62-523: Download coordinates as: Indooroopilly ( / ɪ n d r ə p ɪ l i / ) is a riverside suburb 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) south-west of the Brisbane CBD , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Indooroopilly had a population of 13,622 people. Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane River . Indooroopilly is connected to Chelmer on
124-664: A weekend Japanese school , holds its classes at Indooroopilly State High School. The school offices are in Taringa . There is a café and restaurant precinct along Station Road between the shopping centre and railway station as well as to the east of the railway station. There are two cinema complexes in Indooroopilly, the Eldorado cinemas on Coonan Street and Event Cinema Megaplex inside Indooroopilly Shopping Centre. This cinema complex once had 8 cinemas, now it boasts 16. It
186-671: A 24-hour period. The water surge was recorded on the Port Office gauge (now the City gauge) as being 8.35 metres (27 feet, 5 inches) above the low tide level. The February 1893 floods were the second and third highest water levels ever recorded at the City gauge, the highest being the January 1841 flood at 8.43 metres (27 feet, 8 inches). The 1893 floods were preceded by two notable yet less severe floods in 1887 and 1890. Both were caused by high levels of summer rainfall; however
248-500: A major refurbishment in 2011. In 1995, the boarding school at St Joseph's Nudgee Junior College was closed and the boarders transferred to the main school at Nudgee. The school had approximately 300-day students in that year. In 2014, St Joseph's Nudgee Junior College closed as the Queensland Government decision to move Year 7 from primary school to secondary school would have left the school struggling to survive with
310-408: A mix of detached houses and medium density apartments. There has been a trend towards increasing small lot and townhouse development in the suburb in recent years. Nevertheless, many post-war homes and iconic Queenslanders have also been restored. Brisbane City Council regulations to preserve the 'pre-war' look of Brisbane discourage destruction of many of Brisbane's Queenslanders and buildings. It
372-622: A photo album (a very expensive item at the time) of the floods, which survives today. The flooding was responsible for around 35 deaths. The floods also forced the hospitalisation of 190 residents. Seven of the victims were workers at John Wright's Eclipse colliery in north Ipswich which was flooded on Saturday 4 February by the Bremer River , a tributary of the Brisbane River. The seven miners killed included Thomas Wright (Mine Manager) and George Wright who were both sons of
434-738: A public library in the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre (Station Road end). Indooroopilly Uniting Church is at 74 Station Road ( 27°30′06″S 152°58′19″E / 27.5018°S 152.9719°E / -27.5018; 152.9719 ( Indooroopilly Uniting Church ) ). It is part of the Bremer Brisbane Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia . Moggill Road is the main thoroughfare, connecting Indooroopilly to Toowong and
496-514: Is a private primary and secondary (Prep–12) school for boys and girls at 66 Harts Road ( 27°30′21″S 152°58′58″E / 27.5059°S 152.9828°E / -27.5059; 152.9828 ( St Peters Lutheran College ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,992 students with 188 teachers (175 full-time equivalent) and 144 non-teaching staff (118 full-time equivalent). The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Queensland Japanese School of Brisbane (ブリスベン校 Burisuben Kō ),
558-512: Is designated as a regional activity centre. Indooroopilly has significant commercial, office and retail sectors and is home to Indooroopilly Shopping Centre , the largest shopping centre in Brisbane's western suburbs. The suburb is popular with professionals and a large number of university students from the nearby University of Queensland campus in St Lucia . The housing stock consists of
620-605: Is one of the Brisbane City Council's proposed Major Centres. The name Indooroopilly has been the subject of debate, but is most likely a corruption of either the local Aboriginal word nyindurupilli , meaning 'gully of the leeches' or yindurupilly meaning 'gully of running water'. The traditional owners of the Indooroopilly area are the Aboriginal Jagera and Turrbal groups. Both groups had related languages and are classified as belonging to
682-816: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. 1893 Brisbane flood The 1893 Brisbane flood , occasionally referred to as the Great Flood of 1893 or the Black February flood , occurred in 1893 in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions in February 1893. It
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#1732771849350744-596: Is the major cinema complex in the Western Suburbs. Indooroopilly youth organisations include the Indooroopilly Scout Group including Rovers and Indooroopilly Girl Guide District. Indooroopilly is also home to one of Brisbane's oldest Soccer Football Clubs, Taringa Rovers . The Indooroopilly Golf Club is a 36-hole championship course offering members and guests a variety of competition and social golf. The Brisbane City Council operate
806-458: The 2011 census , Indooroopilly had a population of 11,670 people; 50.9% female and 49.1% male. The median age of the Indooroopilly population was 29 years of age, 8 years below the Australian median. The most notable difference is the group in their twenties; in Indooroopilly this group makes up 28.5% of the population, compared to 13.8% nationally. Children aged under 15 years made up 13.9% of
868-512: The 2016 census , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people. In the 2021 census , Indooroopilly had a population of 13,622 people. Indooroopilly has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Indooroopilly State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at the corner Moggill Road and Russell Terrace ( 27°30′01″S 152°57′55″E / 27.5003°S 152.9654°E / -27.5003; 152.9654 ( Indooroopilly State School ) ). In 2017,
930-695: The Albert rail bridge across the Brisbane River to open the Ipswich rail line the following year spurred the urban development of Indooroopilly around the Indooroopilly railway station . On 3 June 1878, auctioneer John Cameron offered 54 suburban allotments in the Henderson Estate which was bounded by Lambert Road to the north, Clarence Road to the west and the Brisbane River to the south. The lots were mostly 32 perches (810 m) except for
992-549: The Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre). The Indooroopilly Presbyterian Church opened in 1922. The church was built by Mr W. McMullan, a retired fruit grower. The church was on the northern side of Station Road between Musgrave Road and the southern end of Stamford Street ( 27°30′05″S 152°58′21″E / 27.5014°S 152.9726°E / -27.5014; 152.9726 ( Presbyterian Church (former) ) ). It
1054-580: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
1116-513: The Stanley River (the normal water supply capacity is 380,000 megalitres, but the dam can hold another 524,000 megalitres of extra flood capacity). The site was first suggested for the location of a dam by Henry Somerset, after the 1893 floods, and he championed its construction when he was elected to parliament in 1904, where he served for 16 years as the Member for Stanley . Construction of
1178-469: The 1890 flood. In early February, after the heavy rains caused by Tropical Cyclone Buninyong, the weather had finally broken, and to his surprise, Somerset saw from his porch a great wall of water come down the Stanley River. This was especially concerning to Somerset, as the heavy rains caused by a tropical cyclone Buninyong (informally named after the ship that first sighted it) had already caused
1240-543: The Brisbane CBD, Ipswich , Richlands and Caboolture . Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
1302-601: The Brisbane River to the Christian Brothers to establish a junior preparatory school for St Joseph's College at Nudgee to relieve the pressure on the boarding school at Nudgee. St Joseph's Nudgee Junior College opened and blessed by Duhig on 10 July 1938. The first principal was Brother J.M. Wynne. In the first year of operation there 46 boarders and 6-day pupils. Indooroopilly was the location for Australia's principal interrogation centre during World War II . The three interrogation cells at Witton Barracks are
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#17327718493501364-466: The Bureau of Industry. Floods occur naturally, but now they had become a serious threat to people in this area. The clearing and developing of the land close to the water's edge essentially caused an increase in height and velocity of the rising water, and of the resulting damage. European thinking was the basis for the belief that engineering a dam could tame a river system. By 1959, it was believed that
1426-483: The Stanley River to exceed the 1890 flood level. Somerset, realizing that people downriver where in great danger sent one of his workers, Henry (Harry) Winwood to Esk to send a telegraph to warn them. The telegraph sent warned the Brisbane General Post Office that Brisbane, Ipswich , Goodna , Lowood and other areas were in danger. The inhabitants of Brisbane were not worried however due to
1488-577: The Waverley Estate, which was bounded by Stanley Street to the west, Waverley Road to the north and Adelaide Street (now Woolley Street) and Nelson Street to the east. The Indooroopilly Silver Mine was established on Finney's Hill in 1919 and extraction continued until 1929 when the mine became unprofitable. In 1951 it was acquired by the University of Queensland as an experimental mine and teaching facility for engineering students (now part of
1550-463: The Yaggera language group. The area was first settled by Europeans in the 1860s and agriculture and dairying were common in the early years. The parish was named in the late 1850s, and the first house was built in 1861 by Mr H C Rawnsley. Toowong Mixed State School opened in 1870. In 1879 it was renamed Indooroopilly State School. In 1888 it was renamed Indooroopilly Pocket State School. In 1905 it
1612-484: The area where the Stanley River and the Upper Brisbane River meet. He built a homestead called " Caboonbah " on the cliffs above the river, where he lived with his wife, Katherine Rose Somerset (1855–1935). Caboonbah meant "big rock" in the local indigenous language, and it was built 60 feet (18 metres) higher than the rock cliff (Weldon's Knob) which was the location of the previous highest flood mark, from
1674-652: The church-school building on 19 February 1928. The Sisters opened Brigidine College in Warranoke in 1929. The Indooroopilly Toll Bridge (now the Walter Taylor Bridge) was opened on 14 February 1936 by the Governor of Queensland , Sir Leslie Wilson , at a cost of £85,000. In 1936, Roman Catholic Archbishop James Duhig granted 25 acres (10 ha) of river front land on the Chelmer Reach of
1736-554: The city via Coronation Drive (inbound), and Chapel Hill and Kenmore (outbound). The Western Freeway also serves the suburb. Indooroopilly is well connected by public transport . There is a bus interchange adjoining the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre , where Transport for Brisbane operates services to the CBD, university and other western suburbs. Indooroopilly railway station provides frequent services to
1798-607: The dam was not started until 1933, and it was finally finished in 1953. It was seen as a major job creation project when it commenced in the Great Depression , but was delayed by World War II when its workers were redeployed. The same day that the notice of Billy Mateer's death appeared in the newspaper, there was also a major announcement that the Queensland Government had approved the construction of Somerset Dam. The site had been identified in 1933, by
1860-468: The fine weather, as the days of heavy rain having ended, all threat of floods seemed to have disappeared. The Brisbane General Post Office only posted the warning on a single noticeboard, and it went almost completely unheeded. On 17 February, another cyclone crossed the Queensland coast near Bundaberg to drench the already saturated Brisbane River catchment. Somerset observed that the Brisbane River
1922-470: The first flood. When the third cyclone came on 19 February, it was almost as devastating as the first, and it left up to one third of Brisbane's residents homeless. This time however the flood in the Brisbane River was largely from waters from the upper reaches of Brisbane River, rather than the Stanley River . The 1893 floods caused 35 deaths. For the first flood, Crohamhurst recorded an all-time Australian record of 907 millimetres (35.7 in) of rain in
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1984-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
2046-407: The first superintendent, Ensign Rogan. The school could provide accommodation for 50 boys supervised by nine staff. In 1942, due to fears of a Japanese invasion during World War II , the school evacuated to Washpool . In 1945 the school returned to the Indooroopilly site where it operated as a boys' home rather than as an industrial school. In 1968 was renamed Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys, but
2108-557: The floods) he resigned in order to join the Supreme Court of Queensland . Thomas McIlwraith then became Premier of Queensland. In 1901 the Commonwealth of Australia was formed, at which time Queensland became a State. Brisbane in 1891 had a population of 84,000 people. The area was under the jurisdiction of several local governments (the present City of Brisbane being formed by their amalgamation in 1925). John McMaster
2170-523: The foundation stone of the Church of the Holy Family. On Sunday 4 July 1926 Monsignor Byrne opened and dedicated the new building to be used as both a church and a school. The church of the Holy Family is a wooden structure of 60 by 25 feet (18.3 by 7.6 m) with two 10 feet (3.0 m) verandahs. The architects were Messrs Hall and Prentice , and the contractor Mr R Robinson. The cost of the building
2232-450: The mine, arranged for seven men to go into the main tunnel and three men to go into the minor tunnel. Without warning, the roof collapsed over part of the main tunnel with air forced out of the mine in a great rush hurling wagons out of the way and trapping all seven men who entered the main tunnel. The men signaled the engine driver on the surface to pull them out but the collapse was major enough to prevent rescue. In minutes water had flooded
2294-550: The only cells remaining in the country. St Peter's Lutheran College opened on 25 February 1945 in the 1897 villa Ross Roy . Its primary school St Peter's Lutheran Junior College opened on the same day but ceased to operate independently on 31 December 2001. Indooroopilly State High School opened on 2 February 1954. The first stage of Indooroopilly Shoppingtown opened in 1970. The Indooroopilly Library opened in 1981 in Indooroopilly Shoppingtown and had
2356-441: The owner. The other five miners were Andrew Smart, Patrick McQuade, John McQuade (son of Patrick), Charles Walker, and Mathew Cuthbertson. The lease over the mine was nearly expired so the mine was not in operation, but the men were removing rails and other mine equipment for use elsewhere. The colliery had two tunnels, and the flood waters had already reached the works. Thomas Wright, despite his father's advice against going down into
2418-608: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
2480-617: The population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population. 60% of people living in Indooroopilly were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%. The other top responses for country of birth were China 3.7%, England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.5%, India 2.1%, Malaysia 1.8%. 70.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 6.3% Mandarin, 2.2% Cantonese, 1.7% Arabic, 1.2% Korean, 0.9% Spanish. The most common responses for religion in Indooroopilly were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Buddhism 3.1%. In
2542-652: The rainfall around this period (with the exception of the two summers) was described as "very low". Brisbane was established in 1825 as a convict settlement as part of the British colony of New South Wales , and by 1842 opened to free settlement. Queensland became a self-governing colony in 1859. Samuel Griffith was the Premier of Queensland during the Black February period, although in March 1893 (shortly after
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2604-489: The riverside lots which were larger. The sale was not completely successful as a further auction of the same estate was held on 6 December 1879 and again on 27 July 1880. Indooroopilly State School opened on 7 July 1889 (this is the school still in Indooroopilly today). The 1893 Brisbane flood destroyed the original Albert Bridge, and its replacement was opened in 1895. On 7 August 1909, auctioneer G.H. Blocksidge offered 60 suburban allotments, all 16 perches (400 m), in
2666-449: The school had an enrolment of 1,834 students with 153 teachers (141 full-time equivalent) and 65 non-teaching staff (44 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education unit. Holy Family Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Ward Street ( 27°30′00″S 152°58′48″E / 27.4999°S 152.9800°E / -27.4999; 152.9800 ( Holy Family Primary School ) ). In 2017,
2728-404: The school had an enrolment of 250 students with 23 teachers (15 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent). Ambrose Treacy College is a Catholic primary and secondary (4–10) school for boys at Twigg Street ( 27°30′27″S 152°58′01″E / 27.5075°S 152.9669°E / -27.5075; 152.9669 ( Ambrose Treacy College ) ). In 2017,
2790-555: The school had an enrolment of 851 students with 66 teachers (60 full-time equivalent) and 82 non-teaching staff (57 full-time equivalent). Brigidine College is a Catholic secondary (7–12) school for girls at 53 Ward Street ( 27°30′02″S 152°58′49″E / 27.5005°S 152.9804°E / -27.5005; 152.9804 ( Brigidine College ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 807 students with 66 teachers (64 full-time equivalent) and 47 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent). St Peters Lutheran College
2852-462: The school had an enrolment of 989 students with 66 teachers (60 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Indooroopilly State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at Ward Street ( 27°30′02″S 152°59′02″E / 27.5005°S 152.9840°E / -27.5005; 152.9840 ( Indooroopilly State High School ) ). In 2017,
2914-527: The smaller number of students, so the decision was taken to close the primary school feeding into the Nudgee secondary school and replace it with a new Catholic primary and secondary school. In 2015 a new Catholic school Ambrose Treacy College (named in honour of Ambrose Treacy ) opened on the site, operating in the Edmund Rice tradition, with many students transferring from the old to the new school. In
2976-412: The southern bank of the river by four bridges, consisting (from east to west) of a pedestrian/cycling bridge ( Jack Pesch Bridge ), two rail bridges ( Albert Bridge and Indooroopilly Railway Bridge ), and one road bridge ( Walter Taylor Bridge , 27°30′21″S 152°58′25″E / 27.5058°S 152.9736°E / -27.5058; 152.9736 ( Walter Taylor Bridge ) ). The suburb
3038-530: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
3100-408: The works and those not killed in the collapse would have drowned. The Indigenous people used to build their camps on higher ground along the rivers, aware of the dangers of floods. They had warned the free settlers of the potential threat of floods, but their advice was ignored and settlements were built closer to the banks of the rivers. Henry Plantagenet Somerset (1852–1936), was a landowner in
3162-533: Was Rocklea . However it only housed a small village and farms at that time. Both of the bridges that crossed the river, the Victoria Bridge and the Albert Bridge at Indooroopilly were destroyed. The Victoria Bridge, which was an iron bridge with a turning span to allow traffic to go upriver, was partially destroyed on Monday 6 February, when the northern half of the bridge was washed away. It
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#17327718493503224-463: Was Mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council, which contained the City Centre, and was the most important of the local government authorities. The total damage caused by the flooding has been estimated at A$ 4 million (1893 figures), although no official figures exist. The southern regions of the city were most affected by the flood. The most flooded suburb of what was to become the City of Brisbane
3286-557: Was approximately where the food court of Indooroopilly Shopping Centre is now located, the development of the centre having also removed the southern end of Stamford Street). On 20 November 1922, the Queensland Governor Matthew Nathan officially opened the Industrial School for Boys on a site between Moggill Road and Jerrang Road in Indooroopilly (now 724 Moggill Road, Chapel Hill ). It
3348-401: Was flooded in similar levels to the first flood of the Stanley River. He knew that the telegraph lines were down between Esk and Brisbane, but he knew that there was a telegraph office at the small township of North Pine (now Petrie ), although this would require crossing the D'Aguilar Range . William (Billy) Mateer, of Eidsvold (Dalgangel Station) was Somerset's most talented horseman, and he
3410-430: Was made an official flood warning station, with a telegraph line to Esk. Somerset initially manned the station in its early years, having to use morse code for 12 years prior to the introduction of the telephone. In modern times, Caboonbah Homestead was restored and used as a museum. However, on Monday 11 May 2009, the homestead caught fire and burnt to the ground. Lake Somerset is a 904,000 megalitre dam located on
3472-449: Was not replaced until 1897. In the meantime, ferries were used to transport people and goods across the busy river. This, however, led to the capsize of the ferry Pearl disaster in 1896 with the loss of more than 40 lives. The great advances in technology associated with photography meant that there were many photos taken of the floods, some of which still exist today. A local businessman who would later become Premier, Robert Philp had
3534-463: Was operated by the Salvation Army for orphaned, abandoned and neglected boys. The 22-acre (8.9 ha) site had been purchased for £2300 and donated by philanthropist William Robert Black , who also paid £2700 to extend and renovate the buildings on site and for new furnishings. Black also provided for £100 per annum for maintenance. When it opened, there were 35 boys under the supervision of
3596-506: Was renamed Ironside State School , which is now in the suburb of St Lucia (and is not the current Indooroopilly State School). The ground for the Indooroopilly Primitive Methodist Church (in the part of Indooroopilly now known as Chapel Hill ) was officially broken in a ceremony on Monday 10 November 1873. The church opened on Sunday 28 March 1875. The arrival of rail in 1875 and completion of
3658-465: Was renamed again in 1969 to be Alkira, Salvation Army Home for Boys. It closed in 1983 due to a loss of funding. As at 2021, the site is still owned by the Salvation Army, but has been reduced to 53,320 square metres (13.18 acres) and is used to operate The Cairns Aged Care Centre. The buildings of the former boys' home are no longer extant. On Sunday 14 March 1926, Monsignor James Byrne laid
3720-428: Was selected to undertake this dangerous mission. Somerset and his men had to arrange for a dangerous crossing of the already flooded Brisbane River, with Mateer sent on with the only surviving horse (called Lunatic). Mateer survived the hazardous journey to North Pine, and delivered Somerset's message, which was again sadly ignored. Whilst the warnings went unheeded, as a result of these heroic efforts, Caboonbah Station
3782-520: Was the occurrence of three major floods in the same month that saw the period named "Black February". There was also a fourth flood later in the same year in June. The river runs through the centre of Brisbane with much of the population living in areas beside the river. It first flooded on February 6 due to a deluge associated with a tropical cyclone , called "Buninyong". The second cyclone struck on 11 February, causing relatively minor flooding compared to
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#17327718493503844-549: Was £2500 and the land something exceeding £4000. Against this a donation of £1000 had been received while at the foundation stone ceremony £500 was received and the donations at the opening were £400. However, it was not until late 1927 that five Brigidine Sisters relocated from Randwick in Sydney to Indooroopilly to occupy the house Warranoke (built in 1888-1889 for Gilson Foxton and designed by architects Oakden, Addison and Kemp ). The Sisters opened Holy Family Primary School in
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