Stafford, Queensland

Stafford, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Stafford
city = Brisbane
state = qld


caption =
lga = Brisbane City Council
region = South East Queensland
postcode = 4053
est = 11 August 1975
pop = 5,513 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC31503 | name = Stafford (Brisbane City) (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2008-09-15 | quick = on]
area = 3.4
propval = $300,000Update after|COMMENT = Updated figure out of date; previous cite [http://www.reiq.com.au/BuySellRent/community_view.asp?suburb_id=158 ] no longer works
stategov = Stafford
fedgov = Brisbane, Lilley, Petrie
near-nw = Everton Park
near-n = Stafford Heights
near-ne = Chermside
near-w = Everton Park
near-e = Kedron
near-sw = Enoggera
near-s = Grange
near-se = Gordon Park
dist1 = 6
dir1 = NNW
location1= Brisbane CBD

Stafford is an northern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.

A predominantly residential suburb, including some original Queenslander-style homes and a significant number of post-war Queensland Housing Commission homes on quarter-acre blocks built around the 1940s and 1950s, Stafford lies to the west of Lutwyche Road, along the banks of Kedron Brook. Being an area of that age, a vast majority of Stafford's residents are elderly people, as well as growing number of families of a younger generation.fact|date=September 2008

History

Stafford was originally called Happy Valley. A public move to rename the area after the English county of Staffordshire in 1885 and 1886 led to its current name, approved by the Queensland Place Names Board on 11 August 1975.cite web | publisher = Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water | title = Stafford | work = Place Names Online Search | url = http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=44141 | accessdate = 2008-09-15 ]

Between 1940 and 1968 Stafford was served by electric trams operated by the Brisbane City Council. This was the last completely new tram line (as distinct from tram line extension) built in Brisbane.

One of the original large employers of local workers, Gibson's Tannery [cite web | title = Two men and a child pose with a horse and cart on a road at Stafford, Brisbane | work = Picture Australia | publisher = National Library of Australia | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fenc.slq.qld.gov.au%252Flogicrouter%252Fservlet%252FLogicRouter%253FPAGE%253Dobject%2526OUTPUTXSL%253Dobject_enc36ui.xslt%2526pm_RC%253DPICTQLD%2526pm_OI%253D3056%2526api_1%253DGET_OBJECT_XML%2526num_result%253D0 | accessdate = 2008-09-15 ] (also known as Scotia Works), closed in 1982 to make way for the Stafford City Shopping Centre, which opened in 1983 and extended in 1997. Previously, the Stafford Road shopping strip at the tram terminus was the local centre.

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