Eagle Farm, Queensland
| Eagle Farm Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Postcode: | 4009 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 9 km (6 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Clayfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Lilley | ||||||||||||
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Eagle Farm is a largely industrial suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, situated around six kilometres from the Brisbane central business district. It is the former site of Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane's main airport until the opening of the Brisbane Airport. Eagle Farm was also the site of the disused Eagle Farm railway station. The locality of Whinstanes is located in Eagle Farm.
Eagle Farm Racecourse, home of the Queensland Turf Club (QTC) and the main racecourse for thoroughbred gallopers in Brisbane, is located in nearby Ascot.
[edit] History
Eagle Farm first appeared as a name in 1839, identifying a cultivation area in convict era Brisbane. Presumably, the name was derived from the presence of wedge-tailed eagles in the area.[1] The Eagle Farm Women’s Prison and Factory, a Queensland Heritage registered site since 1990, was opened in 1829 in an attempt to separate male and female prisoners and, by 1836, was home to 40 female convicts. Despite additional fortifications, rendezvous between prisoners still occurred and by July 1839 the prison was closed.[2]
In the 1850s, displaced Aborigines from Bribie Island, the Redcliffe peninsula and Wide Bay set up camps in the Breakfast Creek/Eagle Farm area.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Eagle Farm, place name details
- ^ Eagle Farm Women’s Prison and Factory
[edit] External links
- Eagle Farm at ourbrisbane.com
- University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Eagle Farm
- Queensland Turf Club
Coordinates: 27°25′59″S 153°04′59″E / 27.433°S 153.083°E
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