97-576: Bowen Park may refer to: Bowen Park, Brisbane , a historic area in Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia Bowen Park (Waukegan) , a historic park in Waukegan, Illinois, United States See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Bowen Park" or "Park Bowen" on Misplaced Pages. Bowne Park , Queens, New York, United States Bowen (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
194-472: A considerable emphasis on animals, the QAS focussed on plants though at various times deer, llamas, rabbits, Chinese sheep, Angora goats, pheasants, partridges and a variety of songbirds were on show at Bowen Park. It is not clear how the QAS used all parts of their land holding but it appears that the main display gardens visited by the public were on the northern and lower parts of their land. The northern portion
291-590: A large circular arrangement of flower beds surrounded by a hedge. He added paths and modified the Bowen Bridge Road edge to include extensive flower beds. A drinking fountain was included at the south entrance off Bowen Bridge Road. His plant vocabulary included acalyphas , crotons , plumbago , belerperone and ginger - plants used in many of his Brisbane park designs. Since 1960 the Brisbane City Council park management has maintained
388-889: A major arterial road linking Brisbane City with the northern suburbs and the Bruce Highway , Bowen Park occupies a prominent position on the northern edge of Brisbane's commercial centre. The Park is bounded by Bowen Bridge Road, O'Connell Terrace and the Royal National Association (RNA) showgrounds with pedestrian access from Bowen Bridge Road between the Park and the RNA Bowen Bridge Road entry gate. A peaceful retreat in stark contrast to its surrounds and neighbours, it has undergone three distinct phases of development with evidence of each phase surviving. The park retains trees considered to be part of
485-541: A mature rubber tree ( Ficus elastica ). The depot is housed in the space beneath the RNA grandstand built to this boundary. The curved bed and the kidney shaped beds in the area are planted with hedges ( Acalypha sp.) and shrubs. Prominent trees include the English oak tree ( Quercus robur ), Phoenix palm ( Phoenix sp.) and English elm ( Ulmus sp. ). A pair of ornamental beds planted with colourful cannas ( Canna sp.) edges
582-638: A new school building in Ivory Street opening onto Hope Street at the rear. The new school opened in January 1889. In 1952 Brisbane City Council announced that it would be undertaking work in Ivory Street as part of a solution to eliminate traffic bottlenecks and St Patrick's School was one of the affected properties. In 1955 the school buildings were relocated to the church grounds in Morgan Street. The school closed on 19 November 1982. 1891 saw
679-534: A piece of land in Fortitude Valley and supporters of the Fortitude Valley site pointed out that it would allow stronger foundations compared to the swampy site proposed at Adelaide Street in the existing commercial district. However, a petition was raised in support of the Adelaide Street site and with the support of Charles Moffatt Jenkinson , the mayor of Brisbane in 1914, it was chosen over
776-435: A population of 9,708 people. Fortitude Valley has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The Chinatown Mall is a pedestrian street which occupies all of Duncan Street opened in 1987 as the first step to the revitalisation of Fortitudes Valley's entertainment district. The Mall runs parallel to Brunswick Street Mall, and connects Wickham Street and Ann Street. The 1990s saw the development of Fortitude Valley into
873-479: A public park for pleasure and recreation and as a nursery for their parks and reserves. Under the supervision of the Council's first Parks Superintendent, Henry Moore, substantial works and improvements were undertaken, including the erection of a bandstand rotunda, introduction of a water service, repair of the glass house and bush house, filling in of the lagoon and construction of new entrance gates. Landscaping work
970-461: A quatrefoil-shaped island within a lagoon with a bamboo grove backdrop. The dense, exuberant Victorian planting was massed in shrubberies and borders interspersed with winding paths creating a wild woodland cum exotic jungle ambience. In August 1872, an 84-foot (26 m) long black whale was found stranded on Woody Island in Hervey Bay . It was the largest whale ever seen in the area. Although
1067-491: A scientific specimen. Some of the whale bones were donated to the acclimatization society in January 1887. The jawbones were used to create a archway for the entrance to Bowen Park; it was 22 feet (6.7 m) high. The Queensland National Agricultural an Industrial Association was formed in 1875 and 17 acres (6.9 ha) of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society's land was leased to
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#17327972419511164-480: A series of clay holes and rough bush with a wretched bush track leading from the city across the Fortitude Valley . The area became an attractive and popular recreational venue from 1863 when the QAS established its gardens which extended from the creek to Bowen Bridge Road. The gardens were named Bowen Park, Acclimatisation Society Gardens in honour of the first Governor of Queensland and initial patron of
1261-508: A special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history. Bowen Park is important for its association with Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first governor of Queensland and first patron of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. Bowen Park is important for its association with William Soutter, overseer of the QAS gardens at Bowen Park from 1885 to 1898. Soutter influenced
1358-696: A taxi home are set up at various strategic points and enable easy access without the need to hail a cab. Fortitude Valley has five locations with these ranks on Friday and Saturday night. Funding for this free service is provided by the Brisbane City Council, the Queensland State Government and the Taxi Council of Queensland. These secure ranks are staffed by taxi supervisors and security guards to ensure commuters an orderly and safe environment whilst they wait for service. A 'Chaplain' service also operates where some people might be suffering
1455-753: A tenant of the QAS. These difficulties were resolved by the passage of the National Association and Acclimatisation Society Act of 1890 under which the Queensland Government resumed the land occupied by the National Association from the QAS and granted it to the Association. By 1906, the QAS was relocating its operations to Lawnton on the North Pine River and the Brisbane Municipal Council held
1552-655: A thriving live music scene and nightclub district. In 1991, the Brunswick Street pedestrian shopping mall was established. Thereafter, the Brisbane City Council led a concerted urban renewal campaign, encouraging high density residential development around the suburb. In 2012, around 50,000 people head to Fortitude Valley's clubs, pubs and restaurants each weekend night. Around 30 venues are licensed to trade until 3:00 am. In 1999, residents' complaints about neighbouring clubs' live music threatened
1649-650: A tulip motif. The rotunda provides a shady retreat for garden visitors and an elegant platform for band concerts or other performances. The structure was erected in 1914 to a design by Alfred Foster, architectural assistant to the City Engineer. It is similar to the rotunda in New Farm Park also designed by Foster and constructed in 1915. Bowen Park was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 26 February 1999 having satisfied
1746-493: Is a Catholic faith based private school in Fortitude Valley. It is said to be Queensland's oldest secondary school. There were no government secondary schools in Fortitude Valley (the nearest was Kelvin Grove State College ) until the start of 2020 when the new Fortitude Valley State Secondary College opened. Bigsound is an annual three-day music conference, industry showcase and festival taking place across
1843-854: Is a private secondary school (Years 7 to 12), run as a democratic community school with full input from parents, teachers and students. It opened in July 2021 and in 2024 catered to caters to 60 students in Years 7 to 10. There is one government High School in the Valley - Fortitude Valley State Secondary College. This school was opened in 2020 on the same grounds as the old Fortitude Valley State Primary School. The nearest government primary schools are Brisbane Central State School (in Spring Hill ) and New Farm State School (in New Farm ). All Hallows' School
1940-496: Is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane , the state capital of Queensland , Australia . In the 2021 census , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestrian malls at Brunswick Street Mall and Chinatown , and is one of the hubs of Brisbane's nightlife, renowned for its nightclubs, bars and adult entertainment. Fortitude Valley is built upon a low-lying marshy flat, immediately northeast of
2037-447: Is an integral element within an historic precinct situated around York's Hollow and along Bowen Bridge Road between Gregory Terrace and Breakfast Creek, which has been important in the evolution of Brisbane's and Queensland's history. This area includes the residential, ecclesiastic and educational structures along Gregory Terrace overlooking Victoria Park, Bowen Park, an early tram shelter shed adjacent to Bowen Park along Bowen Bridge Road,
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#17327972419512134-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bowen Park, Brisbane Bowen Park is a heritage-listed park of 17,740 square metres (191,000 sq ft) at O'Connell Terrace (corner of Bowen Bridge Road), Bowen Hills , City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. It was built from 1863 to 1950s. It was also known as the Acclimatisation Society Gardens. It
2231-409: Is edged by the early plantings of leopard ( Flindersia maculosa ), bauhinia ( Bauhinia hookeri ), flame ( Brachychiton acerifolius ) and fig ( Ficus microcarpa var. hillii ) trees with their associated underplanting that frame the north entrance off Bowen Bridge Road. The central sloping lawn is bisected by a path and planted randomly with a variety of palms. Many of the palms are plantings from
2328-472: Is home to a range of cafes, restaurants, boutique stores, luxury hotels, and James Street Palace Cinemas. The Calile Hotel is situated on James Street, and houses boutique stores and restaurants. Angelorum College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-9) school for boys and girls at 377 St Pauls Terrace ( 27°27′20″S 153°01′58″E / 27.4556°S 153.0327°E / -27.4556; 153.0327 ( Angelorum College ) ). In 2017,
2425-532: Is important because of its aesthetic significance. Bowen Park occupies a prominent gateway location to the inner-city. Its ornamental planting beds, stone walls and attractive entrance gates contribute a bold and colourful presence to the streetscape. Other elements contributing to the historical and aesthetic qualities of the place include a 1914 bandstand rotunda, 1915 toilet block [one of the earliest municipal toilet blocks surviving in Brisbane], stone stairs and
2522-444: Is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. Bowen Park is important for its various historical layers of design, demonstrating the development of garden design and the changes in focus and priorities of the garden activities. The Park is important for its design and aesthetic expression of the gardenesque, Edwardian and Modern park styles. The ornamental flower beds remaining from
2619-422: Is to manage the impacts of music noise on residents and businesses without compromising the viability of the entertainment industry in Fortitude Valley. That resulted in 2005 in Fortitude Valley becoming Australia's first "Special Entertainment Precinct", designed to protect both live music and new residents through planning restrictions. The Special Entertainment Precinct status exempts entertainment venues within
2716-423: Is within the surviving remnant. The QAS used the site to grow and propagate plants and seeds obtained from other parts of the colony and around the world. They built an office and boardroom, bush-house and glasshouse and established an orchard and formed gardens with ornamental plants. Their plantings were extensive and by 1871 the gardens were recognised as a place of public instruction and recreation. William Soutter
2813-530: The 2016 census , Fortitude Valley had a population of 6,978 people, 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. The median age of the Fortitude Valley population was 31 years, 7 years below the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 4.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population. 46.1% of people living in Fortitude Valley were born in Australia, compared to
2910-672: The Brisbane central business district . Originally inhabited by the Meanjin peoples of the Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Indigenous groups. Later on, Scottish immigrants from the ship Fortitude arrived in Brisbane in 1849 in hopes to take the land, enticed by Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang on the promise of free land grants. Denied land, the immigrants set up camp in York's Hollow waterholes in
3007-538: The Queensland Acclimatisation Society (QAS) in two parcels in 1863 and 1866, this site was then well out of town on the edge of development and had been worked as a brickfield. Part of this land lay along the watercourse of York's Hollow and the remainder was remnant bushland and brickworks. The site was not ideal for establishing a garden, the soil being of poor quality and rocky in parts, and required substantial reclamation work to form
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3104-775: The Sisters of Mercy in the Dean's Cottage beside the Catholic Cathedral (now Old St Stephen's Church ) in Adelaide Street in the Brisbane town centre. It was the first secondary school for girls in Queensland. Needing more space to accommodate a growing school they moved on 1 November 1863 to the house Adderton on Duncan's Hill in Fortitude Valley. In 1862 the Jireh Baptist Church opened in Fortitude Valley. A Primitive Methodist church opened at 483 Brunswick Street on Sunday 15 October 1876. A post office
3201-597: The State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014). [REDACTED] Media related to Bowen Park, Brisbane at Wikimedia Commons Fortitude Valley, Queensland Download coordinates as: Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents)
3298-494: The 1914–1917 period designed by Henry Moore and the 1950s work by Harry Oakman are substantially intact and demonstrate the decorative features popular in garden and park development of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The location, style and planting of garden beds associated with shrubberies and hedges demonstrate the decorative Edwardian style and the Modern subtropical planting style of garden design. The place
3395-498: The 1970s. Big Gay Day is a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender pride festival held over one day in and around the Wickham Hotel in Fortitude Valley. The celebration raises money for LGBTQIA+ groups such as GLWA and Open Doors. Previous entertainment has included various local and international DJ's, performers such as Marcia Hines , Melanie C and TV Rock as well as drag shows. The Commercial Swimming Club trains at
3492-540: The BCBG and English nurseryman, James Veitch, in 1880 claimed that the QAS Gardens contained the best collection of tropical trees outside the tropics. An early catalogue indicates an equal diversity of plants in the two gardens. At BCBG the design incorporated simple straight pathways, uninterrupted lines of single species of plants and elements of a gardenesque design approach which featured individual plants. In contrast,
3589-425: The Bowen Bridge Road boundary is a small single- storey loadbearing brick structure with a tiled roof with a timber battened soffit . It sits on a base of face brick finishing at a header course of dark bricks. The upper portion of the external walls is finished in a roughcast cement render. The entrance to the male section is to the north and to the female side is entered from the south. The tram/bus shelters are on
3686-419: The Bowen Bridge Road boundary were constructed. The path configuration was consolidated during this period of work with secondary paths to the Bowen Bridge Road edge added later under Oakman. From 1930 to 1950 further parcels of land were sold to the now Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association (RNA) and in 1940 the widening of Bowen Bridge Road reclaimed a further 13.3 perches (340 m ). There
3783-719: The Boys' and the Girls' campuses were amalgamated as the Fortitude Valley State School on the site of the former 1887 boys' school which was demolished in 1948/49. In 1951, the Infants' School merged with the Fortitude Valley State School. The school closed in December 2013 due to low student numbers, despite a prolonged campaign by parents and students to keep it open. The Queensland Government argued that there
3880-537: The Brisbane City Council 1948-63. Oakman was the first purpose-trained landscape architect to be employed by a government in Queensland. His contribution to the form and character of tropical landscape has influenced the design of most of the established public parks in Brisbane as well as Queen's Park, Townsville. His design work is typified in Bowen Park. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article incorporates text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by
3977-513: The Figs/Rockery central garden area the large fig trees ( Ficus benjamina ) form a massive canopy shading the pathway and tuff edged gardens planted with an understorey of subtropical foliage plants. These fig trees ( Ficus benjamina ) were in the park prior to the Council's substantial works in 1914 and 1915 and may have been planted for the QAS Gardens. A line of Chinese celtis ( Celtis sinensis ) and an overgrowth of trees and shrubs choke
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4074-599: The Fortitude Valley site. Jenkinson committed the council to that decision by selling the site in Fortitude Valley to the Catholic Church for the construction of the Holy Name Cathedral (a project that, although commenced, made little progress and was eventually abandoned). From the early 1900s through to the 1960s, the thriving shopping precinct was dominated by McWhirters , Beirne's and, later, Overells' department stores. The Overells Building
4171-531: The National Association as a venue for exhibitions. In 1876 this exhibition area was fenced off, the first exhibition building erected and the first Intercolonial Exhibition was staged. In 1881, 12 acres (4.9 ha) were resumed from the Society's holding to construct the railway line from Brisbane to Sandgate . From 1879 23 acres (9.3 ha) of land from the QAS holding was leased to the National Association for fifty years for use as an exhibition ground. As
4268-522: The National Association continued with its annual exhibition (now known informally as the Ekka ), the QAS diminished. The former continued to acquire land until the QAS held only 4 acres (1.6 ha). During its most vigorous period many prominent Queensland pastoralists, professional and business people were members of the QAS. As commercial plant nurseries grew and as a range of other public enterprises in horticulture and agriculture were established support for
4365-404: The QAS declined. The 1890s depression affected the maintenance of the QAS Gardens and many plants were sold or transferred to the BCBG. Relations between the National Association and the QAS were not harmonious and their dealings were hampered by distrust and jealousy. The National Association had become the more important organisation with a considerable annual turnover and reluctantly remained
4462-418: The QAS grounds. Two bauhinias ( Bauhinia sp.) survive from an earlier row of street trees on the footpath. The park edge is defined by low stone wall and hedges ( Acalypha sp. and Spiraea sp.). Clumped palms ( Chrysalidocarpus lutescens and Syagrus romanzoffiana ) mark two pedestrian entries onto pathways through the park. The northern lawns segment extends from the O'Connell Terrace edge across
4559-403: The QAS major plantings from the 1860s to the 1890s, evidence of the extensive design work and extensive planting undertaken in 1914 to 1917 by Henry Moore for the Brisbane Municipal Council and work undertaken during the third phase of development by Harry Oakman for the Brisbane City Council from 1950 to 1959. The Bowen Bridge Road edge has survived over the history of the landholding and formed
4656-457: The QAS, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, who was active in the establishment of the QAS. The QAS was formed in 1862 and was most active during its first thirty years introducing, testing, propagating and distributing new plant materials. From its gardens in Bowen Park, it played an important role in commercial agriculture in Queensland and introduced or trialed many crops including mango trees, ginger plants, sugar cane, olive trees and choko vines. There
4753-681: The RNA Grounds, the former Exhibition Building at the northeast corner of Gregory Terrace and Bowen Bridge Road, the Exhibition Railway, Victoria Park, Centenary Pool, the Electricity Sub-station at the northwest corner of Bowen Bridge Road and Gregory Terrace, Victoria Park Golf Course, the former Victoria Park Golf Clubhouse, Royal Brisbane Hospital, and the Herston Medical School. The place
4850-477: The RNA/Bowen Park Boundary. The Cook pine ( Araucaria columnaris ) and coral tree ( Erythrina hendersonii ) are possibly remnants from QAS plantings. The trees and shrubs on the RNA northern boundary form a screen and edge to the eastern spaces of the Park. A gravel vehicle path from O'Connell Terrace to the Brisbane City Council depot runs beside the curved edge boundary bed which contains
4947-537: The Valley Fiesta include Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, Katie Noonan , Tim Rogers , Butterfingers , Evermore and The Preatures on the Brunswick Street Mall stage and Nick Skitz and End Of Fashion at surrounding venues. The International Jazz Festival replaced the biennial Valley Jazz Festival in 2013. The festival is put on by Jazz Queensland. It is 5 five day festival generally held during
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#17327972419515044-477: The Valley Pool and has produced many Olympic and World Champions. In October 1991, artist Jack Karlson was arrested at a Fortitude Valley Chinese restaurant for unknown reasons, which was filmed by Chris Reason as part of a news report. Karlson proclaimed during his arrest that the arrest was Democracy Manifest . The video and Karlson became a popular internet meme in the years thereafter. There are
5141-645: The Valley as a hub of commerce from the late 1890s. In the late 19th century, commercial activities in Brisbane were divided along religious lines, with Protestant shopkeepers setting up along Queen and Adelaide Streets in the central business district, and shops operated by Roman Catholics in Stanley Street , South Brisbane . However, in the 1893 Brisbane flood (and again in 1897), major floods wiped out many shops in South Brisbane, and owners in that area decided to move and set up operations north of
5238-495: The addition of paths and drinking fountains, and the redesign of garden beds. His intention was to present colourful patterned displays on the lawns to passing traffic and tram passengers and to patients and staff in the Royal Brisbane Hospital (across Bowen Bridge Road). He retained most of the major trees planted during 1914-1917 and those remaining from the QAS period including fig trees ( Ficus benjamina ) in
5335-764: The area from the amplified noise requirements of the Liquor Act 1992 , and allows council to manage amplified music noise under the Amplified Music Venues Local Law 2006. But it also requires new residential and accommodation development construction to achieve a minimum noise reduction of 25 decibels in the 63 hertz frequency band. The Fortitude Valley Drink Safe Precinct was a two-year-long trial starting in December 2010. Trials also took place in Surfers Paradise and Townsville . After one year club owners responded positively to
5432-523: The boundary of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society's Gardens from 1863. The principal Park entries lie along this edge: to the south, marked by a mature hoop pine ( Araucaria cunninghamii ), a concrete and Brisbane tuff stairway descends through beds edged with tuff; the arched entry; the entry at the circular annuals bed; and to the north, the tree canopy path between tuff garden walls. This edge of Bowen Park also contains simple, medium height planting of hedges and borders, beds of annuals, strips of lawn,
5529-423: The centre, bunya ( Araucaria bidwilli ), hoop ( Araucaria cunninghamii ) and Cook ( Araucaria columnaris ) pines, phoenix palm (Phoenix sp), an English oak ( Quercus robus ), a rubber tree ( Ficus elastica ), frangipanis ( Plumeria obtusa ) and poincianas ( Delonix regia ). He replaced the circular flower beds on the southern sloping lawn with decorative shaped colourful beds. On the cleared northern terrace he planted
5626-544: The character of the QAS Gardens was that of a picturesque and exuberant tropical garden. The many decorative features in the QAS Gardens vied with the special plantings for attention. These decorative elements included a four-metre high coral-stone grotto-like ornamental fountain encrusted with shells, ferns and lichen, four pieces of neo-classical statuary (the four seasons), a gift from Joseph Oppenheimer urns and various planting pots, several giant clam shells; all complemented by complex carpet bedding displays on and around
5723-737: The closure of the Empire Hotel and the Press Club, two established venues. Musicians and their fans revolted through the "Save the Music" campaign and, 20,000 signatures later, petitioned Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government to address the emerging problem. The Brisbane City Council commenced the development of a Valley Music Harmony Plan in July 2002. The aim of the Valley Music Harmony Plan
5820-705: The closure of the tram network in 1969 sounded the death knell for Fortitude Valley, with a gradual decrease in customers. David Jones closed its Valley store in the 1970s and Myer closed its doors in the early 1990s. In 2010, the Music Industry College opened at 458 Wickham Street with 27 students. In 2014 the college relocated to its own premises at 38 Berwick Street. In 2017, the Angelorum College opened at 377 St Pauls Terrace as an independent Catholic school, established by families who had previously been home schooling their children. In
5917-455: The development of horticulture in Queensland through his experimental work for the QAS, his contributions to shows and international exhibitions and his publications. Bowen Park is important for its association with the professional landscape gardener and horticulturist, Henry Moore. His design work in Brisbane includes areas of New Farm Park and Newstead Park. Bowen Park is important for its association with Harry Oakman, Parks Superintendent for
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#17327972419516014-399: The early twentieth century. This portion of the park, formerly containing the glasshouse, cottage and associated nursery activities, served as a separate area to the primary display and recreation areas of the QAS Gardens and the Brisbane Municipal Council's 1914 redevelopment. The Figs (Ficus benjamina) and associated understorey planting may have served as a separation between the areas. In
6111-549: The effects of excess drugs or alcohol and need some care and attention in a safe place rather than on a bench or footpath. The combination of these services have reputedly assisted in reducing the incidents of fights, disputes and arrests especially between the hours of midnight and 5 am on weekends. On 24 August 2007, a 40 km/h (25 mph) speed limit was introduced to parts of Wickham Street, Ann Street, McLachlan Street and Warner Street. The speed limit applies between 10 pm and 6 am from Friday to Sunday night. The speed limit
6208-441: The first parks established by the Brisbane Municipal Council, Bowen Park demonstrates the importance the Council placed on the provision of recreational parks and gardens. The Park is important for its association with the Council nursery activities associated with the gardens and the contribution these activities made to the maintenance and improvement of Bowen Park and other parks and reserves under Council jurisdiction. Bowen Park
6305-450: The first week of June. Straight Out of Brisbane was formed in 2002 by a group of emerging artists who wanted to create new opportunities in Queensland's independent cultural sector. The festival is not-for-profit artist-run event that features workshops, performances, exhibitions, screenings, live music and public art. The festival has been held every year up until 2007. Fortitude Valley Football Club, also simply known as " Valleys ", were
6402-457: The focal points of this area. This area contains evidence of the three major phases of garden development for the Park. The bunya ( Araucaria bidwillii ), hoop ( Araucaria cunninghamii ) and Cook ( Araucaria columnaris ) pines remain from the time of the QAS Gardens. The semi-circle of poinciana ( Delonix regia ) was established during the 1914 Council refurbishment and sits around an ornamental circular flower bed redesigned by Harry Oakman in
6499-465: The following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. Bowen Park survives as part of the site of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society's (QAS) grounds and gardens from 1863 to 1914. Remnant planting from this time is important in demonstrating the operations of the QAS and its contribution to the development of commercial agriculture and civic and domestic landscapes in Queensland. As one of
6596-411: The footpath adjacent to the park and do not form part of the park but do impact on the integrity of the garden edge and views across and into the park. An early timber-framed tram shelter has been truncated to accommodate the widening of Bowen Bridge Road and recent steel framed bus shelters clutter along the park edge. O'Connell Terrace forms the northern edge of the park and was part of the boundary of
6693-490: The former Acclimatisation Gardens as a reserve for a public park under the Acclimatisation Act of 1907. By 1914 the QAS had removed its diminished operations to depots at Lawnton and Wellington Point . The Brisbane Municipal Council purchased the Society's remaining holding in Bowen Park and officially opened the gardens as a public recreational reserve on 11 June 1914. The Council regarded Bowen Park as both
6790-551: The gardens. The society named the Gardens after George Bowen , the Governor of Queensland and their patron. Over the years parts of the land were progressively leased, sold and resumed for other purposes, resulting in only 17,740 square metres (191,000 sq ft) remaining by 1955 in the north-western corner of the original site (on the corner of O'Connell Terrace and Bowen Bridge Road). The Bowen Park of 1862 consisted of
6887-517: The largest non-CBD shopping precinct in Australia through the 1950s and 1960s. Between 1923 and 1948 mixed gender opportunity classes for the intellectually impaired and handicapped were conducted at the boys' school. In 1951 the Fortitude Valley Opportunity School was approved and operated as a separate entity in its own right shortly afterwards. The school closed in 1961. The rise of suburban shopping centres and
6984-411: The late 1950s. The free standing, octagonal, timber-framed rotunda stands on face brick piers with brick infill panels. Eight hardwood posts support a bell shaped roof clad with fibre cement shingles. The timber lined ceiling of eight triangular panels falls towards the centre of the rotunda. A decorative timber valance with a harp motif fringes the roof and the rotunda has a timber balustrade containing
7081-457: The lower path into the Park. The Rotunda lawns and beds, in association with the fig tree/rockery backdrop, are the primary focus and identity of the Park. The lawns slope down from the Bowen Bridge Road edge to the shrubbery border along the RNA showgrounds. The main path curves through the lower half from the southern corner at Bowen Bridge Road to the eastern corner at O'Connell Terrace. The bandstand rotunda and colourful central flower beds are
7178-432: The national average of 66.7; the next most common countries of birth were India 4.4%, New Zealand 4.2%, England 3.2%, Brazil 2.4% and Colombia 2.2%. 65.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were Spanish 3.5%, Mandarin 2.7%, Portuguese 2.3%, Hindi 1.8% and Korean 1.8%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.8% and Catholic 18.0%. In the 2021 census , Fortitude Valley had
7275-408: The northern and southern ends of the park, and drinking fountains thought to date to the 1950s. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. Bowen Park is important as one of Brisbane's first public gardens and has been in continuous use as a cultural and recreational destination since 1863. The place has
7372-530: The numerous live venues in the suburb's entertainment precinct, usually in the first week of September. The event includes both performances by artists and bands, such as Stand Atlantic and Alex the Astronaut , and speeches by keynote industry specialists or experts. The Valley Fiesta is an annual three-day event featuring free live music, market stalls, food and drink from many local restaurants and cafés, and other entertainment. Artists that have performed at
7469-543: The oldest surviving rugby league team in Brisbane until their demise in 1995. In 2002, Valleys entered a partnership with another former Brisbane rugby league team, Brothers . Playing under the name Brothers-Valleys until changing their name to Brothers Diehards for the 2004 season. Valley's Juniors are still active members of the QRL South East Division having been based at Emerson Park in Grange since
7566-427: The original plan was to tow the whale carcass to Maryborough to extract the whale oil, it was decided that extract the oil from the whale at Woody Island and the ship Effie set forth from Maryborough with men and barrels for the job. The boiling-down of the whale yielded 1,500 imperial gallons (6,800 L; 1,800 US gal) of oil. The Queensland Government requested that the skeleton be preserved to be kept as
7663-464: The park structure and layout of paths and retained the trees. Many display beds for annuals have been removed. The large round bedding display in the north section has been removed and perennials planted in the central beds. The edge of the Park to Bowen Bridge Road has been altered with road widenings and the addition of a tram shelter (c.1920s) and bus shelters (c.1990s). The lower stone walls, Acalypha hedging and some flower displays remain. Located on
7760-576: The park to the impressive edge formed by the fig trees ( Ficus benjamina ) and associated exuberant planting and from Bowen Bridge Road to the eastern pedestrian entry. A set of Brisbane tuff stairs ascends from O'Connell Terrace at the north-west corner to a now open level lawn area which was the site of the Superintendent's cottage from 1914 to 1949. It was later established as a series of circular ornamental beds planted with annuals and surrounded by hedging under Oakman's management. The lawn area
7857-408: The river in an area free of flooding. The area they chose was Fortitude Valley. By that time Brisbane's horse-drawn tram system already centred on Fortitude Valley, making it the logical choice to establish a shopping precinct. Fortitude Valley was also strongly advocated as the location of a new town hall in what became known as "the battle of the sites". Brisbane Town Council already purchased
7954-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bowen Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bowen_Park&oldid=1219955756 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
8051-541: The school had an enrolment of 35 students with 4 teachers and 3 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). Music Industry College is a private secondary (11-12) school for boys and girls at 38-42 Berwick Street ( 27°27′32″S 153°02′13″E / 27.4588°S 153.0369°E / -27.4588; 153.0369 ( Music Industry College ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 80 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). Humanitas High School
8148-428: The secondary paths installed by Oakman and the toilet block. The adjacent footpath has a clutter of tram/bus shelters. The openness of this edge affords passersby a view across the park. A decorative iron arch containing the words BOWEN PARK springs from freestanding painted concrete piers to form the main entrance to the Park. A freestanding pier to the north and south form narrower entrance ways. The toilet block on
8245-503: The train line extended from the Brisbane central business district (the area around Queen Street ) into Fortitude Valley, and Thomas Beirne opened a business on Brunswick Street . His business thrived and, after extension, he travelled to England in 1896, leaving his manager of two years, James McWhirter , in charge. Soon after his return, McWhirter established a competing drapery business opposite Beirne's in 1898. Beirne and McWhirter became keen rivals and are credited with establishing
8342-649: The trial. Statistics released in May 2012 showed arrests, evictions and tickets for liquor infringements have declined. Transport for Brisbane operates buses to, from and through Fortitude Valley. Fortitude Valley railway station serves all suburban and interurban lines, including Airport line service to Brisbane Airport . The station has four platforms and is located in Zone 1 of the Translink integrated public transport system. Secure taxi ranks to enable patrons to catch
8439-603: The vicinity of today's Victoria Park , Herston , Queensland. A number of the immigrants moved on and settled the suburb, naming it after the ship on which they arrived. Fortitude Valley National School opened on 4 March 1861 in a hall attached to the Foresters' Arms Hotel near the corner of Ann and Brunswick Streets, diagonally opposite the Royal George Hotel. The first purpose-built school opened at 95 Brookes Street on 12 August 1867. In 1874 an additional building
8536-515: Was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 26 February 1999. Bowen Park is a 1.774 hectares (4.38 acres) remnant of a parcel of land of almost 40 acres (16 ha) bordered by O'Connell Terrace, Bowen Bridge Road, Gregory Terrace and Brooke Street. The park is important for its survival and continued use since 1863 as a park for public pleasure in inner-city Brisbane , an area under pressure to accommodate increased urban development and consolidation. The Queensland Government granted land to
8633-611: Was also some experimental work with specialty crops including cocaine. The Society played an important role in the development of civic and domestic landscapes in Queensland through its concern with ornamental and garden trees and shrubs. From Bowen Park, the Society provided plants to towns, churches and cemeteries. The society also organised educational meetings on botanical subjects. Whereas the Acclimatisation Societies in New South Wales and Victoria placed
8730-657: Was another school only 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) away that could accommodate the students. However, it was reopened in January 2020 as Fortitude Valley State Secondary College in response to a growing population in the area. It was Brisbane's first new inner city school in more than 50 years, built vertically to fit in with the increased population density of the suburb. A Primitive Methodist church opened in October 1861 in Windmill Street (now McLachlan Street). All Hallows' School opened on 1 November 1861 by
8827-464: Was completed in 1907. They were ultimately bought out by the Myer , David Jones and Waltons chains respectively with Overells being bought by Walton in 1956. Woolworths and Coles supermarkets and a host of smaller shops also flourished in the precinct during this period. Owing to its proximity to the central business district and the close concentration of public transport in the area, the Valley became
8924-450: Was considerable opposition to attempts by the RNA to claim more land from Bowen Park during the 1950s but 8.9 perches (230 m ) was reclaimed for the wood chopping stadium in 1955. Between 1950 and 1959 Harry Oakman, Parks Superintendent for Brisbane City Council, oversaw changes to the park, During 1950 to 1959, Harry Oakman, Parks Superintendent for Brisbane City Council , prepared a plan for additional works in Bowen Park, including
9021-439: Was erected at 99 Brookes Street and the school was split into two separate departments - Fortitude Valley Boys' State School, and Fortitude Valley Girls' and Infants' State School. The year 1887 witnessed the opening of a further new school building for boys at 85 Brookes Street and in 1888 the Girls' and Infants' School was split again to create Fortitude Valley Girls' State School, and Fortitude Valley Infants' State School. In 1950
9118-558: Was established in 1887. St Patrick's Catholic Church was built in Wickham Street by Father James Hanly, uphill from the Prince Consort Hotel . St Patrick's Convent School was established later at the Wickham Street site. Both were wooden structures. In 1882, the congregation moved to a new (and still current) St Patrick's Church in Morgan Street. On 5 December 1887, Cardinal Moran laid the foundation stone for
9215-418: Was introduced following safety audits of the Fortitude Valley identifying pedestrian-vehicle conflict as a major issue. Fortitude Valley's James Street is a retail and lifestyle precinct, beaming with lush tropical tree coverage and vines. While redeveloped and repurposed, Fortitude Valley's James Street precinct pays homage to its industrial past, while also celebrating contemporary Brisbane. The neighbourhood
9312-645: Was overseer at Bowen Park from 1885 it 1898. Known for his scientific experimentation, horticultural skill and design sense, he was instrumental in Bowen Park achieving a reputation as both an experimental and a recreational/display garden. The other major botanical garden in Brisbane was the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens (BCBG) established in 1855. Both gardens shared common botanical interests but differed considerably in arrangement and visual character. Both were places for public use and enjoyment. The QAS Gardens were considered to eclipse
9409-476: Was undertaken including the establishment of eighteen flower beds, five of which formed a rondel around a palm tree on the southern sloping. A number of rose beds were planted out and four statues that had been part of the Acclimatisation Society gardens' fountain were relocated in open lawns. A cottage was erected on O'Connell Terrace for the Council's chauffeur and in 1915 the public toilets on
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