Eagle Farm is an eastern

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of the

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, Australia. In the , Eagle Farm had a population of 0 people. The neighbourhood of Whinstanes is located in Eagle Farm ().

Geography

Eagle Farm is situated north-east of the

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. It is bounded to the south by the median of the

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. Eagle Farm is within the industrial-development zone known as

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. Kingsford Smith Drive passes through the suburb from west (

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) to east ( Pinkenba). The

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passes through the suburb from the south ( Murarrie) crossing the Brisbane River via the

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and then exits to the north (

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). The Southern Cross Way splits from the Gateway Motorway and also heads north-west, becoming the north-western boundary of Eagle Farm with Hamilton. The Doomben/Pinkenba railway line passes through the suburbs from west ( Ascot/Hamilton) to east (Pinkenba) to the north of Kingsford Smith Drive. There are no railway stations within the suburb any more. The

Royal Queensland Golf Club The Royal Queensland Golf Club is a golf club and course at the end of Curtin West Avenue, Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Located beside the Brisbane River is a 10-minute drive from the Brisbane CBD. It has hosted the Australian Ope ...

is located at 431 Curtin West Avenue and extends south to the river. Apart from the golf course, the suburb is industrial. Despite the name, the Eagle Farm Racecourse, home of the Queensland Turf Club (QTC) and the main racecourse for

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gallopers in Brisbane, is located in neighbouring Ascot.

History

Eagle Farm first appeared as a name in 1839, identifying a cultivation area in the

Moreton Bay penal settlement The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1825 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established on the Redcliffe Peninsula on Moreton Bay in 1824, under the instru ...

. In 1829, Captain

Patrick Logan Captain Patrick Logan (1791 – October 1830) was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal Australians who objected to him entering their lands. As he had been hated by con ...

chose this well-watered, fertile site between the

and Serpentine Creek to farm mostly maize, pigs and cattle. The origin of the name apparently arose from eagles being observed around the farm. By 1834, women prisoners were working as field labour at Eagle Farm. By 1836, forty female prisoners were housed there, washing and mending clothes, growing vegetables. The site remained a prison for twice convicted female felons until transportation ended in 1839. Conditions for the females at the prison were documented by the Quaker missionary

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in 1836. In the 1850s,

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set up camps in the

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Eagle Farm area, including groups of the

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, Ningy-Ningy (

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to Redcliffe) and Wide Bay Aboriginal peoples, who were losing their traditional territory further north. Eagle Farm State School opened on 1 August 1864. In 1908, the school was renamed Hendra State School. In October 1895, the Queensland Government approved the extension of the Racecourse railway which terminated at Racecourse railway station (now Ascot railway station) through Eagle Farm to Pinkenba to provide access to the

Pinkenba Wharf Pinkenba Wharf is an Australian wharf, located within the Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located adjacent to the former Pinkenba railway station. History The railway was extended from Ascot railway station to Pinkenba in 1897 ...

on the

. This created a number of new railway stations: Doomben, Whinstanes, Baraini (later renamed Airport to service

Eagle Farm Airport Eagle Farm Airport was a small airport located north-east of Brisbane in the suburb of Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia. History An area located near Eagle Farm Racecourse was initially used as a landing field in 1922 and Eagle Farm Aero ...

, then later renamed

Eagle Farm Eagle Farm is an eastern industrial suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eagle Farm had a population of 0 people. The neighbourhood of Whinstanes is located in Eagle Farm (). Geography Eagle Farm is situated no ...

), Bunour, Meeandah and Pinkenba. The line opened to Meeandah on 31 March 1897, but the section to Pinkenba was below the high tide level and had to be reclaimed using sand dredged to construct a railway wharf on the river. The line opened to Pinkenba on 1 September 1897. In 1976, a new Whinstanes-Doomben railway station was created between the original two stations to replace them, and was renamed simply Doomben railway station in the 1990s. From 27 January 1998, the line terminated at this station and the following stations are now abandoned. On 24 April 1920, auctioneer Thorpe and Sharp offered 87 "park like" suburban allotments in the Whinstanes Junction Estate to the north-east of the Whinstanes railway station (no longer extant). The estate was bounded by Lamington Avenue to the south and the Doomben Racecourse to the north with allotments facing two streets Birdwood Street and Monash Streets. As at 2019, this area is an industrial estate with Western Avenue passing through it with no sign of Birdwood and Monash Streets. WWII The

served as Brisbane's main airport until the opening of the present

in 1988. During WWII U.S. Navy

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s of the 55th CB built

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adjacent to Australian CCC Camp by the Airport as a staging center for Construction Battalions assigned to MacArthur's 7th Amphibious force. It was the smallest of the military installations at Eagle farm. They also built an adjoining Advance Base Construction Depot (ABCD) and the USN Ordnance depot at Mt. Coot-Tha. CBs that were there were the 19th, 55th, 60th, 77th, 84th, 91st, 104th and the CBMU 564. The base operated from March 1943 until mid October 1945. The

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moved into Camp Seabee and the

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took over the ABCD and Ordnance depot. At the and the , Eagle Farm had a population of 0 people.

Heritage listings

Eagle Farm has a number of

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sites, including: * the

Allison Engine Testing Stands Allison Testing Stands is a heritage-listed engine test stand adjacent to 71 Amy Johnson Place, Eagle Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built by USAAF 81st Air Depot Group and the Allied Works Council. It was added to the ...

* the

Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory Site Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory Site (also known as Eagle Farm Agricultural Establishment) is a heritage-listed archaeological site at 116 Lamington Avenue, Eagle Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It operated between 1829 and ...

* the Second World War Hangar No. 7

Allison Engine Testing Stands

The Allison Engine testing stands site is part of Brisbane's TradeCoast Central at the old Brisbane airport site in the suburb of Eagle Farm, where new and rebuilt World War II

Allison Allison may refer to: People * Allison (given name) * Allison (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Eugene Allison Smith (1922-1980), American politician and farmer Companies * Allison Engine Company, American aircraft engine ...

V-12 in-line liquid cooled aero engines were tested in the open air prior to fitting into reassembled WW2 aircraft, notably the P38-Lightning, Curtis Kittyhawk and Bell Airacobra. The masonry sections of the remains, being buildings and dividers between the engine testing bays, are largely intact. The engines were refurbished in the General Motors Holden (GMH) Breakfast Creek facility. Many of the workers in the GMH facility were women.Marks, Roger. "Allison Engine Plant Breakfast Creek", Book 18, ''Brisbane – WW2 v Now'', 2006

Education

There are no schools in Eagle Farm. The nearest government primary school is in neighbouring

, while the nearest government secondary school is

Aviation State High School Aviation High School, formerly Hendra Secondary College, is a high school in Widdop Street, Hendra, Queensland, Australia. The Principal is David Munn. History Aviation High is located in Clayfield, Brisbane, near the Brisbane Internationa ...

in neighbouring Hendra.

References

External links

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Queensland Turf ClubTradeCoast Central Heritage Park
{{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane Queensland in World War II Moreton Bay penal settlement