Brookfield is a
rural residential
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suburb
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in the
City of Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Brookfield had a population of 3,524 people.
Geography
Brookfield is located approximately west of the
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 ...
. Brookfield lies approximately north of the
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...
.
Moggill Creek
Moggill Creek is a creek in Brisbane, the largest city in Queensland, Australia. The creek rises on the Taylor Range and runs in a south-easterly direction from the southern edge of Brisbane Forest Park in Kholo and Pullenvale, flowing through ...
flows through Brookfield and joins the Brisbane River at Kenmore.
Brookfield is a rural residential suburb consisting primarily of large acreage properties and luxury homes. Although there are a small number of farms, the vast majority of property is residential.
Moggill Road
Moggill is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Moggill had a population of 4,641 people.
Geography
Moggill is about by from the Brisbane GPO.
The Brisbane River bounds the suburb to the east, south and west with ...
passes through the southernmost tip of the suburb and
Moggill Creek
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marks part of the suburb's eastern boundary. North of Brookfield are the forested hills and mountains in
D'Aguilar National Park
D'Aguilar National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It contains the D'Aguilar Range and is located along the northwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area. The park is traversed by the winding scenic Mount Nebo Road and Mount Glor ...
.
The centre of Brookfield is on the intersection of Brookfield Road and Boscombe Road. The Brookfield General Store, Brookfield Public Hall, Brookfield Showground, Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield Recreation Reserve, Anglican Church and Brookfield State School are all in this area. The Brookfield Horse & Pony Club operates out of the showgrounds.
History
Brookfield is believed to have been named by Lucinda Brimblecombe (née Logan) due to the course of Moggil Creek through the area.
Brisbane was occupied by the
Turrbal
The Turrbal are an Aboriginal Australian people from the region of present-day Brisbane, Queensland. The name primarily referred to the dialect they spoke, the tribe itself being alternatively called ''Mianjin/Meanjin''. Mianjin was the Turrbal ...
Aboriginal group.
Development in the Brookfield area began in 1869, when the area was opened for logging and farming.
A
Bible Christian Church
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congregation (a denomination of
Methodism
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) was established in 1869.
In January 1870 a committee was formed to raise funds to construct a church.
Brookfield State School opened on 27 Mar 1871.
In 1874 a teacher's residence was built for the school.
Brookfield Post Office opened on 12 August 1876.
Brookfield Cemetery was opened in 1882.
In October 1892 the Anglican parish of Indooroopilly purchased land for a church on the north-east corner of Brookfield Road and Boscombe Road for
£20 from the owner, William Thomas Gee. The
Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd cost
£220 to build and was consecrated on
Easter Monday
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2 April 1893 by
Anglican Bishop of Brisbane,
William Webber.
The first Brookfield Show was held in 1910.
Gold Creek Provisional School opened in 1919, becoming Gold Creek State School on 1 October 1926. It closed circa 1936. It was located at 528 Gold Creek Road ().
The town hall was moved from
Darra to Brookfield in 1931.
In 1932, the school teacher's residence was too small for a teacher with nine children, so a new building was constructed. The old building was bought by the Brookfield Hall trustees and relocated it where it became the Brookfield General Store.
In 1932 Father Robert Bartlett Bates, the rector of
All Saints Anglican Church at
Wickham Terrace
Wickham Terrace is one of the historic streets of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known as the street of private medical specialists.
Geography
Wickham Terrace commences at the western corner of the intersection of Ann Street and Whar ...
purchased a house at 139 Brookfield Road to establish St John's Home for Aged Men, which subsequently relocated to
West Toowong (where it continues to operate as St John's Residential Aged Care Home). On 12 May 1934 the Anglican Church opened St Christopher's Lodge, a home for boys. It was officially opened by
James Francis Maxwell
James Francis Maxwell was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was the mayor of the City of Brisbane and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong.
Early life
James Francis Maxwell was born in 1862 in County Armagh, I ...
, the Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly
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for
Toowong
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people.
Geography
Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills w ...
. It was a farm school which operated until circa 1959. Around this time, of the site was sold to the Presbyterian Church (now the
Uniting Church in Australia
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) to develop an aged care centre. It was subsequently used a
friary
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used by the
Society of Saint Francis
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Backgrou ...
, a centre for contemplative spirituality and other community purposes. It is now within the suburb of
Kenmore Hills and is listed on the
Brisbane Heritage Register
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovere ...
. In 2019 the site was sold by the Anglican Church to the Uniting Church on the condition that community could continue to use the site.
In 1957, Rita O'Hanlan offered riding lessons at the showgrounds, which evolved into the Brookfield Horse and Pony Club.
In the , Brookfield had a population of 3,524 people. The median age of the Brookfield population was 46 years of age, 8 years above the Australian median. 68.3% of people were born in Australia., compared to the national average of 66.7%; were England 6.7% and South Africa 4.5%. 85.5% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 21.5% and Anglican 19.1%.
Heritage listings
Brookfield has a number of
heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
sites, including:
* 24 Boscombe Road: Brookfield State School
* 546 Brookfield Road (): Brookfield General Store & Former Teacher's Residence
* 550 Brookfield Road ():
Brookfield Public Hall & Showgrounds
* 615 Brookfield Road:
Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd
* 665 Brookfield Road (): Brookfield Cemetery
* 2328 Moggill Road (): The Rafting Ground
* 46 Nioka Street (): Moon Memorial Tree Reserve
* 2 Upper Brookfield Road: Brookfield Uniting Church
* 7 Upper Brookfield Road (): Gramenz Farmhouse & Dairy
Education
Brookfield State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 36 Boscombe Road.
().
In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 506 students with 43 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).
It includes a special education program.
There is no secondary school in Brookfield. The nearest secondary school in
Kenmore State High School in
Kenmore to the south-east.
Amenities
The
Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd is at 615 Brookfield Road (corner Boscombe Road, ).
Brookfield Uniting Church is at 2 Upper Brookfield Road (corner Rafting Ground Road, ). It is the former Brookfield Methodist Church.
The Brookfield branch of the
Queensland Country Women's Association
The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...
meets at Brookfield Uniting Church hall.
Events
Every year the
Brookfield Show is held over three days. The 2006 Brookfield show attracted almost 22,000 visitors. A formal
ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used f ...
is held annually in Brookfield. The 2005 Show Ball had 550 attendees, 2006, 2007 and 2008 attracted 800 people.
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