Musgrave Park, Brisbane

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Musgrave Park is a park located in West End, a suburb in the city of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland.

Musgrave Park is nestled between Edmonstone, Russell and Cordelia Streets and is approximately 300m2. The park sits adjacent to Brisbane State High School, and Musgrave Park Pool. It is home to the Jagera Arts Centre, and is one of the few remaining green spaces left in Brisbane's inner city.

Notably, it has historically been a sacred site to the native Murri people. It is the site of a bora ring that has been buried.

In 1998, after 20 years of legal struggles, the Queensland government "secured a portion of Musgrave Park in South Brisbane to build a cultural centre" (FAIRA, 2005) to the Musgrave Park Aboriginal Corporation (MPAC).

Past Australian government practices ensured that Indigenous people were not allowed to venture any further into the city than Musgrave Park and so this is one of the reasons Indigenous people gather in Musgrave Park today.

The park plays host each year to the Greek festival – Paniyiri, the National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Celebration (NAIDOC) Park Day, the Medieval Fayre, and the Lesbian and Gay Brisbane Pride Festival Fair Day.

[edit] External links

• The Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA)
• The Brisbane Medieval Fair
• The Brisbane Pride Festival