Ferny Grove is an outer north-western
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
in the
City of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council. Unlike LGAs in the other mainl ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Ferny Grove had a population of 5,725 people.
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Geography
Ferny Grove is a residential suburb north-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 ...
. 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
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. The suburb takes its name from the railway station.
The Dayboro railway line opened to Mitchelton railway station
Mitchelton railway station is located on the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two railway stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Mitchelton, the other being Oxford Park railway station.
History
The station opened in ...
(the last station for a suburban passenger service) on 2 March 1918 and to Samford on 1 July 1918, so Ferny Grove railway station
Ferny Grove railway station is the terminus station of the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ferny Grove.
The Brisbane Tramway Museum is a short walk south of the station.
History
The station opened ...
would have opened within that period.
Before the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Ferny Grove was mainly known for its pleasant picnic grounds along the banks of Kedron Brook
The Kedron Brook is a creek that flows through the northern suburbs of Brisbane in the south-east region of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
Formed by spring D'Aguilar Range within the southern portion of the D'Aguilar National Park, ...
and large areas of forest and fern filled valleys, one of which gives the suburb its name.
Before large-scale residential development, Ferny Grove was primarily industrial, containing a large claypit and tile factory operating south of the railway station. When this factory ceased operation in the 1960s, Ferny Grove was redeveloped for housing.
After the war, while the area was still largely residentially undeveloped, the Brisbane City Council operated a nightsoil
Night soil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc. This material was removed from the immediate area, usually at night, by workers emplo ...
sanitation depot beside Cedar Creek. The depot closed in the late 1960s as more of Brisbane was laid with sewerage infrastructure and the need for nightsoil treatment ended.
The Brisbane Tramway Museum Society was established in 1968, when it became apparent that the 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 jurisd ...
was preparing to close Brisbane's tram system. In 1972, the former nightsoil site at Ferny Grove was leased to the society to establish the Brisbane Tramway Museum
The Brisbane Tramway Museum is an Australian transport museum that has preserved a collection of trams and trolleybuses most of which operated in Brisbane from 1897 until 1969. The museum is located at Ferny Grove.
History
The Brisbane Tramway ...
() which opened in June 1980.
Ferny Grove State High School opened on 29 January 1980.
St Andrews Catholic Primary School opened on 21 July 1985.
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 jurisd ...
continued to use the area south of the former nightsoil depot as a large refuse tip until the late 1980s. The ferny grove from which the suburb took its name is no longer there; for, situated at the present site of rubbish dump 40 years old, the grove was buried under a large hill, upon which the City Council operates a waste transfer station (resource recovery centre) and sports playing fields ().
The population in 1996 was 5,016 people. By 2001 the population was 6,011, with a population growth of 20% over those five years.
In the , Ferny Grove recorded a population of 5,609 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Ferny Grove population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 78.8% of people living in Ferny Grove were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5%, New Zealand 2.6%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 0.9%, India 0.9%. 91.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 0.5% Afrikaans, 0.5% Cantonese, 0.4% Punjabi, 0.4% German, 0.3% Spanish.
In the , Ferny Grove had a population of 5,725 people.
Heritge listings
Heritage listings in Ferny Grove include:
* 85 Mcginn Road: Ferny Grove State School's original school building structure.
Education
Ferny Grove State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Finvoy Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 841 students with 62 teachers (56 full-time equivalent) and 33 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education
Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...
program.
St Andrew's Catholic School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 89 Hogarth Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 618 students with 47 teachers (37 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).
Ferny Grove State High School
Ferny Grove State High School is a public secondary school in the suburb of Ferny Grove, in Brisbane, Australia.
The school has a total enrolment of more than 1900 students, with an official count of 1963 students in 2021. In 2007, the school ...
is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at McGinn Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,741 students with 146 teachers (133 full-time equivalent) and 70 non-teaching staff (51 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.
Transport
The Ferny Grove railway station
Ferny Grove railway station is the terminus station of the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ferny Grove.
The Brisbane Tramway Museum is a short walk south of the station.
History
The station opened ...
() is now the terminal of the railway line of the same name. Until 1955 the railway line continued to Dayboro
Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,119 people.
Geography
25 kV AC
Railway electrification systems using alternating current (AC) at are used worldwide, especially for high-speed rail. It is usually supplied at the standard utility frequency (typically 50 or 60Hz), which simplifies traction substations. The d ...
. There are many bus routes.
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