50-512: Download coordinates as: Pullenvale is a rural residential suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Pullenvale had a population of 3,276 people. Mount Elphinstone is in the north of the locality ( 27°30′14″S 152°53′48″E / 27.5039°S 152.8967°E / -27.5039; 152.8967 ( Mount Elphinstone ) ) and rises to 211 metres (692 ft) above sea level. Pullenvale
100-510: A dog off-leash area . These parks are maintained by the Brisbane City Council . St Lucia Golf Links is an 18-hole pay-and-play public golf course located at the corner of Indooroopilly Road and Carawa Street. The golf course is one of Brisbane's oldest and has hosted several Queensland Open and PGA tournaments. The course layout accommodates golfers of all skill levels. St Lucia Bowls Club, situated at 9 Carr Street near
150-459: A building lot of real estate, but are much more saleable if a modest area, 5 to 15 acres (20,000 to 60,000 m²) is sold along with them. Some, especially in developed areas, are used as truck gardens , with their own produce stands, or a regular stall in a local farmer's market . Canadian hobby farms are exempt from certain taxes and regulations applied to commercial farms, however there are stipulations for what does and does not make an acreage
200-673: A different style of education for their children where they could pursue their own creativity and ideas. The school relocated to Pullenvale in 1972 on land donated by the Job family. In the 2011 census , Pullenvale had a population of 3,174 people, 49.8% female and 50.2% male. The median age of the Pullenvale population was 39 years, 2 years above the Australian median. 68.2% of people living in Pullenvale were born in Australia, compared to
250-489: A diverse membership, including juniors, high-performance athletes, veterans, honorary life members, recreational rowers, and social members. The University of Queensland provides public access to its swimming pools, tennis courts, and other amenities, although some facilities require a fee. Every Saturday morning at 7 a.m., the free St Lucia 5 km parkrun takes place near the University of Queensland, opposite
300-491: A fully-fledged farm. As such, hobby farms produce the largest share of overall crop production, with 29% of agricultural product for humans, animals, and fuel being produced by farms a maximum of 2 hectares in size, generating 32% of food available globally. Research suggests that due to globalization, climate change, and decrease in land access particularly within the US, smallholdings are becoming less available to young farmers, with
350-435: A global scale consist of less than 2 hectares (5 acres). Rural residential living in Australia consists of very large home sites usually on the outskirts of an urban area. Often subdivisions of former farms, these blocks of land are primarily used for residential purposes by people who enjoy the countryside or have hobbies and interests (e.g. gardening, horses, collecting and restoring old vehicles) which require more land than
400-459: A hobby farm. Hobby farmers are evaluated by the Government of Canada to determine whether they are a commercial or pleasure farm based on criterion from a test. Some criterion includes the amount of money a business makes, which should be under $ 10,000 annual net income for a hobby farm, number of employees, time spent on the farm in comparison to time spent gathering primary income, and whether
450-563: A large proportion of the suburb. According to the 2021 census , St Lucia had a population of 12,220 people. St Lucia is located 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) by road southwest of the Brisbane GPO . The suburb sits on a peninsula, bounded on the north, east and south by the median in a bend of the Brisbane River . The eastern third of the suburb is occupied by the main campus of the University of Queensland. The flatter area on
500-434: A local IGA Supermarket , various international restaurants, a medical centre, dentist office, and a post office/news agency. Friday nights are particularly popular for dining out, as many residents enjoy eating at these restaurants. St Lucia is home to several places of worship, including St Lucia Uniting Church (7 Hawken Drive), St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church (87 Central Avenue), St Lucia Evangelical Church, part of
550-636: A normal suburban block, or by those who simply prefer the privacy of very-low-density living. Occupiers of rural residential properties generally accept that there will be a lower level of amenities available to them locally (e.g. shopping centres, public transport) and are prepared to travel further to access such amenities. In the UK, country living is becoming a pastime rather than an occupation. The number of farms in England with "no economic output" in recent surveys jumped in one year from 90,000 to 115,000, while
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#1732771807348600-454: A number of parks in the area: Rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block , acreage living , or rural residential ) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to nature, to provide recreational land for horses, or as working farms for secondary income. Hobby farms are agricultural land smaller than
650-587: Is Kenmore State High School in Kenmore to the east. Pullenvale Fire Station is at 6 Pullenvale Road ( 27°31′17″S 152°55′17″E / 27.5213°S 152.9214°E / -27.5213; 152.9214 ( Pullenvale Fire Station ) ). Pullenvale Marketplace is a shopping centre at 8 McCaskill Road ( 27°31′47″S 152°54′35″E / 27.5297°S 152.9098°E / -27.5297; 152.9098 ( Pullenvale Marketplace ) ), anchored by an IGA supermarket . Pullenvale Hall
700-508: Is 19.3 kilometres (12.0 mi) by road south-west of the Brisbane CBD . Located in the southern foothills of Mount Elphinstone, Pullenvale features rolling hills and areas of bush land, and is spread over an area of approximately 19.3 square kilometres (7.5 sq mi). Apart from a small area of undeveloped land in the north-west of the locality, the land usage is predominantly rural residential housing. In 1827, Mount Elphinstone
750-558: Is a blurred line between the smallholder/crofter and the hobby farmer, although my own definition would be 'a smallholder tries to make money on his land, a hobby farmer spends money on his land.' Mainly, it’s a matter of attitude. The nouveau farmer is, above all, enjoying himself." In the U.S., a high proportion of farms might be classed as hobby farms. In 2007, over 40% of farms reported less than $ 2500 in income and over 10% of farms had less than 10 acres (4.0 hectares) of land. Over 50% of primary farm operators reported that their main income
800-425: Is a private primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2,447 Moggill Road ( 27°31′27″S 152°55′07″E / 27.5241°S 152.9187°E / -27.5241; 152.9187 ( Brisbane Independent School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 86 students with 7 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent). Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre
850-524: Is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 250 Grandview Road ( 27°31′33″S 152°53′19″E / 27.5258°S 152.8886°E / -27.5258; 152.8886 ( Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre ) ). It is on the previous site of the Pullenvale State School where the old Pullenvale State School building still stands. There is no secondary school in Pullenvale. The nearest government secondary school
900-624: Is at 302 Grandview Road ( 27°31′25″S 152°53′11″E / 27.5236°S 152.8863°E / -27.5236; 152.8863 ( Pullenvale Hall ) ). It is the centre of many small functions and classes run by the Pullenvale Progress Association. Despite its name, Moggill Pony Club is on 4 hectares (9.9 acres) of land at 41 O'Brien Road in Pullenvale ( 27°32′14″S 152°53′13″E / 27.5372°S 152.8869°E / -27.5372; 152.8869 ( Moggill Pony Club ) ). There are
950-618: Is the name for the easternmost part of the suburb ( 27°30′04″S 153°01′12″E / 27.5011°S 153.02°E / -27.5011; 153.02 ( The Elbow ) ), where the Brisbane River makes a sharp bend. There are two reaches of the Brisbane River surrounding the suburb: Six Mile Rocks are rocks in the Brisbane River to the south of the suburb ( 27°30′15″S 153°00′34″E / 27.5041°S 153.0094°E / -27.5041; 153.0094 ( Six Mile Rocks ) ). Three creeks flow through
1000-500: The 2021 census , Pullenvale had a population of 3,276 people. There are a number of heritage-listed sites in Pullenvale: The CSIRO have their Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies at 1 Technology Drive (off Bainbridge Street) in Pullenvale, although the campus is extends into neighbouring Pinjarra Hills . Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT) is an integrated research and development precinct for
1050-489: The 2021 census , St Lucia had a population of 12,220 people, with a gender distribution of 49.3% male and 50.7% female. This gender distribution closely mirrors the national average. The median age in St Lucia was 25 years, significantly younger than the Australian median of 38 years. Children under 15 years comprised 10.7% of the population, while those aged 65 and over made up 10.9%. Notably, 38.2% of St Lucia’s population
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#17327718073481100-458: The " Ningy-Ningy " and Limestone blacks attended. We are informed that some of them received spear wounds upon the occasion, but no deaths occurred. The name Glen Pullen predated the name Pullenvale , which is described as a "new name" in 1873. There is an 1873 reference to Glenpullen Farm at Pullenvale. Pioneer Pullenvale residents developed a logging industry. The construction of Moggill Road , linking Brisbane with Ipswich via Moggill, made
1150-566: The Chinese Christian Church Brisbane (83 Ryans Road), and Christ Church St Lucia, part of the Anglican Church of Southern Queensland (9 Ninth Avenue). The University of Queensland have a multi-faith chaplaincy service. It offers an inclusive space for students, staff, and the wider University of Queensland community from various faiths. The Schonell Theatre hosts many performances that the members of
1200-525: The Coldridge Plantation and renamed it St Lucia Sugar Plantation. The plantation was subdivided for housing in 1883, and the name was transferred to the subdivision. Toowong Mixed State School opened on 10 October 1870. It was renamed Indooroopilly State School in 1879, and then Indooroopilly Pocket State School in 1888. In October 1904, it was renamed Ironside State School after the neighbouring estate of John Dunmore Lang . According to
1250-619: The St Lucia community as a church hall, community hall, and cinema. The University of Queensland acquired the property in February 1963. By 1975, the building was repurposed as a teaching space. Although it was closed in 2004 due to its age, the theatre was restored and reopened in July 2024, now offering space for students, staffs, and eventually clubs, societies, and the wider community. There are 15 parks in St Lucia, many with seating facilities, playground, and picnic area. Carawa Street Park has
1300-555: The UQ Aquatics Centre on Sir William Macgregor Drive. St Lucia can be accessed by bus from the western suburbs and Brisbane CBD, with routes terminating at the University of Queensland Bus Station . There is also a NightLink service, a safety initiative that provides buses with security on board all night on Fridays and Saturdays. The Eleanor Schonell Bridge , a dedicated bus, pedestrian, and bicycle bridge, connects
1350-494: The University of Queensland, was established in 1947. The club features two bowling greens and offers a variety of men's, women's, and mixed competitions. Additionally, it participates in several inter-club events, including District Pennants. Toowong Rowing Club, established in 1889, was originally based in Toowong. After multiple relocations due to floods, it finally settled at 37 Keith Street, St Lucia, in 1976. The club boasts
1400-681: The University with Dutton Park , and carries buses from the southern suburbs, CBD, and the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital to the UQ Lakes Busway Station on the St Lucia campus. St Lucia can be accessed by ferries from the CBD. The CityCat stops at two terminals in St Lucia, the Guyatt Park CityCat Terminal and the University of Queensland Terminal . St Lucia has bicycle routes that utilise
1450-407: The area more accessible. Eventually the logging industry give way to small crop and dairy farming. On 6 September 1873, 10 acres (4.0 ha) were reserved for a cemetery and four trustees appointed. There were eight burials in the cemetery between 1876 and 1888, which were clustered at the top of a steep hill. There is only one surviving headstone for Adam James Furley Walker. When Greater Brisbane
1500-435: The average Canadian, however the median income earned by these farms has increased by 144.4% in 2016, making these small farms more profitable than ever before. St Lucia, Queensland Download coordinates as: St Lucia is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The University of Queensland is the main attraction of St Lucia, with the university and its residential colleges covering
1550-645: The farm is run in a businesslike or commercial manner. The majority of hobby farms in Canada are based in Ontario and British Columbia. Hobby farming in Canada has quickly gained popularity over the last few decades as both a means of generating additional revenue, or for enjoyment of Canadians. 40% of hobby farmers in Canada have reported a positive net income as of a 1998 census. The size of these farms appears to be gradually decreasing due in part to increasing urban sprawl and inaccessibility of large plots of land to
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1600-447: The main campus of the University of Queensland, a public research university . The campus spans much of this riverside inner suburb. As of 2024, the University has 7,504 full-time equivalent staff members, and in 2023, the total number of students was 55,424. Several small shopping precincts are located throughout the suburb, but it is primarily residential. The main precinct is a strip of stores along Hawken Drive. This strip includes
1650-524: The median age of hobby farmers being 60 worldwide. The size of a hobby farm can vary greatly from one country or region to the next depending on level of urbanization and land access. The size of a smallholding in Brazil is typically less than 500 hectares (1235 acres), while in America a smallholding is typically categorized as being less than 20 hectares (50 acres). Despite this, 84% of all farms on
1700-458: The most common response was " no religion " (47.8%), compared to 38.4% nationally. Other most common religions were Catholicism (14.4%), Anglicanism (7.7%), and Islam (4.7%). In the 2016 census , St Lucia had a population of 12,574 people. In the 2011 census , St Lucia had a population of 11,195 people. St Lucia has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Although never heritage-listed, one of St Lucia's most iconic homes
1750-402: The national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 10.3%, South Africa 4.6%, New Zealand 2.4%, United States of America 1.4%, Scotland 1.1%. 91.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.1% Afrikaans, 0.7% German, 0.6% Japanese, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Cantonese. In the 2016 census , Pullenvale had a population of 3,179 people. In
1800-541: The northern side is primarily medium to high density residential, including some high-rise apartments on the riverfront. The more hilly area in the centre and south is mainly low-density, family-occupied residential. The south-west is occupied by the St Lucia Golf Links. Ironside is a neighbourhood within the suburb ( 27°30′00″S 153°00′00″E / 27.5°S 153.0000°E / -27.5; 153.0000 ( Ironside ) ). The Elbow
1850-421: The number of large farms fell to only 15,000. Willy Newlands, author of Hobby Farm (Souvenir Press, London, 2006), says: "Hobby agriculture covers a wide spectrum, from backyard eggs-and-jam to large areas of grazing land. The main planks on which a definition can be made are money and labour: the hobby farmer's income is largely made from off-farm work and the holding does not employ full-time labour. "There
1900-465: The public can attend by purchasing tickets. The theatre, built in 1970 and refurbished in 2005, is owned and managed by the University of Queensland Union (UQU) . In 2019, the theatre was planned for demolition as part of the UQU Complex redevelopment plan. However, in 2022, the demolition plans were abandoned due to a lack of community support. The Avalon Theatre, built in the 1920s, has served
1950-588: The repetition suggests a word from one of the Australian Aboriginal languages possibly meaning "to die" (or "not to die") or "fighting" (or "fighting ground"). Another theory is that the Pullen Pullen name was originally Bullen Bullen, an Aboriginal word meaning "lonely place". In support of the "fighting" theory, there is an 1850 newspaper account: NATIVE AMUSEMENTS.-The aborigines held a grand "Pullen-Pullen" last week, near Brisbane. Many of
2000-533: The resources and advanced technology industries. Pullenvale State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 120 Grandview Road ( 27°31′57″S 152°53′43″E / 27.5326°S 152.8953°E / -27.5326; 152.8953 ( Pullenvale State School ) ). In 2014 the school recorded 387 students. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 437 students with 35 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). Brisbane Independent School
2050-576: The school had 62 full-time equivalent teaching and 18 full-time equivalent non-teaching staff. While there are no secondary schools in St Lucia, several high schools are nearby. The nearest secondary schools include Indooroopilly State High School and St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly as well as Brisbane Boys' College and the Queensland Academy of Science, Mathematics and Technology (QAMST) in Toowong. St Lucia hosts
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2100-580: The school was granted Independent Public School status. Pullenvale Hall is a former pineapple packing shed. The building was purchased from resident Jack Woodward in about 1943. Moggill Pony Club was formed in April 1961. It is one of the oldest pony clubs in Queensland. Brisbane Independent School opened in a church hall in St Lucia on 19 August 1968. It was established by parents who were looking for
2150-462: The suburb: The area was originally part of Indooroopilly and later became a part of Toowong. Initially known as Indooroopilly Pocket , it was briefly called Toowong South before a portion of the area was separated and named as Lang Farm . Sugar plantations were established in the area in the 1860s. In 1982, William Alexander Wilson, who was born in St Lucia in the West Indies, purchased
2200-629: The young Pullenites." A year later it was reported in The Queenslander that there was now, "a fine school and teacher's residence, and an average daily attendance of thirty children (which by the way might be increased by a little salutary compulsion)." It was not until 1981 that the State School was rebuilt in Grandview Road to cater for a great increase in population that stemmed from the encroaching Brisbane metropolis. In 2015
2250-421: Was a job outside of their farm; although, this figure includes some farm operators who do not personally participate in farming and some quite large and productive farms. In the US, as farms grow in size, older farms become less economically viable. Some are purchased and most of the land is combined with larger nearby farms, however, the large farm has little use for the buildings. These can be sold off with only
2300-588: Was aged between 15 and 24 years, compared to 12.4% nationally. In terms of birthplace, 54.5% of St Lucia residents were born in Australia, compared to 66.9% nationally. The next most common countries of birth were China (7.4%), England (3.0%), India (2.8%), Malaysia (2.6%), and New Zealand (1.8%). Regarding language, 63.1% of people spoke only English at home, compared to 72.0% nationally. Other most commonly spoken languages included Mandarin (10.1%), Cantonese (1.7%), Spanish (1.5%), Bengali (1.3%), and Vietnamese (1.2%). When it came to religion,
2350-485: Was established in 1925, the Brisbane City Council was made the trustee for the cemetery and closed the cemetery in 1930. Most of the land was sold off apart from the small area with the graves and an access path from Haven Road. The resulting tiny population of farming families led to the establishment of the Pullenvale State School which opened on 16 March 1874 with an initial enrolment of 32 students. It
2400-447: Was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham as Mount Halsey, which also appears on some maps as Mount Helsey and Mount Kelsey. There are a number of theories about the original of the name Pullenvale . One theory from a 1920s newspaper is that it is named after early timbergetter, George Pullen; however, no land records have been found to confirm this. Given that the local creek is known as Pullen Pullen Creek, some people believe
2450-581: Was noted in the Brisbane Courier of 28 June 1873 that the residents of Pullenvale had, "fairly earned the reputation of being possessed of considerable pluck, having lately accomplished a task of which many older settlements might well be proud that of placing in the Savings Bank the sum of £60 to the oredit of the Board of Education for the purpose of erecting a National School for the benefit of
2500-420: Was the so-called "The Pink Palace" at 272 Swann Road until it was demolished in 2016. Ironside State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 2 Hawken Drive ( 27°30′03″S 152°59′45″E / 27.5009°S 152.9959°E / -27.5009; 152.9959 ( Ironside State School ) ). As of February 2024, the school had an enrolment of 929 students. In 2023,
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