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Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its distance from the city is approximately four kilometres. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Greenslopes, Holland Park, Norman Park and Seven Hills.

There has been some discussion over the origin of the name. Some believe it comes from the Aboriginal name for a creek that passes through the suburb and into Norman Creek near the (now) Coorparoo railway station. For thousands of years Aborigines lived on the fertile land on the banks of the Brisbane River, hunting and fishing.

Those who lived on the southside of the river, particularly the Yugarabul or Jagara tribes, found plenty of food in this area. Just before European settlement, John Oxley in 1823 marked (but did not name) a creek. The name "Norman's Creek" first appeared on a map prepared by Major Lockyer in 1825.

Historian Leslie E. Slaughter, in a paper presented to the Historical Society of Queensland on 28 November 1953, wrote that "the name Norman's Creek is a corruption of the original name of Gorman's Creek, named after Lieutenant Owen Gorman of Her Majesty's 8th Foot Regiment and who was the last commandant of Moreton Bay. Baker's Atlas of 1846 mapped it as Gorman's Creek. Norman Park was named after Sir Henry Norman, the seventh Governor of Queensland, May 1, 1895".

The Aboriginals called this small creek/tributary of Norman Creek "Cooraparoo". The meaning remains unclear, with possibilities including 'place of the biting mosquito', 'call of the dingo' . The first survey in (what is now) Stones Corner/Coorparoo area was of 'Norman' Creek--in 1839--just when the Moreton Bay penal settlement was coming to an end. Surveying of a practical route from Brisbane to Cleveland commenced in 1850 and the former bullock track became a road, later named Old Cleveland Road.

This important arterial road has carried bullock drays, electric tram (from 1915 to 1969), buses and an ever increasing volume of cars as the bayside district became more densely populated.

Another important arterial road is Cavendish Road, marked as a Government Road on the original survey, it later became Pine Mountain Road then Cavendish Road. Until 1955 a tram line ran along Cavendish Road from Old Cleveland Road. In that year, the trams were replaced by a trolleybus service which operated until March 1969.

In October 1856 the first auction sales of land in Coorparoo took place with 10 country allotments between Norman's Creek and Old Cleveland Road being offered. In December 1857 the second Coorparoo land sale took place with a further 9 portion on the southern side of Old Cleveland Road being offered. Further sales subsequently took place and by 1875 the population of the district had grown significantly enough to demand the provision of the district's own school.

Samuel Stevens in 1875 donated two acres (8,000 m²) of his property near the junction of Pine Mountain Road (now Cavendish Road) and Old Cleveland Road for use of a school. He declined the offer of naming the area "Stevenstown". At a meeting on 22 March 1875 of the residents at Frederick Wecker's home it was resolved "that the name of the locality and the school should be Cooraparoo" after the Aboriginal name for the area around the creek but the Board of Education chose the spelling 'Coorparoo' and the district finally had a name.

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

Location

4 km south east of the Brisbane CBD.

Features

Proximity to Brisbane City, Stones Corner outlet shopping precinct, Coorparoo and Buranda rail stations.

Median Price

REIQ research shows that the median house price in the suburb for the calendar year of 2006 was $451,000.

Median Weekly Rent

The median weekly rent paid for a 3-bedroom house in this area in the June 2007 quarter was $350. The median weekly rent paid for a 2-bedroom unit in this area for the same period was $270.

Profile

Only four kilometres from Brisbane's CBD, Coorparoo continues to benefit from consumer demand for near-city living.

Coorparoo is on Brisbane's south-eastern side and has easy access to the city along either the Southeast Freeway or the Story Bridge.

Coorparoo will continue to benefit from the desire of many people to live close to the CBD to cut down on travelling time to and from work. This explains the strong rise in the number of units in the area.

A small part of Coorparoo is designated semi-industrial and commercial - however, this is a defined and isolated area not impinging on the residential zones of the suburb.

Coorparoo benefits from a train station only a few stops from the CBD, as well as an extensive Brisbane City Council bus service.

The suburb has a high proportion of medium density unit complexes and a strong rental market. Around the elevated parts of the suburb, million dollar house sales have occurred in recent years.

There are private and State schools in the suburb.

Coorparoo's shopping district features a refurbished Coles Supermarket. There are extensive small businesses, banks and retail outlets that serve the surrounding suburbs as well as Coorparoo. The Stones Corner retail fashion outlets are nearby on Logan Road.

According to the 2006 Census there were 13,800 people living in the suburb with a median age of 34. The median individual income was $648 per week. Of all occupied private dwellings 51.4% were either fully owned or being purchased; 42.9% were being rented.

Source: REIQ

REIQ Copyright 2007. Enquiries about the reproduction of part or all of the information should be directed to the Marketplace Strategy division of the The Real Estate Institute of Qld Ph 3249 7300.

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.