Sherwood, Queensland

Sherwood Brisbane, Queensland
Sherwood Central shops on Sherwood Road
Population:	4,763 (2006 census)
Postcode:	4075
Coordinates:	27°31′S 152°59′E
Location:	9 km (6 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA:	City of Brisbane
State electorate:	Mount Ommaney Indooroopilly
Federal Division:	Moreton, Oxley
Suburbs around Sherwood: Fig Tree Pocket Graceville Tennyson Fig Tree Pocket Sherwood Tennyson Fig Tree Pocket Corinda Rocklea

Sherwood is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 9 km south west of the CBD and borders the Brisbane River. The suburb is mostly low and medium density housing with a retail strip centered along Sherwood Road.

Open Space

The suburb is home to the Sherwood Arboretum, a large botanical garden and lake fronting the river which was planned and landscaped in the 1920s.

Commercial area

Sherwood Road and shops

There are a number of cafes, including the Coffee Club and a Woolworths supermarket.

Transport

Sherwood Railway Station

The suburb is serviced by the Sherwood Railway Station which links Ipswich to the Brisbane central business district. Bus services along Oxley Road link the Centenary suburbs to Indooroopilly and the Great Circle Line service passes through the suburb.

Education

Sherwood State School, established in 1867 is one of the oldest schools in the state and still has preserved many of its original timber buildings.

Sherwood State School was originally was known as West Oxley State School and opened on 25 March 1867 (other records indicate 23 March). The first head teacher (Headmaster) appointed to the school was Major William Jenyns Boyd. He was born in Paris on 1842 and migrated to Australia in 1862.

In 1868 Oliver Radcliffe was the first name on the roll as a pupil/teacher.

Other significant ‘finger prints’ in Sherwood State School’s heritage include:

1874 – School builds first Water Closet (toilet);
1878 – School changed its name to Sherwood State School.
1890 – Shingle roofing replaced with corrugated iron;
1893 – Measles and influenza out break reported;
1914 – World War 1;
1917 – Three additional classrooms added;
1925 – Students planted 100 trees in school grounds;
1926 – Limited electricity was provided;
1927 – 33 additional 3 acres (12,000 m²) of land purchased;
1928 – First telephone installed
1936 – Three more classrooms added; electrical gramophone and wireless (radio) provided to the school
1937 – School moved to its current location/site.
1939 – World War Two began with a first aide, ambulance post and air raid trenches placed under buildings;
1950 – Polio outbreak;
1959 – School enrolment peaked at 1034 students;
1962 – Tuck Shop opened;
1965 – Parent and Citizen’s Association was formed; tennis court resealed and fenced;
1967 – Pool opened;
1984 – School purchased first computer;
1991 – After school care services established;
2000 – School Hall opens;
2006 – Preparatory building constructed
2007 – Inaugural prep class commences;

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Sherwood
• ourbrisbane.com website, Sherwood section
• Sherwood State School website