Woolloongabba, Queensland

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Woolloongabba, Queensland

Woolloongabba is an inner 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....
, Australia

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located 1km south of the Brisbane CBD. Experts are divided regarding the Aboriginal meaning of the name, preferring either 'whirling waters' (woolloon and capemm) or 'fight talk place' (woolloon and gabba). The locals refer to it as The Gabba.
suburb has a significant transport

Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of passenger and cargo from one location to another. Transport is performed by various modes of transport, such as aviation, rail transport, road transport, ship transport, cable transport, pipeline transport and space transport....
history.

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Woolloongabba is an inner suburb of Brisbane

Brisbane

Australia

History

The suburb has a significant transport

Transport

Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
depot

Depot

Depot is from the French language d?p?t which means a deposit or a storehouse. In English language, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:...
for lines south of the Brisbane River

Brisbane River

The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay....
was beside Stanley St. It was reached via a line that ran beside Stanley St, then crossing it, Logan Road

Logan Road, Brisbane

Logan Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs 16 km from Springwood, Queensland to Woolloongabba, Queensland, with most of the route signed as state route 95....
and Ipswich Road

Ipswich Road, Brisbane

Ipswich Road is one Brisbane's main roads connecting Brisbane to the nearby city of Ipswich, Queensland. Logan Road and the Pacific Motorway are the other major roads in the south of Brisbane....
to the main line at Dutton Park

Dutton Park, Queensland

Dutton Park is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 5km south of the Brisbane central business district. The suburb is predominantly residential, with some light industrial and commercial areas....
. By the 1960s services from the depot were causing significant delays to traffic as they crossed these three major roads.

The suburb was served by horse-drawn tram

Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
s from 1885 to 1897, which were replaced by electric trams, which in turn ceased operation on 13 April 1969. All but one of Brisbane's 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....
routes traversed the suburb, from 1953 to 1969. The Gabba Fiveways (the intersection of Stanley St, Main St, Logan Rd and Ipswich Rd) was a complex junction with tram and railway lines, and tram and trolleybus overhead. Trams were controlled by a signalman, who operated the points (or switches

Railroad switch

A railroad switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one rail tracks to another at a junction ....
) from a signal cabin near the eastern side of the junction. Trains were escorted across the junction by a flagman. Curiously, the Queensland Railways always referred to the branch line as the Wooloongabba Branch, i.e. only one 'l'.

From 1927 until 1969 the largest of 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...
's tram depot

Depot

Princess Alexandra Hospital

The Princess Alexandra Hospital , is located on Ipswich Road in Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the major hospitals in Brisbane and is a teaching hospital of the University of Queensland....
. It was also used by the council's buses.

Attractions

The suburb is home to the Brisbane Cricket Ground

Brisbane Cricket Ground

The Gabba is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, Queensland, in which it is located....
(known as "The Gabba") and the Princess Alexandra Hospital

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Apartment

An apartment is a self-contained House unit that occupies only part of a Apartment building. Apartments may be owned or rented .A common alternative term for apartment is flat....
buildings due to its proximity to the city, river and South Bank Parklands

South Bank Parklands, Brisbane

South Bank Parklands is a parkland which was opened to the public on 20 June, 1992. The parkland is located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on the transformed site of Brisbane's Expo 88....
.

Demographics

In 2006, Woolloongabba had 39.4% of residents born overseas and 30.0% of residents speaking a language other than English. The most common languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 2.3%, Cantonese 1.6%, Greek 1.6%, Mandarin 1.5% and Italian 1.3%.

Transport

Park Road railway station

Park Road railway station, Brisbane

Park Road Station is a railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network.It is in a transition precinct between Zone 1 and Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system....
and Mater Hill

Mater Hill Busway Station, Brisbane

Mater Hill Busway Station, at South Bank, Queensland in Brisbane is part of the South-East Busway, Brisbane serviced by TransLink services. It is close to Mater Health Services and the South Bank Parklands, Brisbane....
and Woolloongabba Busway Station

Woolloongabba Busway Station, Brisbane

The Woolloongabba, Queensland Busway Station is part of the South-East Busway, Brisbane in Brisbane, serviced by TransLink services. It is on a spur from the main trunk route, with inbound services joining the busway proper at Mater Hill Busway Station, Brisbane....
provide access to public transport. The Pacific Motorway

Pacific Motorway

The Pacific Motorway is a 100 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Tweed Heads, New South Wales....
cuts through it.

Sources

Clark, H. and Keenan D6, "Brisbane Tramways - The Last Decade", Transit Press, 1977 (Reprinted 1985). ISBN 0-909338-01-9
Cole J., "Shaping a City: Greater Brisbane 1925-1985", Brisbane 1984
Deskins R., Hyde P. and Struble C., "Slow at Frog - A Short History of the Brisbane Trolleybus System", Brisbane Tramway Museum Society, 2006. ISBN 0-9597322-2-5
Kerr J. and Armstrong J., "Destination South Brisbane", Australian Railway Historical Society
Australian Railway Historical Society

The Australian Railway Historical Society was founded in Sydney in 1933 as The Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. It aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations....
, second edition 1984. ISBN 0-909937-09-5