Murarrie, Queensland
| Murarrie Brisbane,Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Canoe rampat Murarrie Recreation Reserve | |||||||||||||||
  Murarrie | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 27°27′09″S153°06′19″E/ 27.4525°S 153.1052°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,946 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 526.2/km2(1,363/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4172[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9.4 km2(3.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST(UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 11.9 km (7 mi) E ofBrisbane CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Brisbane (Doboy Ward)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bulimba | ||||||||||||||
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Murarrie(formerlyMooraree)is an eastern riverside mixed-usesuburbin theCity of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia.[4]Queensportis a neighbourhood within Murarrie (27°27′00″S153°06′00″E/ 27.4500°S 153.1000°E).[5]Gibson Islandis a neighbourhood within Murarrie (27°26′11″S153°07′21″E/ 27.4364°S 153.1224°E) and, despite its name, is no longer an island.[6]In the2021 census,Murarrie had a population of 4,946 people.[1]
Geography[edit]
Murarrie is located in the eastern suburbs on the southern bank of theBrisbane River.It is bounded to the north by the median of the Brisbane River,[7]to the east and south by the river's tributaryBulimba Creek(historically known as Doughboy Creek or Doboy Creek) which has its mouth at27°25′45″S153°07′45″E/ 27.4291°S 153.1293°E.[8][9]It is then bounded to the south-west and west by Wynnum Road, Creek Road, theCleveland railway line,Barrack Road, Lytton Road, Colmslie Road (formerly Chemical Works Road) and then north to the river.[10]
TheGateway Motorwaypasses through the suburb, entering from the south-east (Tingalpa) and exiting via theSir Leo Hielscher Bridges(previously known as theGateway Bridge) over the river toEagle Farm.[10]
Murarrie railway station(27°27′53″S153°06′19″E/ 27.4647°S 153.1053°E) is located on theCleveland railway lineof theQueensland Rail City network.[11][10]The disusedDoboy railway station(also known as Buruda railway station and Birt's siding) is on the line at (27°27′12″S153°06′54″E/ 27.4533°S 153.1150°E); no buildings remain at the site.[12]
The land use is mixed being predominantly industrial but with an area of suburban housing in the south-west or the suburb.[13]
History[edit]
The district was originally known asMoorareeafter Mooraree House, a home built byChristopher Porterin 1861.[14]The name is thought to bemudherri,a word from theYuggera language(Yugarabul dialect) meaningstickyormuddy.[4]The name of the locality and therailway stationwere changed to Murarrie in 1907.[15]
It is uncertain when the Queensport Hotel (now Queensport Tavern) was established; the hotel claims it was 1864, making it one of Brisbane's oldest continuously operated hotels.[16]The present hotel building at 49 Gosport Road (now in the suburb ofHemmant) (27°26′25″S153°07′49″E/ 27.4404°S 153.1302°E) was constructed in 1890-1891 for publican Martin Kavanagh by Brisbane architectCharles McLayand was one of his first private commissions. It is listed on theBrisbane Heritage Register.[17]The Lytton Hotel was operating in 1878 and Kavanagh bought the Lytton Hotel in 1879.[18][19]Kavanagh had been living in the district growingsugarcanesince at least 1874.[20]Kavanagh's daughter Bridget continued to operate the Lytton Hotel when her father opened the Queensport Hotel.[21]
The Queensland Freezing and Food Export Company established a meatworks at Queensport in 1881.[22]
In 1889,Queensport Aquariumopened in Hemmant (the present-day location is Aquarium Avenue in Murarrie,27°26′49″S153°06′07″E/ 27.447°S 153.102°E).[23]It had a zoo, an aquarium and dance halls and other entertainments. Visitors arrived by riverboats until the1893 floodduring which the animals were rescued but the attractions were damaged closed down. It had closed by the late 1890s,[23]but a dance hall continued to operate until 1901.[24]
In 1900, Gibson Island was used as a burial site for some of the victims of thebubonic plagueepidemic due to concerns that the bodies of the dead could infect the living, so there was an initial reluctance to bury the dead in normal cemeteries (cremation not being available in Queensland at that time). The Colmslie Plague Hospital had been rapidly constructed inMorningsideto handle plague victims. The dead were transferred by boat to Gibson Island for burial. The bodies were wrapped in sheets soaked incarbolic acidand their coffins were filled with a mix ofquicklimeand water which has the effect of killing micro-organisms. The authorities carried out the burials quickly and family members could not be present nor visit the graves. The number and location of those graves are now unknown. The policy of burying the dead on Gibson Island was subsequently changed as it was felt to be inhumane.[25][26]
In order to provide a straighter deeper channel in the lower reaches Brisbane River, it was decided in 1889 to relocate the mouths of creeks and eliminate all of islands by a combination of removal by dredging and incorporation as part of the river bank.[27]In the case of Doughboy Creek (now Bulimba Creek) and Gibson Island, it was decided to relocate the creek mouth then at approximately27°26′38″S153°06′35″E/ 27.4440°S 153.1096°E(to the west of Gibson Island) to the eastern end of Gibson Island (its current mouth) by closing the original mouth with atraining walldiverting the flow of the creek into the Aquarium Passage (27°26′22″S153°07′32″E/ 27.4394°S 153.125562°E) which separated Gibson Island from the southern bank of the Brisbane River.[28]The Doughboy training wall was built from 1900 to June 1902 and was 7,040 feet (2,150 m) long.[29]As a result of the training wall, an isthmus (approximately 104 metres (341 ft) wide as at 2020) formed at the original mouth of the creek permanently connecting Gibson Island to Murarrie.[30]Paringa Road now crosses the isthmus to provide access to the industrial facilities that were developed circa 1980s on the former island. A spur railway line (now abandoned) was also developed to the north of Paringa Road to provide these facilities with a link to the Cleveland railway line. The line terminated at27°25′57″S153°07′23″E/ 27.4324°S 153.1231°Ebeside the Brisbane River.[31]Sections of track are still visible along the route as at 2020.[32]
Murarrie State School opened on 2 July 1928.[33]
In 1961, the Murarrie Church of Christ opened at 11 Billungah Street. In 1990, it was sold and is now a church of thePlymouth Brethren.[34][35]
On 11 August 1975, Queensport and Gibson Island were officially designated as neighbourhoods within Murarrie by theQueensland Place Names Board.[5][6]
St Clare's Anglican Church was dedicated on 11 August 1985 by BishopRalph Wicks.The church building was relocated from Primrose Parade,Wynnum,to 16 Penelope Street in Murrarie (27°27′25″S153°06′10″E/ 27.4569°S 153.1029°E), where it was originally St Margaret's Anglican Church Hall which operated from 1964 to 1985. The closure of St Clare's was approved on 5 September 2009 byArchbishopPhillip Aspinall.[36][37]It was subsequently redeveloped as housing.[38]
In 1995,News Corporationestablished a printing facility at 724 Lytton Road (north-west corner with Metroplex Avenue,27°27′22″S153°05′48″E/ 27.4560°S 153.0967°E). Four large printing presses were imported from Germany, capable of printing 80,000 newspapers an hour. It had a staff of 400 people. Brisbane's two newspapers,The Courier-MailandThe Sunday Mail,were printed there until News Corporation moved its printing operations toYandinain 2022.[39][40][41][42]
Demographics[edit]
In the2011 census,the population of Murarrie was 3,958, 50.2% female and 49.8% male. The median age of the Murarrie population was 34 years of age, three years below the Australian median. 70.5% of people living in Murarrie were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.9%, England 3.5%, South Africa 1.2%, Fiji 1.1%, Scotland 1%. 81.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1% Hindi, 1% Mandarin, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.8% Korean.[43]
In the2016 census,Murarrie had a population of 4,303 people.[44]
In the2021 census,Murarrie had a population of 4,946 people.[1]
Education[edit]
Murarrie State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 50 Garrett Street (27°27′43″S153°06′03″E/ 27.4619°S 153.1009°E).[45][46]In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 76 students with 8 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).[47]
There are no secondary schools in Murarrie. The nearest secondary school isBalmoral State High SchoolinBalmoral.[10]
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Further reading[edit]
- Queensland Cooperative Bacon Association (1926),Murrarie Bacon Factory,The Association
External links[edit]
- "Murarrie".Queensland Places.Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
- "Murarrie Information".Archived fromthe originalon 13 December 2016.