Deception Bay

History

The area's rich history dates back to the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Gubbi Gubbi people, and later to early penal settlement. Deception Bay was so named by Lieutenant John Oxley in 1823 who thought the bay was a river and because of his mistake and the shallowness, named it Deception Bay. Today, Deception Bay is often listed as an unusual place name. The area was once large parcels of land supporting dairying and farming and, while some large blocks remain today, most have been subdivided to provide housing for a growing community. Deception Bay Provisional School opened on 7 November 1892. It closed circa 1905. It reopened on 14 October 1929 and became Deception Bay State School in 1932. On Saturday 23 October 1948, Deception Bay Methodist Church was officially opened by Reverend Reginald Sholto Cecil Dingle, the President of the Methodist Conference. It became the Deception Bay Uniting Church after the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977. On Sunday 21 July 1963 a monument was unveiled to commemorate to scientist Joseph Bancroft and his son Thomas Lane Bancroft in Bancroft Park on Captain Cook Parade, (). Much of their research was conducted at Deception Bay. The monument was erected by the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association, the Caboolture Shire Council, and the Caboolture Historical Society. Joseph Bancroft was a pioneer in experimenting in native plants for their health properties and, through his meatworks, in the preservation of meat, fish and vegetables. His son, Thomas Lane Bancroft, carried on the tradition with some work in cultivating cotton and castor oil. A rough-hewn pyramidal block of granite stands today on the foreshore highlighting the achievements of these two…

Geography

It is approximately north of Brisbane CBD in the south-eastern corner of the bay of the same name which separates the Redcliffe Peninsula and Bribie Island. The suburb of Deception Bay takes its name from a small bay in the west of Moreton Bay, south of Pumicestone Passage and north of the Redcliffe Peninsula. In the north of the bay at Beachmere is where the Caboolture River and Burpengary Creek meet the ocean. It was named in 1823 by Lieutenant John Oxley, who thought the bay was a river and because of his mistake and the shallowness, named it Pumice Stone River; he later changed the name to Deception Bay.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  19,404
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  17,143
• Australian Ibis

  Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) · Aves
  16,961
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  16,722
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  16,600
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  15,762
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  15,493
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  14,007