25-582: Download coordinates as: Bowen Hills is an inner north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Bowen Hills had a population of 4,898 people. Bowen Hills is 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) by road from the Brisbane CBD . Mayne is a neighbourhood within the south of the suburb ( 27°27′00″S 153°02′00″E / 27.45°S 153.0333°E / -27.45; 153.0333 ( Mayne ) ). Montpelier
50-619: A Queensland rainforest, where many of his best-known works were created. In the 1960s he lived and exhibited in London in solo shows and with other Australians, including Brett Whiteley . From 1977 he was a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery and was responsible for acquiring some major paintings for the gallery, including a major painting by Victor Pasmore . A biography of Daws was published in 1982, written by Neville Weston . Griffith University , Brisbane , and University of
75-599: A number of new residential apartment complexes were constructed in the area, with a range of retail outlets built to cater to Brisbane's growing population. In the 2016 census , Bowen Hills recorded a population of 3,226 people, 45.6% women and 54.4% men. The median age of the Bowen Hills population was 30 years of age, 8 years below the Australian median. 49.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth
100-480: Is a hill ( 27°26′51″S 153°02′26″E / 27.4474°S 153.0405°E / -27.4474; 153.0405 ( Montpelier ) ) rising to 49 metres (161 ft) above sea level. There are a number of railway lines passing through the suburb, including the long-distance North Coast railway line , a number of Brisbane suburban lines, and the Exhibition Loop railway line. Railway stations within
125-879: Is home to a large Queensland Rail maintenance and stabling depot. By road, The TransApex infrastructure plans for Brisbane has several interconnections in Bowen Hills. The Clem Jones Tunnel (Clem7) , Airport Link Tunnel and Inner City Bypass all have an entry/exit point in Bowen Hills and connect with each other at a spaghetti intersection . Virgin Australia Holdings, including Virgin Australia ; and associated airlines Virgin Australia International Airlines (formerly V Australia ) and Virgin Samoa (formerly Polynesian Blue); had their head office in Virgin Village in Bowen Hills until September 2020, when it
150-462: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Lawrence Daws Lawrence Daws (born 1927) is an Australian painter and printmaker , who works in the media of oil , watercolour , drawing , screenprints , etchings and monotypes . In
175-838: The Brisbane calendar of events, the Royal Queensland Show (the Ekka ), is held each year at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds at Bowen Hills. Bowen Park is a small public pleasure garden with a long history dating back to 1863. Perry Park Stadium is a sports ground, mostly used for soccer . There are a number of parks in the area: By train, Bowen Hills Station is also one of Queensland's busiest railway stations with all Queensland Rail City network services on all lines, including express trains, stopping there; many services in peak periods terminate at Bowen Hills. Bowen Hills
200-770: The Johnstone Gallery in Cintra Road, Bowen Hills. The gallery was the driving force behind building an appreciation of contemporary Australian art in Brisbane and beyond, arguably Australia's most famous commercial gallery of the time. Owners Brian and Marjorie Johnstone created a focal point of Brisbane's cultural and social life, with their Sunday exhibition openings featuring leading Australian artists such as Sir Sidney Nolan , Robert Dickerson , Lawrence Daws , Margaret Olley , Charles Blackman , Ray Crooke , Arthur Boyd , Donald Friend , Laurence Hope . Their collection documenting
225-572: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
250-711: The 1970s, the Queensland Branch of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association (ATNA) operated a home for retired invalid members at 'Pymore', Mallon Street. In the mid-twentieth century Bowen Hills was well known as the location of the Cloudland dance hall. Cloudland's domed structure on top of a hill was a prominent landmark on Brisbane's northside. Cloudland was controversially demolished in 1982 to make way for an apartment development. From 1950 until 1972, owners Brian and Marjorie Johnstone operated
275-586: The 1980s he started making computer prints, and was possibly the first established Australian painter to use this medium. His subjects are often landscapes , including deserts , of Tasmanian forests and the tropical rainforests of Queensland . Daws grew up on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, and from 1970 until 2010, lived by the Glasshouse Mountains at Beerwah on the edge of
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#1732855475703300-580: The Brisbane Ekka , although part of it still remains as parkland. In 1866 Bowen Hills was defined as a postal district. Settlement increased in the 1870s. A post office was opened in 1878. The train station was opened in 1882. In 1886, William Perry , a local businessman, built Miegunyah House. The gracious Victorian era home remains intact today as a museum hosting historical talks and themed exhibitions. Our Lady of Victories' Primary School opened on 13 November 1921 and closed in 1966. From 1924 until
325-703: The Sunshine Coast , Queensland have awarded honorary doctorates to Daws. In 2016 Lawrence Daws was interviewed in a digital story and oral history for the State Library of Queensland 's James C Sourris AM Collection . In the interview Daws talks to Bettina MacAulay, a Brisbane Art Valuer about his life, his paintings and computer generated prints, and how his interest in philosophy, literature and psychology has influenced his work. Adelaide Festival, Feb-March 2008 – Major retrospective Drawings, Prints, 1947–2007 This article about an artist from Australia
350-589: The Tweed Valley, Wivenhoe, Rosewood, Logan, Stradbroke, North Pine and beyond. The area now occupied by the grounds of the Brisbane Exhibition Ground and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital was named Walan (Woolan), meaning Bream (fish). The area of the present main Ekka oval was a "great fighting ground for the blacks" . Barrambin was an important location for "kippa-ring" or initiation ceremony. Tribes from
375-777: The Twelfth Night Theatre, including Derek Fowlds , John Inman , Jon English and Drew Forsythe . The Old Museum , in Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, was the former location of the Queensland Museum until the museum's move to the Queensland Cultural Centre during the 1980s. The building is now home to the Queensland Youth Orchestras and provides rehearsal and performance space for many other community music and arts groups. A major feature on
400-501: The coast would travel here to have their "kippa's" (young men) initiated. Early European settlement named the area beside Gilchrist Avenue York's Hollow. The suburb was named after Queensland Governor Sir George Ferguson Bowen . The locality of Mayne is named after alderman Patrick Mayne . The Queensland Acclimatisation Society occupied Bowen Park in 1862, the area later known as the RNA Exhibition Grounds and home to
425-453: The developing urban renewal area. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
450-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
475-586: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
500-670: The south-west, Ascot State School in Ascot to the north-east, and New Farm State School in New Farm to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Kelvin Grove State College in Kelvin Grove to the west and Kedron State High School in Kedron to the north. The Twelfth Night Theatre , with live theatre, is in Bowen Hills. Many well-known actors have appeared in plays at
525-488: The suburb are: Before white settlement Bowen Hills was occupied by the indigenous Chepara people including the Brisbane, Ipswich and southern Jagera people. The higher parts were named Barrambin meaning windy place because they caught the breezes. It was one of the main campsites for the region, part of the Spring Hill, City area, where on occasions 700 to 1000 people were camped, including Brisbane locals, groups from Ipswich,
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#1732855475703550-511: The success of their gallery is now held by the State Library of Queensland and in 2021 it was added to UNESCO 's Australian Memory of the World Register. In the 1960s, Queensland Newspapers built its headquarters at Campbell Street Bowen Hills having previously operated out of Adelaide Street . Bowen Hills Special School opened in January 1986 and closed on 11 December 1987. In the 2010s,
575-575: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
600-487: Was New Zealand at 3.9%. 59.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.8% and Spanish 3.2%. The most common response for religion was No Religion at 38.3%. In the 2021 census , Bowen Hills had a population of 4,898 people. Bowen Hills has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: There are no schools in Bowen Hills. The nearest government primary schools are Brisbane Central State School in neighbouring Spring Hill to
625-573: Was moved to South Brisbane . In 2008 1,000 employees had worked at Virgin Village, which opened on 17 October 2008. In addition Sunstate Airlines , which operates under the QantasLink banner, has its head office in Bowen Hills. The headquarters of Brisbane's two newspapers, The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail , are located on Campbell Street, Bowen Hills. There are a growing number of retail outlets trading from and primarily catering to residents in
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