Ithaca is a former suburb of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

, Australia. Since 1975, Ithaca has been designated a neighbourhood within the suburb of Red Hill in Brisbane.

Origin of the name

The name of the suburb is believed to have been bestowed by Sir George Ferguson Bowen,

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial func ...

(1859-1867), after the Ionian Island of

Ithaca Ithaca most commonly refers to: * Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' * Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithak ...

, the subject of a book he had authored.

Geography

Traditionally, Ithaca was bound by Jubilee Terrace to the west,

Ithaca Creek Ithaca Creek is a waterway in the Enoggera Creek catchment, in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It arises in the Taylor Range at the Mount Coot-tha forest with two streams, one arising at J C Slaughter Falls, the other ...

to the north, the suburb of Red Hill to the east and the suburb of

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to the south. Therefore, despite the official designation as being part of Red Hill, the former suburb of Ithaca appears to span the present suburbs of Red Hill,

and Bardon.

History

Ithaca was once the centre of the former local government areas of Shire of Ithaca, later

Town of Ithaca The Town of Ithaca is a former local government area of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_ ...

. The

Ithaca Town Council Chambers The Ithaca Town Council Chambers is a heritage-listed former town hall of the former local government area of the Town of Ithaca, and now a community centre in Paddington, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Located at 99 Enoggera Terrac ...

were built in 1910 at 99 Enoggera Terrace (then in Ithaca, now in Red Hill). With the amalgamation of the Town of Ithaca into

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in 1925, the building became the property of by the

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. Since then it has been used as a council depot, library and as the Red Hill Kindergarten. It is currently used as a community hall, known as Ithaca Hall. StateLibQld 1 109572 Unveiling of the Ithaca War Memorial in Paddington, Brisbane, 1922

StateLibQld 1 109572 Unveiling of the Ithaca War Memorial in Paddington, Brisbane, 1922

On 25 February 1922, Sir

Matthew Nathan Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Quee ...

, the

unveiled the

Ithaca War Memorial Ithaca War Memorial and Park is a heritage-listed memorial and park at Enoggera Terrace, Paddington, Queensland, Australia. The memorial was designed and built by Arthur Henry Thurlow between 1921 and 1925. The park was built and designed by A ...

to commemorate local people who had died in

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. The Ithaca Town Council Chambers were listed on the

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in 2000.

Ithaca today

The Ithaca name still persists in a number of local places: * the Ithaca Hall (the former Ithaca Town Hall) * the

on Ennogera Terrace, Paddington * the old Ithaca Fire Station at 140 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington * the Ithaca Swimming Pool at 131 Caxton Street, Paddington * the

Ithaca Creek State School Ithaca Creek State School is a heritage-listed state school and war memorial at 49 Lugg Street, Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Work (involving Andrew Baxter Leven, Nigel La ...

in Lugg Street, Bardon

References

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