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Carina is an eastern suburb of Brisbane
Brisbane

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, Queensland
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, Australia
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 about 7 kilometres from the Central Business District. It adjoins the suburbs of Carindale
Carindale, Queensland

Carindale is a suburb of the city of Brisbane, which has a population of approximately 15,135 people and contains around 4,976 dwellings. The greater area was formerly known as Belmont....
, Carina Heights
Carina Heights, Queensland

Carina Heights is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 7.5 km south-east of the CBD. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Queensland, Holland Park, Queensland, Mount Gravatt East, Queensland, Carina, Queensland and Carindale, Queensland....
, Cannon Hill
Cannon Hill, Queensland

Cannon Hill is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 10 km east of the CBD.Cannon Hill was named after the Weedon family home 'Cannon Hill House'....
 and Camp Hill
Camp Hill, Queensland

Camp Hill is a largely residential suburb in the south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 7 km from the Brisbane central business district and, as its name suggests, is elevated and commands fine views of the CBD....
.

It is predominantly residential and was developed in the 1950s and 1960s. There are 4 schools in the suburb of Carina including St Martins primary school (Catholic Primary School), Carina State School, Mayfield State School and San Sisto College (Girls Catholic Secondary School).






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Carina is an eastern suburb of Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

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 about 7 kilometres from the Central Business District. It adjoins the suburbs of Carindale
Carindale, Queensland

Carindale is a suburb of the city of Brisbane, which has a population of approximately 15,135 people and contains around 4,976 dwellings. The greater area was formerly known as Belmont....
, Carina Heights
Carina Heights, Queensland

Carina Heights is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 7.5 km south-east of the CBD. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Queensland, Holland Park, Queensland, Mount Gravatt East, Queensland, Carina, Queensland and Carindale, Queensland....
, Cannon Hill
Cannon Hill, Queensland

Cannon Hill is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 10 km east of the CBD.Cannon Hill was named after the Weedon family home 'Cannon Hill House'....
 and Camp Hill
Camp Hill, Queensland

Camp Hill is a largely residential suburb in the south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 7 km from the Brisbane central business district and, as its name suggests, is elevated and commands fine views of the CBD....
.

It is predominantly residential and was developed in the 1950s and 1960s. There are 4 schools in the suburb of Carina including St Martins primary school (Catholic Primary School), Carina State School, Mayfield State School and San Sisto College (Girls Catholic Secondary School). The Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council is the governing City council for Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland, Australia. Unlike councils in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, where the local councils are generally responsible for relatively small areas of those cities, Brisbane City Council administers the larger part of the Brisbane metropolit...
 has a large bus depot
Bus station

A bus station is a structure where city bus or intercity bus buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the sidewalk where buses can stop....
 located in Creek Road. The crime rate is low.

Carina is close to Westfield Carindale
Westfield Carindale

Westfield Carindale was until late 2006 Brisbane's largest shopping centre at 115,524m2 or 1,243,500ft2, and is located in the suburb of Carindale, Queensland, east of Brisbane....
. Travel to the Brisbane CBD
Central business district

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 is approx. 15 mins by car (off peak). Bus links are good to the city (approx. 15 min), and the railway station at Cannon Hill
Cannon Hill railway station, Brisbane

Cannon Hill Station is a railway station on the Cleveland railway line, Brisbane of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network....
 is located nearby.

Between 1960 and 1969 the suburb was served by trolleybus
Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from a network of charged overhead wires using spring loaded trolley poles. Two poles are needed, so that one can draw down the live current to power the motor and the other can complete the circuit by carrying the neutral current back to the network....
es operated by the Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council is the governing City council for Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland, Australia. Unlike councils in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, where the local councils are generally responsible for relatively small areas of those cities, Brisbane City Council administers the larger part of the Brisbane metropolit...
, which ran along Stanley Road, terminating at the intersection of Creek Road.

See also

  • List of Brisbane suburbs
    List of Brisbane suburbs

    This is a list of the 188 Suburbs and localities of Brisbane. AAcacia Ridge, Queensland -Albion, Queensland -Alderley, Queensland -Algester, Queensland -...
Carina State School is officially in the suburb of Carindale, although it adjoins the boundary which is the centreline of Creek Road at the front of the school . Carindale (a staged property development) and Carina Heights (a predominantely Housing Commission project) Suburbs were cut out of the original Carina locality.

Clem Jones Centre is a large sporting complex situated on Creek Road, Carina. Sports include Rugby League, Netball, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo, Triathlon, Cricket and Athletics, .

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