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Cavendish Road, Brisbane
Cavendish Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, linking the suburbs of Coorparoo, Holland Park and Mount Gravatt East. Geography Cavendish Road commences at Coorparoo Secondary College near Bridgewater Creek in Coorparoo and then runs in an approximately southeasterly direction over hilly terrain. It terminates at the intersection with Creek Road in Mount Gravatt East. Although the road appears to continue beyond that point, it becomes Newnham Road. History The road first appears in a survey of Coorparoo in July 1863. A number of the early residents were keen whist players and the book commonly known as ''Cavendish on Whist'' was considered the authority on the game. ''Cavendish'' was the pen name of English writer and whist player Henry Jones, who was a member of the Cavendish Whist Club. This is said to be the origin of the road name. Cavendish Road State High School was constructed at 695 Cavendish Road in Holland Park. It opened on 9 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Street, Brisbane
Stanley Street is a major street in Brisbane, Queensland. It carries the designation state route 41 for the entirety of its length and state route 10 between the Vulture Street, Brisbane, Vulture Street and Annerley Road intersections. For the majority of its length the road is a one-way carriageway westbound. The route is a major connector between the Southern and Eastern suburbs and South Brisbane. The street passes directly to the south of The Gabba and runs directly through the Mater Health Services, Mater Hospital precinct. Stanley Street is accessible via exit 2 on the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway. History Stanley Street was named after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, the United Kingdom, United Kingdom's Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Secretary, 1885–1886. In the late 1880s, at least two hotels were built on Stanley Street, the Brisbane Bridge Hotel and Graham's Hotel. Stanley Street used to continue past the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to merge multiple persons into a single identifiable author, or for any of several reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's real identity may be known only to the publisher or may become common knowledge. In some cases, such as those of Elena Ferrante and Torsten Krol, a pen name may preserve an author's long-term anonymity. Etymology ''Pen name'' is formed by joining pen with name. Its earliest use in English is in the 1860s, in the writings of Bayard Taylor. The French-language phrase is used as a synonym for "pen name" ( means 'pen') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland Park West, Queensland
Holland Park West is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Holland Park West had a population of 6,468 people. Geography Holland Park West is located to the south-east of the Brisbane central business district between the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway and Logan Road. The South East Busway passes through the suburb which is served by the Holland Park West busway station (). History The suburb takes its name from the adjacent suburb of Holland Park, Queensland, Holland Park, which in turn takes its name from the subdivision of land owned by Julius Holland. In May 1914, on what is now known as Holland Park West, 62 subdivided allotments of 'Hill Farm Estate' were auctioned by G.T. Bell and Chandler and Russell. A map advertising the auction states the Estate was 12 minutes' walk from the Logan Road tram. In 1926 the Trams in Brisbane, Logan Road tramway was extended to a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carindale, Queensland
Carindale is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO, and borders Belmont, Carina, Carina Heights, Mackenzie, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt East, and Tingalpa. In the , Carindale had a population of 16,535 people. Notable features of the suburb include a large shopping centre – Westfield Carindale, the Pacific Golf Club, Belmont State School, Belmont Bushland Reserve, Belmont Private Hospital (psychiatric only) and Bulimba Creek. The Gateway Motorway borders the suburb. Toponymy Carindale was the name of a housing estate constructed in the area in 1976 and was taken as the official name of the suburb when it separated from Belmont in 1980. The name itself is a combination of "Carin" from the nearby suburb of Carina, and " Dale" meaning valley. History The area was first settled by Europeans in the 1850s, with activity focussing on timber and agriculture. Belmont State School opened on 5 June 1876 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Hill, Queensland
Camp Hill is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Camp Hill had a population of 12,254 people. Geography Camp Hill is south-east of the Brisbane central business district. It is a mostly residential suburb. Whites Hill, Sankeys Mountain and Esquiline Hill (named after one of the Seven Hills of Rome) lie within the suburb. History Camp Hill was originally known as Schick's Hill, named for one the area's earliest settlers, Peter Schick. Schick along with Kasper Klüpfel purchased the land now bordered by Old Cleveland Road, Bennett's Road, Lloyd and Pampling Street on 21 May 1859. This property bordered (or was within or nearby) the area known as Four-mile Camp, where Drover (Australian), drovers and other travellers rested on the journey to Cleveland due to the abundance of forage and permanent water holes. The camp may have been located near the site of the Coorparoo State School. Eventually complaints over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenslopes, Queensland
Greenslopes is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south of the Brisbane CBD. In the , Greenslopes had a population of 7,941 people. Geography Greenslopes lies by road south of the Brisbane GPO. It is bounded to the west by the Pacific Motorway (also known within Brisbane as the Southeast Freeway) and the South East Busway and to the north by Cornwall Street. The suburb is served by the Greenslopes busway station on Barnsdale Street (). Logan Road enters the suburb from the north ( Stones Corner) and exits to the south-west ( Holland Park West / Holland Park). Norman Creek enters the suburb from the south-west (Annerley) and exits to the north (Stones Corner); it becomes a tributary of the Brisbane River at East Brisbane / Norman Park. There is some slight variety in the terrain, with low hills in the east and south sloping down to the flood plain of Norman Creek. The land use is mostly residential with some shops. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Railway Line
The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending east-southeast from Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network. History Following the opening of the Wooloongabba Branch railway line from Corinda to Stanley Street in South Brisbane in 1884, calls were made for extending the line to Cleveland to serve the developing farming area. A line was surveyed, and took an indirect route to avoid hilly country and to serve Fort Lytton, a gun emplacement at the south entrance to the Brisbane River, then the major defence installation for the city. The line was opened to Manly in 1888 and extended to the first Cleveland station in 1889. An extension to the second Cleveland station opened in 1897, at which time the first Cleveland station was renamed West Cleveland (later Cleveland Central). The initial constricted terminus at Stanley St was replaced by a dual track line to South Brisbane in 1891, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Park, Queensland
Norman Park is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Norman Park had a population of 6,842 people. Geography Norman Park is located by road east of the CBD. It borders East Brisbane, Coorparoo, Camp Hill, Morningside and Hawthorne, and is mostly residential. Toponymy Norman Park is likely named after an early estate in the area. The estate is thought to have derived its name in the 1890s from the nearby Norman Creek, and the contemporary Governor of Queensland Henry Wylie Norman. History Norman Park began taking in the first settlers in 1853. One of the early Deeds of Grant was in 1854 to Louis Hope of land totalling about 40 acres. Hope was a grazier and Ormiston Sugar Mill owner. Initially, development in Norman Park was slow and almost ceased after the 1893 Brisbane floods. Industries in Norman Park at the time included dairying, leather and brooms. Norman Park State School opened on 9 July 1900 with 52 students with a principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Brisbane, Queensland
East Brisbane is an inner southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , East Brisbane had a population of 6,186 people. Geography East Brisbane is located south-east of the Brisbane central business district, CBD. It is mostly residential, with some small commercial areas, and has many original Queenslander (architecture), Queenslander houses. East Brisbane is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the north, Norman Park, Queensland, Norman Park to the east, Coorparoo, Queensland, Coorparoo to the south-east, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Woolloongabba to the south-west, and Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Kangaroo Point to the north-west. The border between Norman Park and most of Coorparoo follows Norman Creek (Queensland), Norman Creek. Major roads include Lytton Road, Wellington Road, and Latrobe Street in the north, and Vulture Street and Stanley Street in the south of the suburb. The eastern side of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. The largest local government in Australia by population, BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering . Brisbane City Council consists of the 26 councillors (elected or appointed to represent wards) and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane (currently Adrian Schrinner) (elected by the city as a whole). By resolution, the council may make local laws (previously known as ordinances). The Lord Mayor is responsible for the key executive functions, such as implementing policies, preparing the budget and directing senior employees. They are supported by the Civic Council (formally the Establishment and Coordination (E&C) Committee), whose members are drawn from the council and each chair one of the standing committees. The council's current CEO is Colin Jensen, supported by EO Ainsley Gold. Strategy Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coorparoo Fire Station
Coorparoo Fire Station is a heritage-listed former fire station at 219 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Atkinson & Conrad and built in 1935. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 11 June 2003. History From about 1931, local progression associations led by C. Beak and W. J. Smout began to lobby to have a fire station established in their area. However, the fire board did not have the funds to establish a new station until March 1935 when they borrowed from the Commonwealth Bank. The fire station was opened on Thursday 26 September 1935 by John Innes Brown, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Logan. The Dennis turbine fire engine at the station was the most modern available. The station served the Coorparoo, Camp Hill and Holland Park areas. Prior to 2003, the fire station was decommissioned, similar to many other of the older fire stations which were too small to handle the larger fire engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coorparoo School Of Arts And RSL Memorial Hall
Coorparoo School of Arts and RSL Memorial Hall is a heritage-listed school of arts at 208 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1892 to 1953. It is also known as Coorparoo School of Arts and Coorparoo Shire Hall. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 January 1999. History The Coorparoo School of Arts and Memorial Hall was constructed in 1892 for the Council of the Shire of Coorparoo. The Council remained in the building until October 1925, when amalgamation of local governments occurred and Greater City of Brisbane was created. Since 1925, it has been used as a School of Arts. The Divisional Boards Act 1879 established 74 local authorities in Queensland with Coorparoo administered as Subdivision 3 of the Bulimba Divisional Board. Primary concerns of the board included the maintenance and improvement of roads and bridges, the Bulimba ferry and water supply to river villages. In 1888 Coorparoo was represented o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
