Lockyer Creek and Bremer River catchments. Brisbane, Irrigation and Water Supply Department, 1942

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Lockyer Creek is named after Edmund Lockyer, a soldier and explorer who headed an expedition to explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane River in 1825.

The Bremer River was first named Bremer’s Creek in 1824 by John Oxley, after James Bremer who was the captain of HMS Tamar.

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Queensland State Archives Item ID641153, Map

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