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Chelmer is a south-western suburb in the
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 main ...
,
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, Australia. In the , Chelmer had a population of 2,998 people.


Geography

Chelmer is by road from Brisbane GPO. Chelmer is zoned as a residential area, and consists of low-density housing. It has many fine Queenslanders, characterised by wooden verandahs, wide stairways and roofing of galvanized iron, but in recent years solid brick homes have been built also. Chelmer is located on a bend 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 G ...
, between the Chelmer Reach () and the Indooroopilly Reach (), with all sides except south bounded by the median of the river. There are four bridges across the Brisbane River from Chelmer to
Indooroopilly Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people. Geography Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...
to the north (from west to east): * Walter Taylor Bridge, a road bridge () *
Indooroopilly Railway Bridge The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge is a railway bridge of steel truss design which crosses the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge links Indooroopilly and Chelmer stations, and has two long spans with one centr ...
, a rail bridge () * Albert Bridge, a rail bridge () * Jack Pesch Bridge, for pedestrians and cyclists () Chelmer railway station is a railway station on the Main Line railway (). There are two foot bridges over the railway line (from north to south): * fron Honour Avenue to Halsbury Street just north of the Chelmer railway station () *from Honour Avenue near Richmond Street to Appel Street, south of the railway station ()


History

The suburb takes its name from the Chelmer railway station, which was named in 1881 probably after the Chelmer River in
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, England. The station was previously known as Oxley Point and Riverton. The first railway station opened north of the current Chelmer railway station in 1876 as Oxley's Point railway station. In 1888, the station was renamed Riverton. A siding was built at the current station location in 1881, which was later converted into the current Chelmer railway station in 1889 with Riverton closing that same year. In 1879, the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division was created. In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division becoming a Shire in 1903 which contained the suburb of Chelmer. In 1925, the
Shire of Sherwood The Shire of Sherwood is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in south-western Brisbane in and around the suburb of Sherwood. History On 11 November 1879, the Yeerongpilly Division was created as one of 74 divis ...
was amalgamated into the
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 main ...
. In July 1884, 226 subdivided allotments of "Township of Riverton on the Brisbane River" Estate were auctioned by E. Hooker & Son. A map advertising the auction shows the area to be on the Regatta Reach of the Brisbane River. In November 1901, 168 subdivided allotments of "Chelmer Estate" were auctioned by John W. Todd Auctioneer. A map advertising the auction shows the estate to be near the Brisbane River, Chelmer railway station and the golf club. In June 1914, 114 choice allotments of "Chelmer Railway Station Estate" were auctioned by Chandler & Russell, Land and Estate Agents. A map advertising the auction shows the estate to be near Chelmer Railway Station. Newspaper advertising states the estate is "right at railway station, surrounded by reserve, park and railway line." In October 1922, 135 allotments of "Chelmer Park, No. 5" were auctioned by Isles, Love & Co. Limited, Auctioneers. A map advertisng the auction shows the estate to be on the Brisbane River. Newspaper advertising states the estate is "close to railway station with beautiful river views, river frontages". On Tuesday 15 May 1923, the Chelmer School of Arts was officially opened by Cecil Elphinstone, the Member of the
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for Oxley. In 1968 it became Chelmer Public Hall and is now known as Chelmer Community Centre. In August 1923, 82 subdivided allotments of "Chelmer Park Estate" were auctioned by Isles, Love & Co. Auctioneers. A map advertising the auction states the Estate was close to the Chelmer Railway Station and the Brisbane River. The Indooroopilly Toll Bridge was proposed, designed, privately funded, and built by Walter Taylor. It was opened on 14 February 1936 and replaced the Chelmer-Indooroopilly ferry service. It was renamed Walter Taylor Bridge after his death in 1956. The private company he established, Indooroopilly Toll Bridge Ltd, collected a toll at the Indooroopilly end of the bridge until 1965 when the Brisbane City Council took over the bridge. On Sunday 17 December 1939, Archbishop
William Wand John William Charles Wand, (25 January 1885 – 16 August 1977) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia before returning to England to become the Bishop of Bath and Wells before becoming the Bishop of ...
laid the foundation stone for St David's Anglican Church with over 300 people attending. It was dedicated in 1939 and consecrated in 1971. In 2019 St David's entered in a partnership with the Anglican parish of Crows Nest (which includes the churches in Crows Nest and
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) to share their ministry through a combination of services at the various churches combined with online services broadcast from St David's. It is an experiment in how the Anglican Church may operate in the future. Chelmer Special School opened on 20 February 1978 and closed on 8 May 1992. Milpera Special School opened on 1 January 1984. On 28 September 1998, it was renamed Milpera State High School. In 1999, Laurel Avenue was voted Brisbane's Best Street for its trees and grand homes. The avenue of camphor laurels and a number of houses in the street are now heritage-listed. Chelmer suffered badly from the 2011 Queensland floods, with many homes submerged by the rising river. In the , Chelmer recorded a population of 2,594 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Chelmer population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 77% of people living in Chelmer 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 2.4%, United States of America 1.2%, Scotland 1%, Malaysia 0.7%. 89.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 0.6% Hindi, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Persian (excluding Dari). In the , Chelmer had a population of 2,998 people.


Heritage listings

Chelmer 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 i ...
sites, including: * 69 Chelmer Street East: St David's Anglican Church * 35 Hanlan Street: Leswell (house) * Honour Avenue: Walter Taylor Bridge * 115 Honour Avenue: former Brisbane Golf Club Clubhouse * 10 Lama Street: Dalmuir (house) * Along Laurel Avenue (): Camphor Laurels * 7 Laurel Avenue: Hurlton (also known as W. R. Black Children's Home) * 17 Laurel Avenue: former
Chelmer Police College Chelmer Police College is a heritage-listed former police barracks at 17 Laurel Avenue, Chelmer, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1900 to 1970. It is also known as 10 WRAAC Barracks, The Lady Wilson Red Cross Convale ...
(also known as Waterton, The Lady Wilson Red Cross Convalescent Home, 10 WRAAC Barracks) * 115 Laurel Avenue: Floraville (house) * 139 Laurel Avenue:
Swain House Swain House is a heritage-listed detached house at 139 Laurel Avenue, Chelmer, Queensland, Chelmer, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from the 1920s onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 20 ...
* 196 Laurel Avenue: Glenmore (house) * 201 Laurel Avenue: House * 29 Longman Terrace: Carinyah (house) * 66 Longman Terrace: Pontresina (house), now part of the Warrina Village aged care facility * 15 Queenscroft Street: former Chelmer School of Arts (also known as Chelmer Public Hall) * 22 Victoria Avenue: Wahgunyah (house) * Wharf Street: Albert Bridge * 73 Wharf Street: Mullen farmhouse


Education

Milpera State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Parker Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 163 students with 35 teachers (28 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent). It is a special purpose state high school which teaches English language to immigrants who are speakers of language other than English. These students enter and leave the school as determined by their English language skills. There are no primary schools in Chelmer. The nearest government primary school is Graceville State School in neighbouring Graceville to the south. The nearest conventional government secondary school is Indooroopilly State High School in neighbouring Indooroopilly to the north.


Amenities

Chelmer Community Centre is at 15 Queenscroft Street (). St David's Anglican Church at 69 Chelmer Street East () holds regular services on Wednesdays and Sundays. Riverside Christian Church is at 12 Glenwood Street ().


Sport

The Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club in Chelmer Street East () and the Kenmore Australian Football Club in Oxley Road () are Australian rules football clubs that compete in Division One of the AFLQ State League and Division One of the AFLQ State Association respectively.


Attractions

Laurel Avenue was voted Brisbane's Best Street in 1999, for the reason that large portions of the avenue are overhung by large camphor laurel ('' Cinnamomum camphora'') trees (some over a hundred years old). The Camphor Laurel trees have been declared a noxious weed by the Brisbane City Council, as their roots actively seek underground sewage pipes.


Transport

Chelmer is divided into east and west by
Queensland Rail City network The Queensland Rail Citytrain network, provides urban, suburban and interurban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia. History The first railway in Queensland did not run to Brisbane, but ran from Ipswich t ...
's Ipswich and Rosewood railway line and the Chelmer railway station. The Albert Bridge and the
Indooroopilly Railway Bridge The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge is a railway bridge of steel truss design which crosses the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge links Indooroopilly and Chelmer stations, and has two long spans with one centr ...
join the railway to
Indooroopilly Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people. Geography Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...
. A pedestrian/bicycle bridge, alongside the road and rail bridges, also links Chelmer (on the Southern bank of the Brisbane River) to Indooroopilly.


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