Brisbane's newest bridge - from the Queens Wharf development to South Bank - will be named for Australia's first-ever Indigenous parliamentarian Neville Bonner.

The pedestrian bridge from the casino and hotels on William and George Streets will cross the Brisbane River almost directly over the point where Europeans first landed at what became known as "Queens Wharf" to begin the European colony of Brisbane in 1825.

An artist's impression of Echo Entertainment's proposal for Queen's Wharf casino, including the pedestrian bridge.

Aboriginal people then called this area of Brisbane, Meen-Jin.

Neville Bonner AO was born under a palm tree at Tweed Heads, grew up around Ipswich and eventually served as a respected senator for 12 years from 1971 to 1983.