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Brighton is a coastal northern
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of
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, in the state of
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, in
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. In the , Brighton had a population of 9,479 people.


Geography

Brighton and its neighbouring suburb Bald Hills are the northernmost suburbs of
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. Brighton is located by road north of the
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. Nashville is a neighbourhood in the south-west of the suburb (). Brighton has been mostly developed as suburban housing. In the north of the suburb there is some rural residential development and undeveloped wetlands. In the south-west of the locality are undeveloped wetlands which include Third Lagoon (). The lagoon is so-called as it is one of the three lagoons of the Sandgate area, the first being Einbunpin Lagoon and the second being Dowse Lagoon which are both within the suburb of Sandgate.


History

The Brighton Hotel located along Beaconsfield Terrace was believed to be built by David Rowntree Somerset. An early settler, Captain William Townsend, bought the Brighton Hotel and used it as his home and, once sold in 1893, it was used as an orphanage. It resumed being a hotel in 1912. The suburb takes its name from the hotel, which is believed to be named after
Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
in
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, England. Land for a Methodist church was purchased in 1914. In January 1917, a small Sunday school was opened on the site. In 1919, a Methodist church building was relocated from
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(where it had opened in 1902) to the Brighton site, where it was erected and officially opened on Saturday 5 June 1920. On Saturday 2 December 1939, 500 people attended the opening of a new church building by Reverend F. A. Malcolm, the President of the Methodist Conference. The previous church was relocated to the rear of the site to be used as a Sunday school hall. In 1977, the church joined in the amalgamation that created the
Uniting Church in Australia The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union ...
becoming the Brighton Uniting Church. The church at 41 Deagon Street () was closed circa 1999, and was later sold and the church and hall (the former church) were converted into a house. It is now within the suburb boundaries of Sandgate. It is listed on the
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. Brighton State School opened on 27 January 1920. Since 1935, one or more of three adjacently positioned bridges have connected
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to
Redcliffe Peninsula The Redcliffe Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Moreton Bay Region LGA in the northeast of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. The area covers the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Newport, Redcliffe, Ro ...
between Brighton at their southern end and Clontarf on the peninsula at their northern end. The first of these to be built, the
Hornibrook Bridge Hornibrook Bridge is a heritage-listed mostly-demolished road bridge on the Hornibrook Highway over Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay from Brighton, City of Brisbane to Clontarf, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Manuel ...
, has since been demolished upon completion of the
Ted Smout Memorial Bridge The Ted Smout Memorial Bridge is a road and pedestrian bridge in Brisbane, Australia, the third bridge crossing Hays Inlet in Bramble Bay (the first being the now demolished Hornibrook Bridge). It is located 30 metres to the east of the Houghto ...
in 2010, which now stands alongside the
Houghton Highway The Houghton Highway is a reinforced concrete viaduct, the second bridge to be built across Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay connecting the cities of Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia (the first bridge was the Hornibrook Bridge). T ...
, which opened in 1979. Brighton was the site of the
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barracks of the
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Air Training School between December 1940 and May 1946; it was built on reclaimed land. It later became Eventide, a large
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run by the
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. More than 700 patients were transferred from
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on
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to the facility. It was announced in late 2012 that the nursing home would close because it was uneconomic to ensure that the aging buildings complied with building codes. Brighton Baptist church at 77 North Road () opened in 1958. It is now in private ownership and has been converted into a residence. Nashville State School opened on 25 January 1960. St Kieran's Catholic School opened on 2 February 1960. In June 1990 the
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congregations of Boondall, Brighton, Sandgate and Shorncliffe decided to amalgamate. Their new Sandgate Uniting Church in Deagon was opened in Sunday 20 November 1994. The Autism Therapy & Education Centre opened on 27 January 1991. In the , Brighton recorded a population of 9,012 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Brighton population was 40 years of age, 3 years above the Australian median. 78.4% of people living in Brighton were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.6%, Ireland 0.5%. 91.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 0.5% German, 0.3% French, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Cantonese. In the , Brighton had a population of 9,479 people.


Heritage listings

Brighton 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: * Hornibrook Highway:
Hornibrook Bridge Hornibrook Bridge is a heritage-listed mostly-demolished road bridge on the Hornibrook Highway over Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay from Brighton, City of Brisbane to Clontarf, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Manuel ...
(mostly demolished in 2011) *Ex-RAAF barracks (on the site of Brighton Health Campus)


Education

Brighton State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2 North Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 435 students with 32 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent). Nashville State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls on the corner of Baskerville and Douglas Streets (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 352 students with 26 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). St Kieran's Catholic School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 15 Greenwood Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 277 students with 23 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent). Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) facility of Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre (headquartered at Sunnybank Hills) at 136 North Road ().


Amenities

Brighton is serviced by a fortnightly visit of the
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's mobile library service in the car park at Decker Park on 25th Avenue. There are a number of parks in the suburb, including: * Beaconsfield Terrace Park (nos. 346 & 344) () * Brighton Park () * Decker Park () * Dianella Reserve () * Goodenia Reserve () * Gordon Street Park () * High Street Park (no.140) () * High Street Park (nos.132&134) () * Jill Street Park () * Massie Street Park () * North Road Park () * Pimelea Reserve () * Pomona Street Park () * Princess Street Park (no.23) () * Princess Street Park (nos.8-18) () * Queens Parade Park () * Queens Parade Park (no.93) () * Sandgate Foreshores Park () * Sandgate Third Lagoon Reserve () * Saul Street Park () * Shepherd Street Park (no.2) () * Stubbs Street Park () * Tenth Avenue Park () * Townsend Street Park () * Townsend Street Park (nos.31&12) () * Wakefield Park ()


Attractions


Brighton Wetlands

Brighton has a woodland wetland protected by the local government. This natural reserve is made up of three woods; namely Goodenia Woods, Pimelea Woods and Dianella Woods. The land is so called a wetland as it fills with water during heavy rain which flows into a small tidal creek, Copold Creek, that flows under one of the main roads of Brighton, Beaconsfield Terrace, and then leads to
Bramble Bay Bramble Bay is an embayment of Moreton Bay in South East Queensland, Australia. The Brisway map reference is 12 H5, or see page 91 G19 in Refidex. The Houghton Highway, Hornibrook Bridge and Ted Smout Memorial Bridge span Bramble Bay, connectin ...
between 15th and 16th Avenues.


Brighton Esplanade

Brighton is a desirable Brisbane suburb due to both the ease of public transport, such as the train service from nearby Sandgate, and also the bayside esplanade. This peaceful parkland esplanade follows the coast between the
Houghton Highway The Houghton Highway is a reinforced concrete viaduct, the second bridge to be built across Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay connecting the cities of Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia (the first bridge was the Hornibrook Bridge). T ...
bridge and Sandgate. The esplanade is used by walkers, cyclists and families. Brighton's beach is used by kite surfers and also walkers during low tide. The road that follows the esplanade is called Flinders Parade named after the navigator Captain Matthew Flinders who was the first European to discover the area in order to establish a penal colony for Lord Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales.


References


Further reading

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External links

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