Brisbane Ipswich Coochin Coochin Cunninghams Gap Glengallan Westbrook Drayton Pilton Goomburra Gladfield Franklyn Vale Cressbrook Rosalie Plains Cecil Plains Yandilla Canning Downs Killarney Warwick Ballandean to New England The Pyramids (Terrawambella) Complete List of Works in the Exhibition		Cressbrook Cressbrook, established in 1841 by David McConnel, was the first pastoral run to be settled east of the Great Dividing Range in the Moreton Bay District. The original homestead is still standing, and is still owned by the McConnel family. David McConnel built Bulimba House in Brisbane, also sketched by Martens, and was living there at the time of Martens’s journey Detail 1 Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 Cressbrook looking S. E. 1852 Watercolour 18.5 x 27.7cm Collection: Private David McConnel imported stud Shorthorns from England and built up a famous beef herd. The head station is still in the possession of the McConnel family. This painting is one of three commissioned in 1852 by John McConnel, who was probably the manager of Cressbrook at the time of Martens's visit. Detail 1 Detail 2 Detail 3 Photo 1976 Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 Cressbrook looking N. W. 1852 Watercolour 18.7 x 28.3cm Collection: Private ‘The Cottage’ at Cressbrook head station is still in existence. It was erected in about 1847 for Henry Mort and his wife. Mort managed the run from about 1844 until he moved to Franklyn Vale in 1849. The Indigenous people in the foreground may have been employed as station-hands or servants. Detail 1 1976 Photograph 2000 Photograph Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 View from Cressbrook 1852 Watercolour 18.7 x 28.1cm Collection: Private This view looks northward across the cornfields toward the ranges on the opposite side of the Brisbane River. Print friendly version