Herston, Queensland

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


caption =
lga = Brisbane City Council
Grange Ward
postcode = 4006
pop = 1,837 (2004) [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/305051274Population/People12000-2004?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=305051274&issue=2000-2004&num=&view= ABS Statistics] ]
area = 1.7
est =
propval =
stategov = Brisbane Central
fedgov = Brisbane
dist1 = 3
location1= Brisbane
near-nw = Newmarket
near-n = Wilston
near-ne = Windsor
near-w = Kelvin Grove
near-e = Fortitude Valley
near-sw = Kelvin Grove
near-s = Spring Hill
near-se = Fortitude Valley

Herston is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 3km north of the Brisbane CBD.

Geography

Herston is dominated by the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. The hospital campus is also shared by the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the Royal Children's Hospital.

Demographics

Herston is mostly a residential suburb, with some areas of light industry near the main roads. Many of Herston's residents are employed by the hospital or nearby at the Queensland University of Technology in Kelvin Grove. There is also a significant student population that studies at the university.

Transport

Prior to December 1968 the eastern side of the suburb was served by frequent tram services along Bowen Bridge Road, with routes converging from Chermside, Kalinga (until 1962), Stafford, and Grange. These services combined to provide the suburb with an off-peak service of a tram every 2½ minutes along Bowen Bridge Road in the late 1950s. The western side of the suburb was served by trams which ran along Kelvin Grove Road. This service also ceased in December 1968.

Between 1953 and November 1968, the suburb was also served by Brisbane City Council trolley-buses which connected the suburb with Fortitude Valley and ran through to Stanley Bridge in East Brisbane. The trolley-buses ran along Herston Road and Butterfield Street, past Ballymore football ground, terminating near the intersection of Prospect Terrace and Kelvin Grove Road.

Brisbane City Council diesel buses continue to serve the suburb. The Inner-Northern Busway runs through the south of the suburb, having been built to divert buses off congested major roads.

History

Herston was first settled by Europeans in the 1850s. Sir Robert Herbert, Queensland's first premier, built a farm in the area, and lived in the farmhouse with his then Attorney-General, John Bramston. The pair named their house "Herston", a combination of their surnames, which eventually became the name of the suburb.cite book |last=Aldrich |first=Robert |coauthors=Wotherspoon, Garry |title=Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day |origyear=2001 |url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=giM73n_lca4C&pg=PA207&vq=%22Robert+Herbert%22&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1&sig=mQg0smpWw1sDLsEImVb-JoQtCs4 |accessdate=2008-03-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0415159822 |pages=207 ]

Many of Herston's streets were named after local identities of the time. Bowen Bridge Road and Bowen Park were named after Sir George Bowen, Queensland's first governor. Butterfield Street was named after local schoolmaster William Butterfield. Hetherington Street was named after coal industry identity John William Hetherington, and Garrick Terrace got its name from James Francis Garrick, the man who purchased Herston from Herbert and Bramston.cite news |first=Phil |last=Smith |title=Local History - Herston |url=http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1576475.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Brisbane |id= |pages= |page= |date=2006-02-24 |accessdate=2008-03-01 ]

References

* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/herston ourbrisbane.com - Herston]

ee also

*Robert Herbert