Indooroopilly, Queensland

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


caption = Walter Taylor Bridge
lga = Brisbane City Council,
Walter Taylor Ward
postcode = 4068
pop = 11,014 (2004) [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/9fdb8b444ff1e8e2ca25709c0081a8f9/3c376186271ae351ca2571cb000b4eba!OpenDocument ABS Statistics for Indooroopilly] ]
propval = $532,250 [ [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/indooroopilly/reiq/ accessed 22nd April 2008] ]
area = 7.5
stategov = Indooroopilly
dist1 = 7
location1= Brisbane GPO
fedgov = Ryan
near-nw = Mount Coot-tha
near-n = Taringa
near-ne = St Lucia
near-w = Chapel Hill
near-e = Yeronga
near-sw = Fig Tree Pocket
near-s = Chelmer
near-se = Tennyson

Indooroopilly (pronEng|ˌɪndrʊˈpɪli) is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia which is located 7 km west of the Brisbane central business district.

Name derivation and history

Indooroopilly is a corruption of either the local Aboriginal word "nyindurupilli", meaning 'gully of the leeches' or "yindurupilly" meaning 'gully of running water'.

Locals often shorten the name to "Indro"

The traditional owners of the Indooroopilly area are the Aboriginal Jagera and Turrbal groups. Both groups had related languages and are classified as belonging to the Yaggera language group.

The area was first settled in the 1860s and agriculture and dairying were common in the early years. The parish was named in the late 1850s, and the first house was built in 1861 by Mr H C Rawnsley. The arrival of rail in 1875 and completion of the Albert rail bridge across the Brisbane River to open the Ipswich rail line the following year spurred the development of Indooroopilly. The 1893 flood destroyed the original Albert Bridge, and its replacement was opened in 1895. A lead-silver mine was established on an Indooroopilly property in 1919 and extraction continued until 1929 when the mine became unprofitable. Today the University of Queensland operates the site as an experimental mine and teaching facility for engineering students (the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre). The landmark Walter Taylor Bridge across the Brisbane River was completed in 1936. The first stage of Indooroopilly Shoppingtown opened in 1970.

Geography

Attractions

Indooroopilly boasts significant commercial, office and retail sectors and is home to Indooroopilly Shopping centre, the largest shopping centre in Brisbane’s western suburbs. The suburb is popular with professionals and a large number of university students from the nearby University of Queensland campus in St Lucia. The housing stock consists of a mix of detached houses and medium density apartments. There has been a trend towards increasing small lot and townhouse development in the suburb in recent years. Nevertheless, many post-war homes and iconic Queenslanders have also been restored. Brisbane City Council regulations to preserve the 'pre-war' look of Brisbane discourage destruction of many of Brisbane's Queenslanders and buildings. It is one of the Brisbane City Council's proposed Major Centres.

Transport

Moggill Road is the main thoroughfare, connecting Indooroopilly to Toowong and the city via Coronation Drive (inbound), and Chapel Hill and Kenmore (outbound). The Western Freeway also serves the suburb. Indooroopilly is well connected by public transport. There is a bus interchange adjoining the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, where Brisbane Transport operates services to the CBD, university and other western suburbs. The Indooroopilly railway station provides frequent services to the CBD and beyond. Public Transport being the major transport that teenagers rely on in this area makes Indooroopilly bus station the major meeting place from all over the Western Suburbs.

Recreation

There is a thriving café and restaurant precinct along Station Road between the shopping centre and railway station as well as to the east of the railway station. There are two cinema complexes in Indooroopilly, the Eldorado cinemas [http://www.eldorado8.com/cinema_information/eldorado_cinemas.php] on Coonan Street and Birch Carroll and Coyle Megaplex inside Indooroopilly Shopping centre. This cinema complex once had 8 cinemas, now it boasts 16. It is the major cinema complex in the Western Suburbs. Indooroopilly youth organisations include the Indooroopilly Scout Group [ [http://indooroopilly.scoutsqld.com.au/ Indooroopilly Scout Group] ] including Rover Scout [ [http://www.indrorovers.com Indooroopilly Rovers (Scouts)] ] and Indooroopilly Girl Guide District [ [http://www.johnoxleyguides.org/ Indooroopilly Girl Guides] ]

References

* [http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/ChapelHill/Indooroopilly/Indooroopilly.htm LOCAL HISTORY - INDOOROOPILLY]
* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/indooroopilly/history/ Our Brisbane - Indooroopilly (history)]
* [http://www.ourindooroopilly.com/ Our Indooroopilly - History and other information]

External links

* [http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/vbook/slq/indooroopilly/index.htm Indooroopilly: the tongue twisting waltz song hit] - virtual book. Digitised and held by State Library of Queensland.