Teneriffe is an inner
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 ...
of
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
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, Australia,
north-east of the
CBD.
In the , Teneriffe had a population of 5,335 people.
Teneriffe was once an important wool trading hub and was the location of Australia's largest submarine base in
World War II
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 ...
. The suburb was absorbed into
Newstead in 1975,
but re-established as a separate suburb in 2010.
Teneriffe has a generally young and high income demographic, and is one of Brisbane's most expensive suburbs with a median house price in 2017 of over A$2 million. Residents have access to a riverside lifestyle, restaurants and extensive amenities.
Toponymy
One of the first European landowners in the area was James Gibbon. He purchased 48 hectares of land between Newstead and
New Farm
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the ...
and named the property Teneriffe because it reminded him of
Mount Teide
Teide, or Mount Teide, ( es, El Teide, Pico del Teide, , "Peak of Teide") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit (at ) is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlan ...
in
Tenerife
Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...
,
Canary Islands
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.
Gibbon built Teneriffe House in 1865. The single storey building still stands today on what is known as Teneriffe Hill.
Geography
The
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...
forms the eastern boundary of the suburb. lt borders
Newstead to the north,
Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestr ...
to the west, and
New Farm
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the ...
to the south.
Teneriffe Hill rises to in the centre of the locality ().
History
![House in Teneriffe, Queensland 09](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/House_in_Teneriffe%2C_Queensland_09.jpg)
By the 1880s the area was being settled by Europeans.
The area was served by horse drawn
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
s starting in 1885. In 1890 land near Teneriffe House was subdivided and auctioned. The 30 allotments were sold under the name Teneriffe Estate.
From 1897 until December 1962 electric trams ran along Commercial Road. Early photographs of the suburb show trams displaying the destination "Bulimba", which has given rise to some confusion in later times. Originally the area was considered part of the suburb called
Bulimba
Bulimba is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulimba had a population of 6,843 people.
Geography
Bulimba is located north-east of the CBD on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, but it is by road.
Topo ...
which then straddled both sides of the
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...
.
Postal deliveries were often misdirected and as a result the western section of Bulimba, comprising the area now known as Teneriffe, was renamed before
World War I
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. However, the unofficial use of Bulimba as an address on the northern side of the river persists for some decades, appearing on maps and in electoral rolls into the 1940s (although its Woolstore No.3 (Teneriffe Apartments) – 241 Arthur Street
use progressively declines).
As
wool
Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool.
As ...
exports from Queensland increased in the early 20th century, the economic importance of Teneriffe to the state also increased. The first wool store was built in 1909, with another three stores opening by 1915.
Another nine wool stores were built, with the last two constructed during the 1950s.
Well known architects designed these large buildings to represent the commercial success Australian wool producers experienced in the early 20th century.
In 1927, the Australian Estates store was opened by the
Duke
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and
Duchess of York
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. It had the largest showroom in Australia and was able to store 24,000 bales.
During World War II the wharves served as Australia's largest submarine base with around 60 submarines based at Teneriffe.
American and British submarines used the facilities, known as Capricon Wharf up until 1945. As container ships forced cargo shipments to the
Port of Brisbane
Port of Brisbane is the shipping port and coastal suburb of the City of Brisbane, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia. In the , Port of Brisbane had no residents living in the suburb. The port is the largest in the state of Queensland.
...
at the mouth of the river wool trading at Teneriffe ceased.
Through the
conversion of wool stores and factories to residential apartments, the area has been transformed from a riverside industrial hub to a mostly high density residential area. Most of the
Queenslander style homes have been preserved and renovated.
In the , Teneriffe had a population of 5,335 people.
Heritage listings
Teneriffe has a number of
heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
sites, including:
* 241 Arthur Street: Woolstore No.3 (Teneriffe Apartments)
* 56 Chester Street:
Roseville
* Commercial Road:
Newstead Air Raid Shelter
Newstead Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at Commercial Road, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frank Gibson Costello and built by the Brisbane City Council. It was added to th ...
* Florence Street:
Monier Ventilation Shaft 3
* 70 Longland Street:
Newstead Gasworks
* 24 Macquarie Street:
Australian Estates No. 2 Store
* 50 Macquarie Street:
Australian Estates No. 1 Store
Australian Estates No.1 Store is a heritage-listed former warehouse and now apartments at 50 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, Queensland, Teneriffe, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Montague Stanley and built from to 1927 by Stu ...
* 64 Macquarie Street:
Elder Smith Woolstore
* 88 Macquarie Street:
Goldsbrough Mort Woolstore
Goldsbrough Mort Woolstore is a heritage-listed warehouse at 88 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built by Stuart Brothers (Sydney). It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 199 ...
* 110 Macquarie Street:
Teneriffe Village
Teneriffe Village is a heritage-listed warehouse at 110 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1955 to 1957. It is also known as Dalgety & Co. Ltd No 3 Woolstore, Queensland Primary Producers, N ...
* 16 Skyring Terrace:
Queensland Primary Producers No 4 Woolstore
* 37 Teneriffe Drive:
Teneriffe House
Teneriffe House is a heritage-listed villa at 37 Teneriffe Drive, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William Henry Ellerker and built in 1865. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 14 May 1993 ...
* 34 Vernon Terrace:
Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Woolstores
* 53 Vernon Terrace:
Mactaggarts Woolstore
Mactaggarts Woolstore is a heritage-listed wool warehouse at 53 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1926 by Stuart Brothers (Sydney). It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October ...
* 54 Vernon Terrace:
Winchcombe Carson Woolstores
Winchcombe Carson Woolstores is a heritage-listed warehouse at 54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Claude William Chambers and built in 1910-11 by Stuart Brothers of Sydney who ex ...
Facilities
The studios of radio station
Nova 106.9 are in Commercial Road.
Events
In July each year, the Teneriffe Festival is held as a bold celebration of the suburb's community, history and glimpse of its future; In 2017, the Festival attracted 50,000 people who wandered the suburb's riverside streets and hidden laneways enjoying 25 musical performances and street acts, 40 local restaurants and food vendors, around 60 market stalls and displays, a large dedicated Kids World and dozens of community group stalls.
Transport
The
Teneriffe ferry wharf
Teneriffe ferry wharf is located on the northern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe in Queensland, Australia. It is served by RiverCity Ferries' CityCat service and a Cross River service to Bulimba
Bulimba ...
connects it to
CityCat
RiverCity Ferries is a public transport company which commenced operating ferry services in Brisbane on 4 November 2020. It is a subsidiary of the Kelsian Group.
RiverCity Ferries operates 32 vessels serving 21 wharves on the Brisbane River un ...
and
Cross River services.
See also
*
List of Brisbane suburbs
This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland, Australia.
Local government areas
The Greater Brisbane, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, consists of the following local government areas (L ...
*
Urban renewal in Woolstore precinct, Teneriffe
The Woolstore Precinct is a residential area in the suburb of Teneriffe, Queensland, Teneriffe in Brisbane, Australia. A former industrial and commercial area, it has undergone urban renewal with preservation and re-purposing of many buildings fr ...
References
Sources
* Clark, Howard R. and David R. Keenan, "Brisbane Tramways – The Last Decade", Transit Press, 1977 (Reprinted 1985).
* G. Greenwood and J. Laverty, Brisbane 1859–1959, BCC, 1959
Further reading
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External links
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Teneriffe Festival
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