Seventeen Mile Rocks, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Seventeen Mile Rocks
city = Brisbane
state = qld


caption =
lga = City of Brisbane
postcode = 4073
pop = 2,899 (2006 census)
pop_footnotes = [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC31477|name=Seventeen Mile Rocks (Brisbane City) (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-02-28]
est =
fedgov = Division of Oxley
stategov = Electoral district of Mount Ommaney
dist1 = 11
location1= Brisbane GPO
near-nw = Sinnamon Park
near-n = Fig Tree Pocket
near-ne = Corinda
near-w = Mount Ommaney
near-e = Oxley
near-sw = Sumner
near-s = Darra
near-se = Oxley

Seventeen Mile Rocks is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 11 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD on the Brisbane River.

Seventeen Mile Rocks is named after a collection of rocks that marked a distance of 17 miles from the mouth of the Brisbane river. These rocks were largely removed to widen the river and allow access for marine vessels to further reaches of the river.

The suburb was previously an industrial one; but in recent years new housing estates have been developed greatly increasing the residential population. The major estate is Edenbrooke, while the newest is Verandah. The major road through the suburb is Seventeen Mile Rocks Rd, which links the suburb to Jindalee and the Western Freeway at the western end and Oxley at the eastern end. The new Rocks Riverside Park is located in Seventeen Mile Rocks Park, Brisbane's biggestFact|date=May 2007 riverside park is in the suburb, offering walking and cycling tracks, as well as picnic facilities and playing fields.and people come from all over Brisbane to visit this well loved park.

A drive-in movie theatre also existed in the suburb, but was removed in the late 1980's to create another housing estate. Several of the new estates also feature walking tracks and lakes.

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External links

* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/seventeen_mile_rocks/home/ourbrisbane.com website, Seventeen Mile Rocks section]