Wishart, Queensland
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Wishart is a suburb of Brisbane
, Australia
. It is 14 km south-east of the CBD
.
The Brisbane Adventist College
, Mansfield State High School and Primary Schools are located near to Wishart. Bulimba Creek flows through the suburb.
Newnham Road in Wishart was originally part of a stock route
from farming areas south of Brisbane to the Cannon Hill
saleyards. The land beside Newnham Road was eventually developed into small farming blocks, reducing the width of the stock route to that of a normal road, but it was still used occasionally by travelling stock until the 1960s. As Brisbane grew the suburb was subdivided for residential blocks.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is 14 km south-east of the CBD
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
.
The Brisbane Adventist College
Brisbane Adventist College
Brisbane Adventist College is a Preschool to Year 12 independent school with two campuses located in the Brisbane suburbs of Mansfield and Wishart . It is part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church education system....
, Mansfield State High School and Primary Schools are located near to Wishart. Bulimba Creek flows through the suburb.
Newnham Road in Wishart was originally part of a stock route
Stock route
In Australia, the Travelling Stock Route is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another...
from farming areas south of Brisbane to the Cannon Hill
Cannon Hill, Queensland
Cannon Hill is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is east of the CBD.Cannon Hill was named after the Weedon family home 'Cannon Hill House'. Built in 1867, the house, which had extensive grounds and a maze, burnt down in 1927.-Transport:...
saleyards. The land beside Newnham Road was eventually developed into small farming blocks, reducing the width of the stock route to that of a normal road, but it was still used occasionally by travelling stock until the 1960s. As Brisbane grew the suburb was subdivided for residential blocks.