Eight Mile Plains, Queensland

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Eight Mile Plains
Brisbane, Queensland

Population:

10,894 (2001 census)

Postcode:

4113

Area:

7.7 km²

Location:

13 km from Brisbane

LGA:

Brisbane City Council

State District:

Stretton, Springwood, Mt Gravatt

Federal Division:

Bonner, Rankin, Moreton

Suburbs around Eight Mile Plains
Macgregor	Wishart	Rochedale
Sunnybank	Eight Mile Plains	Rochedale
Sunnybank	Runcorn	Underwood

Eight Mile Plains is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located some 13 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district.

It is accessible by the Pacific and Gateway Motorways and the South-East Busway.

The Brisbane Technology Park is found in Eight Mile Plains and is the home to the Queensland Clunies Ross Centre for Science and Industry.

Eight Mile Plains is surrounded by Runcorn, Kuraby, Rochedale, Underwood, Wishart, Upper Mount Gravatt, Macgregor, and Sunnybank.

It has one primary school located in it and no high school

Originally the suburb extended beyond the Brisbane City boundary along the Pacific Highway (Logan Road) into the northern part of Albert Shire (Now Logan City). In the 1970s, this southern part of Eight Mile Plains, along with parts of Rochedale and Springwood became the new suburb of Underwood.

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Indigenously, the name of the Aboriginal clan formerly occupying this area is uncertain. However, it is thought that the clan most likely to have lived in the area was Turrbal from the Chepara clan. After white settlement, this area was named Eight Mile Plains which refers to the topography of the place and distance, eight miles, by bush track to One Mile Swamp, which is now formally known as Woollongabba. In 1864, the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve extended its fields from Coopers Plains through to the Eight Mile Plains Agricultural Reserve. During that time, Eight Mile Plains was formed and comprised of the current suburbs of Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Kuraby, Runcorn, Stretton and Algester. Also during the mid-late 1800s, Charles Baker purchased acreage from a sheep herder named Wilson in 1857. Fox hunting developed on the Baker property and he also built a hotel on the land. In 1868, he became the postmaster of Eight Mile Plains and his services were called upon when the Cobb and Co. services started a regular run through Eight Mile Plains through to the Logan and Nerang River settlements. Ironically enough, this would eventually become an actual bus station.

Dominant natural features of the Eight Mile Plains district include the Bulimba Creek which sits adjacent to the bus station and has unfortunately suffered due to the increase of urbanisation. Before settlement, the area was home to a diverse range of plants and animals and there are also areas of relic bushland and a small number of market gardens.