Town of Ithaca
Ithaca was a local government area of Queensland, located in western Brisbane. The Division of Ithaca was first proclaimed in 1879, and originally covered an area that stretched from Windsor, Kelvin Grove and Milton in the east, through to The Gap and beyond the Enoggera Dam in the west. In 1887 the division was split into the Shire of Windsor and the Division of Enoggera, with the remainder in the south east becoming the Shire of Ithaca. Ithaca was proclaimed a town in 1903, before being amalgamated into the City of Brisbane in 1925.
The Town of Ithaca comprised most of the inner western suburbs of Brisbane from Kelvin Grove Road to the foot of Mount Coot-tha. Its boundary followed Enoggera Creek to the north, Coopers Camp, Simpsons and Boundary Roads in Bardon to the west, and Baroona and Milton Roads to the south.[1] Hale Street and an area just before the junction of Waterworks/Musgrave Road and Kelvin Grove Road formed the south-eastern extremity of the town. This eastern boundary was shared with the Brisbane Municipal Council; the Brisbane side of Hale Street was paved and channeled while the Ithaca side was not.[2]
The Ithaca Town Council Chambers were built in 1910 on Enoggera Terrace. The building is now owned by the Brisbane City Council and is used as a community hall, having variously been used as a council depot and library since 1925. Across the road, the Ithaca name is preserved in the Ithaca War Memorial and the old Ithaca Fire Station, as well as the Ithaca Swimming Pool on Caxton Street.
Ithaca today is a locality of Brisbane, bounded by Jubliee Terrace to the west, Ithaca Creek to the north, the suburb of Red Hill to the east and Paddington to the south. Residents within the locality of Ithaca are variously identified by Brisbane City Council as residing within the suburbs of Red Hill, Bardon or Paddington. The suburb of Ashgrove to the north of Ithaca Creek provides for local shopping, as do the Given Terrace shops in Paddington and the new Barracks Cinema and shops at Petrie Terrace.
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- ^ Paten (editor), Dick (2010). Ashgrove and The Gap - Aspects of History 1849-2003. Ashgrove, Queensland: Ashgrove Historical Society Inc.. pp. 112. ISBN 9780646535326.
- ^ Cole, John R. (1984). Shaping a city. Albion, Queensland: William Brooks Queensland. pp. 26. ISBN 0855686197.
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Coordinates: 27°27′21.42″S 153°00′05.93″E / 27.45595°S 153.0016472°E
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