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Belmont State School began in 1876 with forty-seven children under the tutelage of Mr Jennings. By 1889, the number of children had declined to twenty and the school was in danger of closure, particularly as the regional inspector noted that only 5% of the school (one pupil) attended on most days. By the 1920s it had given way in importance to Carina School, which, when it began had taken the Belmont principal and teacher, Mr Briggs and Mr Douglas King. Enrolment steadily increased after World War II. It remained a one-teacher school for another sixty years and the original building was used until 1962. With the population increase after this time, Belmont State School was extended.

In 1910, the Belmont Shire Council approached the railways to build a line to the area. This was to service passengers as well as Baynes Brothers tannery and wool scour and the Wynnum Shire Council's quarry. The Railway department refused, but the Council borrowed money and built a line from Norman Park Station, through Seven Hills, and Carina, to Belmont. This was the Belmont Flyer, which opened in 1912, with much jubilation, but which barely mustered 100 passengers a day and never made a profit, particularly after Baynes Brothers began to use road transport. It was closed in 1924, reopened two years later, and then closed for good by the end of 1926. In the 1950s some of the formwork for the tracks could still be detected.

Mount Petrie (170 metres) was named after Andrew Petrie, who was reputedly the first white person to climb it. With a group including Major Cotton, the new commandant of the penal settlement, he visited Redbank. When returning, they decided to cut through to Oxley Creek, but they got badly lost for two days, and it was not until Petrie climbed Mount Petrie and could see the river and Lytton, that they got their bearings. For many years, a tree carved with A. Petrie was on the top of the mountain, but later a trigonometrical station was built on the top of the hill and the tree was cut down.

Bulimba Creek forms most of the eastern boundary of the Parish of Bulimba. Bulimba means 'magpie-lark' and was the Aboriginal name for Whites Hill. Originally the creek was called Moreill Creek. Although first referred to as Bulimba Creek in 1888, by 1940 it was known as Doughboy Creek.

The mouth of the creek was originally at Bridge Point, but since construction of the Doboy River wall, it flows out to the east of Gibson Island. The creek is tidal for one-third of its length. The catchment includes numerous smaller creeks and covers about 122 square kilometres. One branch of Bulimba Creek rises in the Kuraby Hills, while the other (Mimosa Creek) begins in the Mount Gravatt foothills. Downstream from where they meet at Rochedale are a series of waterholes and the creek flows through some remnant bush between Pine Mountain and Mount Petrie, and into the wide flat floodplain area of Tingalpa and Murarrie. The main channel and surrounding lands have been greatly modified, particularly near the mouth of the creek.

Aborigines relied on the creek and its surrounding vegetation for food. Campsites occur along its length and bora rings were located at Murarrie and Belmont. After settlement timber getters got licences to fell timber in the forests along the creek. Settlement along the creek was mainly agricultural and light industrial until after the Second World War. Belmont and Tingalpa residents remember swimming in Bulimba Creek in the 1950s when it was pure. In 1967, the Brisbane City Council announced the Bulimba Creek Park scheme and began buying and restoring land along the creek.

Old Cleveland Road was first shown as a line, probably representing blazed trees, on a sketch made by Alan Cunningham in 1829. In 1839 and 1841 James Warner surveyed Norman, Hilliard, and Tingalpa creeks and proposed (but did not draw) a possible route from Brisbane to Cleveland (Emu Point), although he did show the bridges and fords that crossed these creeks. In 1849 the decision was made to plan a town at Cleveland Point. In 1850 Warner presented his 'Survey of a practicable road from Brisbane in the County of Stanley to the proposed Town of Cleveland' and Old Cleveland Road became a road constrained by surveyors' pegs.

When the bridge was built across Norman Creek in 1856 the traffic to Cleveland tended to use that route, hence Wynnum Road was known as Cleveland Road. An auction announcement in that year referred to Old Cleveland Road as 'High Cleveland Road'. The mail coach used this route from then until the railway went through in 1888. It was still a rough track in the 1860s, but by the twentieth century was a popular motorists' run down to the bay.

Reference: BRISbites, 2000

Remax United Vision has property for sale and for rent in this Brisbane suburb of Belmont

Location

12 km south-east of the Brisbane CBD.

Features

Semi-green belt area with parklands marked for conservation, 2.5 acreage home sites.

Median Price

REIQ research shows that the median house price in the suburb for the calendar year 2006 was $355,000.

Median Weekly Rent

The median weekly rent paid for a 3-bedroom house in this area in the December 2005 quarter was $347. The median weekly rent paid for a 2-bedroom unit in this area for the same period was $245.

Profile

Approximately 25 minutes from Brisbane city along Old Cleveland Road, Belmont has more in common with its neighbour to the north, Gumdale than it does with Carindale to its west.

Like Gumdale, Belmont is an expansive suburb home to families wanting an acreage lifestyle, close to modern facilities.

The majority of housing in the area is built on 2.5-acre blocks with much of the remaining land earmarked for conservation. Belmont is a semi-green belt area limiting the number of bike and walkways in the huge parklands.

With no residential or commercial developments planned for the near future it is expected that Belmont will remain an acreage suburb for many years to come.

The spread out nature of the suburb means that local amenities are accessed primarily by car. Public transport in the area is difficult with no rail station and buses limited to the major arterial roads. However, more frequent bus services to and from the city are available at Carindale Shopping Centre. Belmont residents also have excellent access to the Gateway Motorway and subsequently the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.

Recreational facilities in the area include the Belmont and Cannon Hill Rifle Ranges. The neighbouring suburb of Chandler also services the area's swimming and cycling requirements with the Sleeman Sports Complex.

As well as being the closest source of major supermarkets and retailers, Carindale Shopping Centre also offers a cinema complex for residents looking for more modern entertainment.

Although there are no schools in Belmont, families are well catered for with both public and private, primary and secondary schools in neighbouring suburbs.

Belmont offers residents a lot of space with good access to the city and local amenities.

According to the 2006 Census (Belmont was listed as Belmont/MacKenzie) there were 3,648 people living in the area with a median age of 35. The median individual income was $588 per week. Of all occupied private dwellings 76.8% were either fully owned or being purchased; 19.8% were being rented.

Source: REIQ

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This information has been carefully compiled by the REIQ and is not intended to be treated as a warranty or promise as to the correctness of the information.

RE/MAX Vision was purchased by Ron and Lenore Sieber to cover the suburbs of Carina, Carina Heights, Carindale, Mt Gravatt East, Wishart, Belmont, Tingalpa, Cannon Hill, Norman Park, Camp Hill.

RE/MAX United Vision offices of Holland Park and Coorparoo and this has expanded our business to include the surrounding suburbs of Tarragindi, Coorparoo, Holland Park, Coorparoo Heights, Holland Park West, Mt Gravette, Mt Gravette East, East Brisbane, Ekibin. We have a large property management portfolio of 600 properties managed by 6 property managers. Overall we have some 45 people working in RE/MAX United Vision servicing all areas of Brisbane.