Buranda is a neighbourhood in the southern Brisbane suburbs of Greenslopes and

Woolloongabba Woolloongabba is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woolloongabba had a population of 5,631 people. Geography Woolloongabba is located south of the CBD. It contains the Brisbane Cricket Ground ('the Gabba') and t ...

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 ...

, the capital of

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, Australia. The location is an important transport hub for southern Brisbane. Logan Road and Ipswich Road pass through the area as does the

South East Busway The South East Busway is a grade separated bus-only road running south from the Brisbane central business district to Eight Mile Plains in Queensland, Australia. The busway was completed to Woolloongabba in September 2000 and to Eight Mile P ...

with a station called

Buranda busway station Buranda Busway Station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Buranda. It opened on 30 April 2001 when the South East Busway was extended from Woolloongabba to Eight Mile Plains. On 29 August 2011, Buranda became a junction st ...

. The Pacific Motorway passes through the area. There is also the

Buranda railway station Buranda railway station is located on the Cleveland line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba, the other being Park Road. West of the station, the line joins the Beenleigh line via ...

on the

Cleveland railway line The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending east-southeast from Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. History Following the opening of the Wooloongabb ...

. The Centro Buranda Shopping Centre is located at Buranda.

Heritage listings

Buranda has the following heritage-listed sites: * 24 Cowley Street:

Buranda State School Buranda State School is a heritage-listed state school at 24 Cowley Street, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built from 1920 to 1928. It was added to the Quee ...

Future development

Buranda is set to become one of the many

transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ...

(TOD) Locations across Brisbane. The proposed TOD is to include 2 office buildings of 6 storeys and 23-storeys, five apartment buildings ranging from seven-storeys to the 32-storey and a 15-storey boutique hotel.Molloy, Shannon (September 26, 2008)
Second 'mega-development' for city's south
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Brisbane Times 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 ...

''. The TOD is being named Buranda Village.

References

External links

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Buranda.com
- Information about Buranda
University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Buranda
Brisbane localities

Heritage listings

Future development

See also

References

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