Eagle Farm, Queensland
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| Eagle Farm Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Postcode: | 4009 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 40.7 km² | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 9 km from Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Clayfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Lilley | ||||||||||||
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Eagle Farm (postcode 4009) is a largely industrial suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, situated around six kilometres from the centre of the city. It is also located at the former site of Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane's main airport until the opening of the current airport. Eagle Farm was also the site of the now-abandoned Eagle Farm railway station.
Eagle Farm first appeared as a name in 1839, identifying a cultivation area in convict era Brisbane. Presumably, the name was derived from the presence of Wedge-tailed Eagles in the area [1].
In the 1850s, displaced Aborigines from Bribie Island, the Redcliffe Peninsula and Wide Bay set up camps in the Breakfast Creek/Eagle Farm area.
[edit] Eagle Farm Racecourse
The Eagle Farm racecourse is the home of the Queensland Turf Club (QTC) and is the main racecourse for thoroughbred gallopers in Brisbane.
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[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Queensland Turf Club
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