New Farm Park, Brisbane
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New Farm Park is a significant historic park in the suburb of New Farm, Brisbane, Australia, located at the southern end of the New Farm Peninsula on the Brisbane River. It covers thirty-seven acres, and it originally included football grounds, tennis courts, and basketball courts[1]. The park also is noted for its large rose gardens, which contain hundreds of varieties of rose, and over forty thousand individual plants. Due to the picturesque surroundings, the park is often used as a venue for events such as weddings.
The Powerhouse arts centre is located at the eastern end of the park. [2]
[edit] History
The land that the park now stands on was originally a farm, built to supply food for the recently founded convict settlement on the Brisbane River[3]. A racecourse was built on the site in 1846, which operated until 1913, when the land for the park was acquired by the Brisbane City Council[4].
[edit] Notes
- ^ Our Brisbane - History of New Farm, retrieved November 26, 2006
- ^ Brisbane Powerhouse Website
- ^ Our Brisbane - Pocket Neighbourhood Guide, retrieved November 26, 2006
- ^ Our Brisbane - History of New Farm, retrieved November 26, 2006
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