұрын

As someone that is only young and working at Brisbane Airport, it really shows what people had to go through at Cribb Island during the construction of the airport. I do wish that there was more of Cribb Island left but compared to the old Eagle Farm Airport, I certainly was important to construct the new airport. Also another video on the construction of Brisbane Airport would be great and a little known fact is that the domestic terminal particularly is actually build on jacks that is retractable due to the ground being a former mud flat.

@ForeIpeaGoodGuy 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this awesome video.

@onpointmetaldetecting2158 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this amazing trip down memory lane 😊❤️

@matthewpocock4824 Ай бұрын

I love these historical videos of my backyard.

@liamthompson9342 Ай бұрын

New to your channel. I wasn't expecting such a great and thorough report. Definitely a subscriber now. First rate.

@WeirdOneOz 2 ай бұрын

Well done, thanks for sharing the history of the area. I would never have known otherwise and always wondered.

@SteveMack 22 күн бұрын

Outstanding! I remember going there as a kid (prior to the new airport extensions of course)

@walkaboutwithrob 2 ай бұрын

Terrific little doco. Did you shoot the B roll footage?

@IBISChannel32 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Rob. Some of it. The beach shots are stock footage as the Cribb Island area isn't easily accessible. The shot of the duck was filmed at QUT Gardens Point though, not Nudgee... but don't tell anyone that.

@sandragerhardt2309 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for making a wonderful presentation of my home. Whilst I can show this to my parents when I visit I would love to be able to leave a copy with them to watch at their leisure. Is there anyway of obtaining an mp4 copy to allow this as they do not have the internet at home. My mother was born at Cribb Island with her parents and grandparents living there. When she married my parents then bought a home at Cribb Island and we were born there as well. We only moved when the airport took over.

@jesusislukeskywalker4294 2 ай бұрын

legend dude 🚬🐨

@JosefDavis Ай бұрын

Excellent

@rodneydrew9117 2 ай бұрын

what a waste I feel sorry for all the family's friends businesses

@walkaboutwithrob Ай бұрын

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@IBISChannel32 Ай бұрын

Shot you an email.

@SidneyChan-hu2wu 2 ай бұрын

Rip as I watched this video as a brisbanite myself all of a sudden a plane flew over my house

@coldpotatoes2556 Ай бұрын

Wilhelm : we have a god and he likes to make some rich greedy, powerful and corrupt whilst he makes others homeless...what do you say? Indigenous: Na.