Cavendish Road, Brisbane

Cavendish Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, linking the suburbs of Coorparoo, Holland Park and Mount Gravatt East.[1]

Geography

Cavendish Road commences at Coorparoo Secondary College near Bridgewater Creek in Coorparoo and then runs in an approximately south-eastly direction over hilly terain. It terminates at the intersection with Creek Road in Mount Gravatt East. Although the road appears to continue beyond that point, it becomes Newnham Road.[1]

It has the following significant intersections:[1]

in Cooparoo
in Holland Park
in Mount Gravatt East

History

View along Cavendish Road, Coorparoo, circa 1929

The road first appears in a survey of Coorparoo in July 1863.[2]

A number of the early residents were keen whist players and the book commonly known as Cavendish on Whist was considered the authority on the game. Cavendish was the nom de plume of English writer and whist player Henry Jones, who was a member of the Cavendish Whist Club. This is said to be the origin of the road name.[2]

Cavendish Road State High School was constructed at 695 Cavendish Road in Holland Park. It opened on 9 April 1951.[3]

Landmarks

Significant landmarks on Cavendish Road include:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Queensland Globe". Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cumbrae Stewart, Francis William Sutton (1940). "Some notes on Coorparoo". The Historical Society of Queensland Journal (Brisbane: The Historical Society of Queensland) 3 (2): 67–79. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. "Coorparoo School of Arts and RSL Memorial Hall (entry 16790)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 December 2014.