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The recorded history of Sandgate dates right back to the early 1800s when the area was first settled by Europeans, many of them prominent citizens from nearby Brisbane. For a long time the shore along the bay was covered in mangroves and tea-trees and unusable for recreation, much different to today.
In the early 1860s Osbourne House was built to accommodate travellers in the area. The establishment was later named Osbourne Hotel and after more than a century of withstanding the elements, is now known as the Full Moon Hotel.
By 1865 there was enough activity in the area that a private company formed to erect a pier at Shorncliffe, however the development at Sandgate was much slower and still only had a population of 155 in 1871.
Prior to the railway in 1882, coaches travelled between Brisbane and Sandgate twice a day, while access by boat took several hours. When the railway was built it cut travel time to only half an hour from Brisbane and rapidly aided the development of the bayside area.
Paying tribute to its colourful history, the renovated Full Moon Hotel retains much of its original character, including the local's favourite Osbourne Bar, which is where Osbourne House first stood. Now thousands of visitors come to Sandgate and the Full Moon Hotel every year, just to experience the wonder of Bramble Bay.