Vulture Street is a road in

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, Australia. It connects the inner southern suburbs. Its eastern segment is known as Vulture Street East.

Geography

Vulture Street commences at a junction with Montague Road, West End () and then travels east through West End,

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, Kangaroo Point and

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, where it terminates at a junction at Stanley Terrace () being unable to go further east due to Norman Creek. It is known as Vulture Street East from east of the intersection with Wellington Road in East Brisbane. It is long.

Significant landmarks and junctions

Vulture Street has a number of significant landmarks and junctions, including (from west to east): * 24:

West End State School West End State School is a heritage-listed state school at 24 Vulture Street, Brisbane, Vulture Street, West End, Queensland, West End, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1891 to 1960. It was added to the Queensland Heri ...

* 150:

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; intersection with Gladstone Road and Ernest Street * 160: St Andrews Anglican Church ; overbridge across the

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and

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railway lines * 253:

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* South Brisbane Memorial Park * 263:

South Brisbane Town Hall The Old South Brisbane Town Hall is the heritage-listed town hall of the Borough of South Brisbane, later the City of South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at 263 Vulture Street (on the south-west corner of the intersection of Gr ...

(now owned by Somerville House) ; intersection with Stanley Street * former

South Brisbane Library South Brisbane Library is a heritage-listed former library at 472 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1881 to 1902 by W Macfarlane. It is ...

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; overbridge across the Pacific Motorway * 330:

St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral is a heritage-listed cathedral at 330–334B Vulture Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Gregory Mechonoshin and Cavanagh and Cavanagh and built from 1935 to 1950s by B Ro ...

; intersection with Main Street * The Brisbane Cricket Ground, more commonly known as

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East Brisbane State School East Brisbane State School is a heritage-listed state school at 90 Wellington Road, East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school has two other street frontages: Vulture Street and Stanley Street. It was designed by Department of Public Wo ...

; intersection with Wellington Road (becomes Vulture Street East) * 554: St Paul's Anglican Church

In popular culture

The

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Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer ...

produced an album Vulture Street which was named after the band's first recording studio in Vulture Street, West End.

References

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