Stones Corner is an inner southern
suburb of
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 mainlan ...
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Queensland
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, Australia.
Geography
![Open Street Map - Stones Corner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Open_Street_Map_-_Stones_Corner.JPG)
Stones Corner is centred on the junction of
Logan Road and
Old Cleveland Road
Old Cleveland Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs from Stones Corner to Capalaba in Brisbane, with most of the route signed as State Route 22. Sections of the road are also part of State Routes 30, 54, and 55. The road is the ...
.
History
![Interior of Stones Corner Library, 1950](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Interior_of_Stones_Corner_Library%2C_1950.jpg)
The area was originally known as Burnett's Swamp, being low-lying land around the flood-prone
Norman Creek. The triangle of land (the "corner") at the south-east of the junction of Logan Road and Old Cleveland Road was purchased by James Stone in 1875. He tried to get a licence to operate a hotel at the location but was unsuccessful so he brewed and sold
ginger beer
Traditional ginger beer is a sweetened and carbonated, usually non-alcoholic beverage. Historically it was produced by the natural fermentation of prepared ginger spice, yeast and sugar.
Current ginger beers are often manufactured rather than ...
instead. The area took the name ''Stone's Corner'' as a result and later became a suburb with that name.
The present Stones Corner Hotel was opened on the site in 1888 as the Junction Hotel by Denis O'Connor.
On Sunday 10 August 1913, a new Catholic church at Stones Corner was dedicated by
Archbishop James Duhig
Sir James Duhig KCMG (2 September 187110 April 1965) was an Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic religious leader. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane for 48 years from 1917 until his death in 1965. At the time of his death he was the longest-s ...
.
In 1931, the Annerley Church of Christ commenced outreach into Stones Corner, but the initiative was not successful and it ceased after a few years.
Stones Corner Library opened on 25 January 1950. It had a major refurbishment in 1996.
In 1975, the suburb of Stones Corner was absorbed into the neighbouring suburb of
Greenslopes before officially returning to a suburb of its own in November 2017.
Amenities
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 ...
operates the Stones Corner Library at 280 Logan Road.
Heritage Site
* 286
Logan Road:
Stones Corner Air Raid Shelter
References
External links
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{{City of Brisbane suburbs
Suburbs of the City of Brisbane