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Enoggera Road, Brisbane
Enoggera Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the main access road that connects the north-west Brisbane suburbs to Enoggera Creek towards the inner suburbs and the Brisbane CBD. The road is commonly used by commuters travelling to and from outskirt suburbs such as Mitchelton, Ferny Grove and Samford. Major intersections The entire road is in the Brisbane local government area. Amenities Enoggera Road is home to the Newmarket Village Shopping Centre, which includes the Reading Cinema complex, one of the first north-side Brisbane McDonald's located at Newmarket and the Newmarket public pool located at Alderley. See also * Road transport in Brisbane The road transport in Brisbane, Australia, consists of a network of highways, freeways and motorways. Some motorways have tolls applied. Brisbane is a car dependent city. In 2006, within the South East Queensland region, 83% of trips were do ... References Roads in Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alderley, Queensland
Alderley is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Alderley had a population of 6,117 people. Geography Alderley is north-west of the Brisbane CBD. It is surrounded by Newmarket in the south, Ashgrove and Enoggera in the west, Grange and Stafford in the east and Kedron and Everton Park in the north. At the , it had a population of 5,068. Alderley has several warehouses, a police station and a community-based shopping complex that includes a Coles supermarket and Liquorland bottleshop. History The area is the traditional lands of the Turrbal clan of the Mianjin Australian Aboriginal people, who lived there long before British settlement. Corroborees were held at Sedgeley Park estate. The name ''Alderley'' derives from Alderley Edge in Cheshire, England. Alderley is an older suburb, having had a post office since 1878 and a railway station since 1899. On Saturday 19 April 1890 auctioneers G. T. Bell offered 296 residential lots (mostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Kelvin Grove is an inner northern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kelvin Grove had a population of 7,927 people. Geography Kelvin Grove is approximately from the Brisbane central business district, CBD. It is primarily residential with tree-lined streets and some commercial and light industrial activities along its main thoroughfare, Kelvin Grove Road. La Boite Theatre Company, Queensland's second largest theatre company, operates from the Roundhouse Theatre on the Kelvin Grove campus of the Queensland University of Technology. In common with many inner suburbs of Brisbane, the suburb has a mixture of traditional Queenslander (architecture), "Queenslander" homes, some post-World War II, war worker's cottages and more modern apartment blocks. History Dr Joseph Bancroft built a residence in the area in 1865 which he called ''Kelvin Grove'' after Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow that he remembered fondly. This is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor and D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane area include clans of the Yugara, Turrbal and Quandamooka peoples. The Turrbal word for the Brisbane area is ''Meeanjin''. The Moreton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane CBD
Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD" or "the city". It is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River, historically known as ''Meanjin'', ''Mianjin'' or ''Meeanjin'' in the local Aboriginal Australian dialect. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as Gardens Point, slopes upward to the north-west where the city is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill to the north. The CBD is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley. To the west the CBD is bounded by Petrie Terrace, which in 2010 was reinstated as a suburb (after being made a locality of Brisbane City in the 1970s). In the the suburb of Brisbane City had a population of 9,460 people. Geography The Brisbane central business district is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchelton, Queensland
Mitchelton is a north-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mitchelton had a population of 8,559 people. Geography The suburb is located by road from the Brisbane GPO. Mitchelton is part of the northwestern suburbs. It is a growing suburb with many Queenslander style houses and leafy streets. The area is quite hilly and most of the suburb is on a north-facing slope. History Mitchelton is an area with a long history. Mitchelton's name comes from one particular family of the first settlers in the area. The Mitchell family emigrated from England in the 1850s. Nicholas Mitchell purchased an estate he named "Mitchelton" by 1875. This area was first subdivided in the 1890s. St Matthews Church of England was built from 1867 to 1869. The church and its cemetery are at 35 Church Road (). It was designed by Charles Tiffin. On 4 October 1913, Arthur Blackwood sold a large portion of land known as the Oxford Park Estate between Samford Road and Kedron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferny Grove, Queensland
Ferny Grove is an outer north-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ferny Grove had a population of 5,725 people. Geography Ferny Grove is a residential suburb north-west of the Brisbane CBD. It has 8 parks covering nearly 13% of the total area. There are three schools and two childcare centres. History The district was originally known as ''Ferny Flats'' due to the presence of ferns. Kedron Upper Provisional School opened on 16 August 1875. On 1 October 1909 it became Kedron Upper State School. In 1940 it was renamed Ferny Grove State School. The construction of the railway line to Dayboro through the district led to the decision on 22 June 1916 to call the railway station in the area ''Ferny Grove'' to avoid confusion with a place called Ferny Flats in New South Wales. The suburb takes its name from the railway station. The Dayboro railway line opened to Mitchelton railway station (the last station for a suburban passenger service) on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samford, Queensland
Samford is a town in Moreton Bay Region, South East Queensland, Australia. It consists of two localities, Samford Village and Samford Valley. Geography Samford is a hilly area, roughly north west of Brisbane. Access to Samford from Brisbane is via Samford Road through the Samford State Forest and takes about 10 minutes from Ferny Grove. Samford is located adjacent to the Samford State Forest section of Brisbane Forest Park. Brisbane Forest Park comprises more than 26,500 ha enclosing 16 separate recreation areas. The wide variety of habitat provides a sanctuary for a broad range of native wildlife. Samford Valley is known as the "Home of the Powerful Owl", as the area is known to be an important breeding area for the bird, Australia's largest owl. Parts of D'Aguilar Range, which includes nearby Camp Mountain, Mount Nebo, Mount Glorious and Mount Pleasant, give rise to the valley in which Samford lies. History Samford was occupied by the indigenous people who named it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The largest City Council in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering 1338km2. BCC is overseen by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Adrian Schrinner, and the Council of Brisbane (all councillors of the City of Brisbane) and the Civic Cabinet (Councillors that chair one of eight standing committees within BCC). The Council's CEO is Colin Jensen, supported by EO Ainsley Gold. Strategy Brisbane City Council is guided by two core future planning documents: ''Brisbane's Future Blueprint'' (infrastructure, cultural, and capital works projects), and ''Brisbane Vision 2031'' (corporate and city planning). Council also does more frequent but smaller scale community consultations through the ''Your City Your Say'' platform. ''Brisbane Future Blueprint'' '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoggera, Queensland
Enoggera is a north-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is home to the Gallipoli Barracks. Geography Enoggera is by road north-west of the Brisbane GPO. The west of the suburb is dominated by Enoggera Hill () rising to . The Ferny Grove railway line passes through the north-east of Enoggera, with the suburb served by the Enoggera railway station (). History Aboriginal history The word Enoggera is a wrongly spelled by an error made at the Government Lands Office, when the letter u was mistaken for n. It was intended that the name should be recorded as ''Euogerra'', a contraction of the Turrbal phrase ''youara-ngarea'' meaning literally "sing-play" or song and dance. It refers to a ceremonial site used for dancing. It is said to have first applied to a site near the mouth of Breakfast Creek. It is possible, however, that the name was independently applied to a site at the place at presently known as Enoggera. They named the area near Bancroft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newmarket, Queensland
Newmarket is a north-west suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Newmarket had a population of 4,979 people. Geography Newmarket is located approximately by road from the Brisbane GPO. It is an older, mostly residential suburb containing pre-war and post-war homes, including many fine examples of the Queenslander style of home. Over the last few years, some medium-density townhouses and unit blocks have appeared as well. History Newmarket was originally known as "The Three Mile Scrub" due to its distance from the city, and Ashgrove Avenue, which links Enoggera Road with Waterworks Road to the west, was known as Three Mile Scrub Road. As Brisbane continued to grow northward along Kelvin Grove Road, in about 1880 it was decided to relocated Brisbane's livestock saleyards from Normanby to an outer location, the area now bordered by Enoggera Road, Newmarket Road, Wilston Road and Alderson Street. This area became known as the "new market" given the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilston, Queensland
Wilston is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wilston had a population of 3,937 people. Geography Wilston is located by road north of the Brisbane GPO. It has a mixture of old and new styles of architecture, from workers' cottages to modern architect-designed homes on Wilston Hill. Wilston is home to many professionals, including many medical professionals, due to its inner city location, proximity to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and views of the city that are available from more elevated streets. In recent years, the area has been transformed by the revamping of Kedron Brook Road, an early precursor to the City Council's urban renewal process that was to roll out across much of inner Brisbane. This has seen a vibrant hub of al-fresco dining evolve, which in turn has increased the popularity of the area and led to a significant increase in the cost of housing in recent years. Residents are also well serviced by public t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
