31-515: Download coordinates as: Eagle Farm is an eastern industrial suburb of the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Eagle Farm had a population of 11 people. The neighbourhood of Whinstanes is located in Eagle Farm ( 27°26′00″S 153°05′00″E / 27.4333°S 153.0833°E / -27.4333; 153.0833 ( Whinstanes ) ). Eagle Farm
62-510: A $ 40 million Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Centre (RAMC) began in October 2023. Industrial suburb An industrial suburb is a community, near a large city, with an industrial economy . These communities may be established as tax havens or as places where zoning promotes industry, or they may be industrial towns that become suburbs by urban sprawl of the nearby big city. This article about geography terminology
93-483: A full parallel taxiway; runway edge lighting was provided on all runways, T-VASIS lighting was provided on runways 04 and 22, and high intensity Calvert white precision approach lighting was provided on runway 22. Navigation aids were a VOR / DME beacon, a NDB , and an instrument landing system Category I on runway 22. 2,421,109 passengers used the airport in 1977. The TAA and Ansett domestic terminals at Eagle Farm Airport were reached from Lamington Avenue, near
124-714: A prison for twice convicted female felons until transportation ended in 1839. Conditions for the females at the prison were documented by the Quaker missionary James Backhouse in 1836. In the 1850s, Aboriginal people set up camps in the Breakfast Creek Eagle Farm area, including groups of the Bribie Island , Ningy-Ningy ( Toorbul Point to Redcliffe ) and Wide Bay Aboriginal peoples, who were losing their traditional territory further north. Eagle Farm State School opened on 1 August 1864. In 1908,
155-418: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eagle Farm Airport Eagle Farm Airport ( IATA : BNE , ICAO : YBBN ) was a small airport located 6 km (3.7 mi) northeast of Brisbane in the suburb of Eagle Farm, Queensland , Australia. An area located near Eagle Farm Racecourse was initially used as a landing field in 1922 and Eagle Farm Aerodrome was officially opened in 1925. It
186-501: Is an industrial estate with Western Avenue passing through it with no sign of Birdwood and Monash Streets. The Eagle Farm Airport served as Brisbane's main airport until the opening of the present Brisbane Airport in 1988. During WWII U.S. Navy Seabees of the 55th CB built Camp Seabee adjacent to Australian CCC Camp by the Airport as a staging centre for Construction Battalions assigned to MacArthur 's 7th Amphibious force . It
217-766: Is located in neighbouring Ascot. Eagle Farm first appeared as a name in 1839, identifying a cultivation area in the Moreton Bay penal settlement . In 1829, Captain Patrick Logan chose this well-watered, fertile site between the Brisbane River and Serpentine Creek to farm mostly maize, pigs and cattle. The origin of the name apparently arose from eagles being observed around the farm. By 1834, women prisoners were working as field labour at Eagle Farm. By 1836, forty female prisoners were housed there, washing and mending clothes, growing vegetables. The site remained
248-454: Is situated 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) north-east of the Brisbane central business district . It is bounded to the south by the median of the Brisbane River . Eagle Farm is within the industrial-development zone known as Australia TradeCoast . Kingsford Smith Drive passes through the suburb from west ( Hamilton ) to east ( Pinkenba ). The Gateway Motorway passes through the suburb from
279-603: The Holden Breakfast Creek facility. Many of the workers in the Holden facility were women. = The nearest government primary school is in neighbouring Hamilton . = The nearest government secondary school is Aviation State High School in neighbouring Hendra . = Gateway College opened in 1966. It is now known as TAFE Queensland SkillsTech , featuring trade courses such as electrical, plumbing, glass and glazing, renewable energy and electronics. Construction of
310-652: The Lady Southern Cross attempting the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States of America . The aerodrome was compulsorily acquired and taken over by the Royal Australian Air Force on 8 March 1940. US forces built all the facilities at Eagle farm and built the drainage canals to deal with the swampy areas. It was not returned to Australian ownership until 31 January 1947, exactly sixteen years after
341-454: The ABCD and Ordnance depot. In the 2011 census , Eagle Farm had "no people or a very low population" . In the 2016 census , Eagle Farm had "no people or a very low population". In the 2021 census , Eagle Farm had a population of 11 people. Eagle Farm has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The Allison Engine Testing Stands site is part of Brisbane's TradeCoast Central at
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#1732779631126372-765: The GMH Allison Overhaul Assembly Plant at Albion, Queensland . The Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit (ATAIU) of the Allied Air Forces utilised Hangar No. 7 at Eagle Farm to test and to train in captured Imperial Japanese aircraft. At the time of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of the Pacific War on 7 December 1941, Allied forces had virtually no knowledge of Japanese aircraft or their performance capabilities. To sort out this dilemma became
403-757: The Japanese types. Captain Frank T. McCoy Jr. and Technical Sergeant Francis 'Fran' Williams headed up a 'Materiel Section' to evaluate captured Japanese equipment. Williams suggested a series of simple code names. Japanese fighter aircraft were given male names, bombers were given female names and transport aircraft were given names starting with the letter T. The coding system became known as MacArthur Southwest Pacific Code Name System. McCoy's group became responsible for producing code names and associated silhouettes for aircraft identification. McCoy, Williams and others initially used their own names for aircraft, then went to relatives and friends for more names. The bomber Louise
434-561: The Southern Cross upon its landing. Australian National Airways (ANA) began an aerial service from Eagle Farm to Sydney , New South Wales , in 1930. Eagle Farm was closed 31 January 1931 after civil operations were relocated to Archerfield Airport . A number of hangars were relocated to Archerfield, and the QANTAS one still stands. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Gordon Taylor took off from Eagle Farm airport on 20 October 1934 in
465-665: The Zero was painted in Japanese colours and flown around Brisbane with an escort. By 10 August 1943, ATAIU had flown the Zero six times. Mock dogfights between the Zero and a Mk V Spitfire were carried out at Eagle Farm on 14, 17 and 18 August 1943. The Zero proved better than the Spitfire below 20,000 feet. Japanese planes were lighter, the Zeke 32 and the Oscar using a single piece wing rather than two wings attached at heavy wing root plates and
496-496: The city to lure prospective carriers and business opportunities. As a result, the Federal Government announced the construction of a new airport to be built north of Eagle Farm. The Federal Government completed the first compulsory acquisition of nearby houses in 1969, and the process continued for another twelve years. The new airport was built by Leighton Contractors , and Brisbane Airport opened in 1988. Much of
527-721: The civilian closure, and was reopened for civil flights on 10 March 1947. Eagle Farm was extended and reopened in January 1942, during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), due to the proximity to the Brisbane River. The aerodrome was used as a reassembly and test airfield for aircraft shipped from the United States. A testing area was built at Eagle Farm to test Allison engines that had been assembled or overhauled at
558-637: The following stations are now abandoned. On 24 April 1920, auctioneer Thorpe and Sharp offered 87 "park like" suburban allotments in the Whinstanes Junction Estate to the north-east of the Whinstanes railway station (no longer extant). The estate was bounded by Lamington Avenue to the south and the Doomben Racecourse to the north with allotments facing two streets Birdwood Street and Monash Streets. As at 2019, this area
589-574: The fuselages had holes drilled in the ribs to lighten them. Three Nakajima Ki.43 Oscars were used to rebuild a single flyable Oscar, the Japanese work horse of the air. Its tail number XJ002 signified it was the second aircraft rebuilt at Hangar 7, while XJ denoted the status – Experimental Japanese. After World War II, Ansett ANA and Trans Australia Airlines moved their operations to Eagle Farm on 10 March 1947. Archerfield saw its last airliner operation on 29 May 1949. Both airlines used old USAAF igloos as terminals, and an international flights igloo
620-666: The north of Kingsford Smith Drive. There are no railway stations within the suburb any more. The Royal Queensland Golf Club is located at 431 Curtin West Avenue and extends south to the river. Apart from the golf course, the suburb is industrial. Despite the name, the Eagle Farm Racecourse , home of the Queensland Turf Club (QTC) and the main racecourse for thoroughbred gallopers in Brisbane,
651-500: The old Brisbane airport site in the suburb of Eagle Farm, where new and rebuilt World War II Allison V-12 in-line liquid cooled aero engines were tested in the open air prior to fitting into reassembled aircraft, notably the P38-Lightning , Curtis Kittyhawk and Bell Airacobra . The masonry sections of the remains, being buildings and dividers between the engine testing bays, are largely intact. The engines were refurbished at
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#1732779631126682-658: The old Eagle Farm Airport disappeared under the Gateway Motorway. Eagle Farm originally had three grass runways 04/22 5,985 feet (1,824 m), 07/25 6,985 feet (2,129 m) and 12/30 5,015 feet (1,529 m) which upgraded to concrete during World War 2. When reconstructed in 1947, runway 07/25 was decommissioned, 12/30 was renumbered to 13/31 and the two remaining runways were upgraded to asphalt, 04/22 extended to 2,365 m × 60 m (7,759 ft × 197 ft) and 13/31 to 1,539 m × 30 m (5,049 ft × 98 ft). The main runway had
713-664: The responsibility of the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit (ATAIU) under the command of General MacArthur. The unit gathered crashed and captured Japanese planes, superior to anything in the Allied air forces, and rebuilt them to fly over Brisbane so engineers could develop new aircraft to match them. The Eagle Farm unit eventually rebuilt at least 30 aircraft. Japanese flight instruments were replaced by US instruments, engine instruments were retained and US radio equipment and oxygen system replaced
744-769: The school was renamed Hendra State School. In October 1895, the Queensland Government approved the extension of the Racecourse railway which terminated at Racecourse railway station (now Ascot railway station ) through Eagle Farm to Pinkenba to provide access to the Pinkenba Wharf on the Brisbane River . This created a number of new railway stations: Doomben , Whinstanes , Baraini (later renamed Airport to service Eagle Farm Airport , then later renamed Eagle Farm ), Bunour , Meeandah and Pinkenba . The line opened to Meeandah on 31 March 1897, but
775-424: The section to Pinkenba was below the high tide level and had to be reclaimed using sand dredged to construct a railway wharf on the river. The line opened to Pinkenba on 1 September 1897. In 1976, a new Whinstanes-Doomben railway station was created between the original two stations to replace them, and was renamed simply Doomben railway station in the 1990s. From 27 January 1998, the line terminated at this station and
806-478: The south ( Murarrie ) crossing the Brisbane River via the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges and then exits to the north ( Brisbane Airport ). The Southern Cross Way splits from the Gateway Motorway and also heads north-west, becoming the north-western boundary of Eagle Farm with Hamilton. The Doomben/Pinkenba railway line passes through the suburbs from west ( Ascot /Hamilton) to east (Pinkenba) to
837-507: Was located between the two. In September 1971, the TAA igloo burnt down (suspected by many as deliberate) and TAA then operated from the international igloo until a new domestic terminal opened in 1975. By the 1960s, it was clear that the facilities at Eagle Farm were inadequate for a city of Brisbane's size and anticipated growth. Many long-haul international services to Asia were required to make an en route stop (e.g., at Darwin ), disadvantaging
868-603: Was named after Frank McCoy's wife and June was named after his daughter. Flight Sergeant George Rimmington RAAF, was the ATAIU's technical illustrator. He produced silhouette drawings for aircraft recognition. His name George was used to identify the Kawanishi N1K-J Navy interceptor fighter. On 9 October 1942, Lieutenant Clyde Gessel was assigned as the Enemy Equipment Engineer. In early 1943, he
899-680: Was notified Australian Infantry soldiers had encountered what appeared to be a new type of Japanese aircraft at Buna airfield in New Guinea. Gessel flew to Port Moresby to recover the aircraft and by 24 February 1943 the remains of five wrecked aircraft were used to build a single flyable 'Zeke 32', a variation of the Japanese Zero. Captain William Farrior was the first to fly the rebuilt Zeke 32 at Eagle Farm, for 30 minutes, on 20 July 1943. To help produce identification photographs
930-575: Was the smallest of the military installations at Eagle farm. They also built an adjoining Advance Base Construction Depot (ABCD) and the USN Ordnance depot at Mt. Coot-Tha. CBs that were there were the 19th, 55th, 60th, 77th, 84th, 91st, 104th and the CBMU 564. The base operated from March 1943 until mid October 1945. The Royal navy moved into Camp Seabee and the Australian Army took over
961-720: Was used for scheduled flights between Brisbane and Queensland regional centres by the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (Qantas) , which operated from Eagle Farm in 1926 and formed the Brisbane Flying Training School there in 1927. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith , Charles Ulm , Harry Lyon (navigator) and James Warner (radio operator) landed the Southern Cross at Eagle Farm on 9 June 1928 after its trans-Pacific flight from Oakland, California . About 16,000 people greeted