24-657: The Chandler Arena (formerly the Sleeman Sports Centre ) is an indoor sports venue, located in the suburb of Chandler in Brisbane , Queensland . It has a seating capacity of 2,700, and hosts netball , basketball , indoor soccer , badminton and volleyball . The Sleeman Sports Complex , of which the Chandler Arena is a part, was purpose-built for the 1982 Commonwealth Games which were staged in Brisbane. Since then
48-426: A bridge was built over the creek along Old Cleveland Road ( 27°31′10″S 153°11′12″E / 27.5195°S 153.1867°E / -27.5195; 153.1867 ( Capalaba Bridge ) ). The Grassdale Land Company Limited formed on 8 January 1885 to acquire the property known as Grassdale Paddocks, in the parish of Tingalpa, with registered shareholders holding 80 shares of 250 pounds each. This area
72-679: A small commercial area along Old Cleveland Road to the suburb. In the 2011 census , Chandler had a population of 1,422 people, of whom 50.4% were female and 49.6% were male. The median age of the Chandler population was 42 years of age, 5 years above the Australian median. 78.9% of people living in Chandler were born in Australia . The other top responses for country of birth were England (3.4%), New Zealand (2.3%), Italy (1%), Fiji (0.9%), and India (0.8%). 85.2% of people spoke only English at home;
96-581: Is an outer south-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Chandler had a population of 1,475 people. Chandler is 16.4 kilometres (10 mi) south-east by road from the Brisbane CBD . The suburb is bounded to the east by Tingalpa Creek ( 27°30′47″S 153°12′05″E / 27.5131°S 153.2014°E / -27.5131; 153.2014 ( Tingalpa Creek ) ) and its southern boundary extends into
120-625: Is expected to travel through Chandler, near the Sleeman Centre. There are a number of parks in the area: John Beals Chandler Sir John Beals Chandler (21 February 1887 – 19 January 1962), frequently referred to as J. B. Chandler , was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland , representing the electorate of Hamilton from
144-478: Is operated by the Brisbane City Council. The Sleeman Sports Complex is located at the corner of Old Cleveland & Tilley Roads ( 27°30′39″S 153°08′50″E / 27.5109°S 153.1471°E / -27.5109; 153.1471 ( Sleeman Sports Complex ) ), and has brought Chandler to prominence during events such as the 1982 Commonwealth Games , the 2001 Goodwill Games , and
168-470: Is spread across the Brisbane suburbs of Chandler, Gumdale and Belmont . The company offered the land for auction in the Grassdale Estate later in 1885. The allotments were situated along Grassdale Road, London Road, Boston Road, Old Cleveland Road, Archer Street and four unnamed roads (later called Belmont Road, Stanborough Road, Tilley Road and New Cleveland Road). Prior to the sale extensive publicity
192-449: The 2018 Commonwealth Games . Alongside an auditorium, accommodation, and gardens, it provides facilities for a wide range of sports, including: Situated on Old Cleveland Road , the Complex also features a large Translink public "Park 'n' ride" facility, to travel by bus to nearby Carindale bus station or Capalaba bus station , and beyond. Once completed, TransLink's Eastern Busway
216-587: The Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League between 1984 and 1986 before the team moved into the 13,500 capacity, state of the art Brisbane Entertainment Centre early in the 1986 NBL season. The Bullets won their first NBL Championship at Chandler Arena defeating the Adelaide 36ers 121–95 on 7 September 1985 in the last NBL Grand Final to be played as a single game. This turned out to be
240-761: The October 1943 by-election to the 1947 state election , where he chose not to seek re-election. In 2021 John Beals Chandler was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame . John Beals Chandler was born in Bunwell , Norfolk , England , on 21 February 1887. From a poor family, he left school at the age of 8, and emigrated to Queensland in 1907 to work as a sugarcane cutter in Mossman , Queensland . In 1912 he married Lydia Isabel Parish in Brisbane . They had four sons; two of whom were killed in
264-839: The Queensland People's Party . This party later absorbed the Queensland branch of the United Australia Party , and became the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1948. Chandler retired from the Legislative Assembly in 1947. He remained Lord Mayor of Brisbane until 1952, the year he was knighted , and remained chairman and managing director of Chandlers until his death. Chandler died at home in St Lucia , Brisbane in 1962. The Brisbane suburb of Chandler
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#1733085062243288-593: The Tingalpa Reservoir ( 27°31′47″S 153°10′36″E / 27.5296°S 153.1768°E / -27.5296; 153.1768 ( Tingalpa Reservoir ) ). The easternmost point of Chandler is the easternmost point of the City of Brisbane mainland (but the easternmost point of the City as a whole is on Moreton Island considerably further east). Chandler is a semi-rural suburb consisting largely of bushland and residential properties on acreage, close to
312-642: The World War II : Keith John Chandler (age 21) and Roger Stainforth Chandler (age 25). A committed Anglican, Chandler lived out his belief that capitalism should operate in the interests of the many rather than the few. Chandler opened his first hardware store in Elizabeth St, Brisbane in 1913. Chandler increasingly focussed on electrical household appliances and opened a larger store as "J. B. Chandler & Co" in Adelaide St in 1923. This business grew to become
336-466: The 1925 amalgamation to form Brisbane City Council. Chandler was elected Lord Mayor in 1940 as the Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) candidate. He was reelected and served out 4 full terms as Lord Mayor, before being defeated in the 1952 election. Chandler was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland district of Hamilton as an Independent in 1943. Shortly after his election, he founded
360-509: The Telegraph newspaper with "forty-two lots were disposed of, comprising an area of 144 acres..." The Grassdale Land Company Limited later produced a plan of divisions of unsold land into 45 lots, listing the size and value of the lots at the time. In 1936, a new bridge across Tingalpa Creek was opened to replace the 1874 bridge. It remained sparsely populated for decades, retaining much of its natural bushland. This lack of population motivated
384-540: The centre has hosted a range of sporting events including the 1994 World Masters Games and the 2001 Goodwill Games swimming, diving and cycling events. The Sleeman Complex, which includes the Chandler Arena, the Chandler Aquatic Centre , and the Chandler Velodrome, was named after the past Brisbane Lord Mayors, Sir John Beals Chandler and Frank Sleeman . Chandler arena was also the one time home of
408-569: The construction of multiple buildings of the Sleeman Centre for the 1982 Commonwealth Games . In 2009, the Department of Environment and Resource Management sought public comment on the proposal to discontinue Capalaba West as a suburb and to include the area into Chandler. On 30 April 2010, Capalaba West was absorbed into Chandler. This extended Chandler's eastern border to Tingalpa Creek , separating Brisbane from Redland City , and added
432-453: The major commercial precincts of Carindale and Capalaba . Chandler is perhaps best known for the Sleeman Centre , a large sporting and entertainment complex. Chandler was named after the former Lord Mayor of Brisbane , Sir John Beals Chandler . The town of Tingalpa ( 27°31′03″S 153°10′54″E / 27.5174°S 153.1816°E / -27.5174; 153.1816 ( Tingalpa/Capalaba (historic town centre) ) )
456-462: The next most popular languages were Italian (2%), Greek (1.5%), Vietnamese (0.9%), Hindi (0.5%), and Dutch (0.4%). In the 2016 census , Chandler had a population of 1,442 people. In the 2021 census , Chandler had a population of 1,475 people. There are no schools in Chandler. The nearest government primary schools are Capalaba State College in neighbouring Capalaba to the south-east, Gumdale State School in neighbouring Gumdale to
480-602: The north, and Belmont State School in Carindale to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Capalabla State College in Capalaba and Brisbane Bayside State College in Wynnum West to the north. Chandler Transfer Station is a waste transfer station at 728 Tilley Road ( 27°30′51″S 153°09′05″E / 27.5142°S 153.1514°E / -27.5142; 153.1514 ( Chandler Transfer Station ) ). It
504-692: The only one of the Bullets three NBL championships that was won in Brisbane and the only one won at the Chandler Arena. Chandler Arena was also the home of the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy netball series between 1997 and 2008 before the series became the ANZ Championship and the team moved to the larger Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre . Chandler, Queensland Download coordinates as: Chandler
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#1733085062243528-472: The public company Chandlers Pty Ltd, with 25 stores across Queensland and northern NSW, in 1938. Chandlers remained a family-controlled business until 1977. In 1930 he founded the Brisbane radio station 4BC (4 "Beals Chandler") to stimulate demand for his radio sets. He went on to own various other Queensland radio stations, including 4BH in Brisbane. Chandler was a councillor for the Shire of Taringa before
552-519: Was published in the Brisbane newspapers, calling for "the attention of the investor, capitalist, farmer, merchant, artizan [sic], and mechanic, and is only one hour’s drive from Brisbane, and as it has been decided to run the Cleveland Railway through the Estate, it will be brought within a few minutes' ride of the heart of the city". The results of the public auction on 28 November 1885 were reported in
576-445: Was surveyed in 1863 with the name of the town changed to Capalaba in 1927. The town was close to a ford of Tingalpa Creek known as The Rocks Crossing ( 27°31′07″S 153°11′18″E / 27.5185°S 153.1882°E / -27.5185; 153.1882 ( The Rocks Crossing ) ) which had been identified by surveyor James Warner in 1850. The ford formed part of the route from Brisbane to Cleveland until 1874 when
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