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The Sherwood Arboretum has a character of park planting that is a distinct aspect of Brisbane's historic parks and large gardens. [ 1 ] The Arboretum lands hold important environmental values for the suburb and Brisbane city as a whole by providing critical water habitat for native plants and animals, by maintaining in stream water quality and ...
Sherwood is 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) south west of the Brisbane CBD [5] and bounded by the median of the Brisbane River towards the west. [6]Oxley Road is the main thoroughfare through the suburb, entering from the north and exiting to the south ().
Real estate map of The Graceville Estate, circa 1888. Graceville is located 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) south-west of the Brisbane CBD, and is bordered by the Brisbane River to the North-East and West, Oxley Creek to the East, Chelmer to the North and Sherwood to the South.
Graceville Memorial Park is a heritage-listed park at 173 Oxley Road, Graceville, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1904. It was established in 1904. It is also known as Graceville Recreation Reserve and the Sherwood War Memorial.
Map of Sherwood Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902. Purga Division (not labelled) is on the southern border of Sherwood Division. 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.
A portion of Sinnamon Park was formerly part of the Wolston Estate, consisting of 54 farms on an area of 3,000 acres, offered for auction at Centennial Hall, Brisbane, on 16 October 1901. [8] Wolston Estate was the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named. [ 9 ]
In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division becoming a Shire in 1903 which contained the area of the Wolston Estate. In 1925, the Shire of Sherwood was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane. [8] Riverhills, along with surrounding suburbs, was developed in 1959 as part of the Hooker Centenary Project in 1959. [9]
Oxley is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [5] It is 14.8 kilometres (9.2 mi) from the Brisbane GPO by road. [6] The suburb contains a mix of residential and industrial land. [7] In the 2021 census, Oxley had a population of 9,100 people. [1]