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Satellite image of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area. Centred on the City of Brisbane, it captures from the Redcliffe Peninsula in the north, D'Aguilar National Park to the west, east to Moreton and Stradbroke Islands, and Logan City in the south. Brisbane Central Business District seen from Mount Coot-tha Lookout This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland ...
Usage note: In Australia, "suburbs" are the official postal subdivisions of a city. Inner suburbs are subdivisions within the denser urban areas of the cities and outer suburbs are the postal divisions found in the outer rings of the metropolitan areas, and usually lying within the boundaries of a separate municipality. This differs from ...
After the Second World War, the Imported Homes Scheme was initiated and funded by the Federal government. Together with French contractors 886 prefabricated homes were built in the Brisbane suburb of Zillmere. [2] In 1981, the first residence to cater for the needs of people with a disability was adapted. [3]
The issue of empty state government-owned homes is increasing as every state has hundreds or thousands of empty homes that could be transferred to public housing registers. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In Melbourne, Victoria, this issue led to the Bendigo street housing campaign in which homeless people were housed by community campaigns in homes left ...
Hawthorne started as a farming district in the 1860s, and was gradually subdivided as Brisbane grew. This was helped by the introduction of ferry and tram services. In February 1885, the "Hawthorne Estate" was advertised for sale by Arthur Martin & Co. [6] The reverse of the advertisement included a sketch of the Hawthorne Estate from across ...
Newmarket is located approximately 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) by road from the Brisbane CBD. [4]It is an older, mostly residential suburb containing pre-war and post-war homes, including many fine examples of the Queenslander style of home.
Norman Park, like many areas of Brisbane, was unsewered until the late 1960s, with each house having an outhouse or "dunny" in the back yard. 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. [6] Hope was a grazier and Ormiston Sugar Mill owner.
Paddington is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, Paddington had a population of 9,063 people. [1] Paddington is located 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD, by car. As is common with other suburbs in the area, Paddington is located on a number of steep ridges and hills.