Alderley, Queensland
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Alderley is a suburb of Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, Queensland
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, Australia
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. It is 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of the CBD. It is surrounded by Newmarket in the south, Ashgrove and Enoggera in the west, Grange and Stafford in the east and Kedron and Everton Park in the north. At the 2006 census, it had a populatio of 5,068.

In prehistory, the area was inhabited by the Turrbal
Turrbal
The Turrbal are a tribe of Australian Aboriginal people who inhabited the region around the city of Brisbane before European settlement of Australia. Tom Petrie, an early pioneer of Brisbane, shows the kind and trustworthy nature of the Turrbal people. He demonstrates how they were forgiving, even...

 Aboriginal clan. Corroborees were held at Sedgeley Park estate.

Alderley is an older suburb, having had a post office since 1878 and a railway station
Alderley railway station, Brisbane
Alderley Station is a railway station on the Ferny Grove Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.-Services by platform:-External links:***...

 since 1899. Tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

s operated by the Brisbane City Council ran to the suburb between 1949 and 1968. Alderley also consists of several warehouses, a police station and a community-based shopping complex that is anchored by one of only two remaining Bi-Lo
BI-LO (Australia)
BI-LO is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers . Once a chain of 180 outlets, most BI-LO supermarkets were re-branded as Coles Supermarkets during 2006 and 2007. In October 2008, Coles stated it was looking to create a new chain to replace the remaining BI-LO stores...

 supermarkets in Brisbane's northern suburbs (the other one is located in Toombul).

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