Indooroopilly, Queensland
Indooroopilly (
pronounced ) is an inner western
suburb of
Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia. Located 7 km from the
Brisbane central business district, Indooroopilly boasts significant commercial, office and retail sectors and is home to Indooroopilly Shopping centre, the largest
shopping centre in Brisbane's western suburbs. Indooroopilly has been described as a 'mini-CBD' along with
Carindale,
Chermside and
Mount Gravatt. The suburb is popular with professionals and a large number of university students from the nearby
University of Queensland campus in
St Lucia. The housing stock consists of a mix of detached houses and medium density apartments. There has been a trend towards increasing small lot and townhouse development in the suburb in recent years. Nevertheless, many post-war homes and iconic
Queenslanders have also been restored. It is one of the council's proposed Major Centres.
Moggill Road is the main thoroughfare, connecting Indooroopilly to
Toowong and the city via Coronation Drive (inbound), and
Chapel Hill and
Kenmore (outbound). The
Western Freeway also serves the suburb. Indooroopilly is well connected by
public transport. There is a
bus interchange adjoining the shopping centre, where
Brisbane Transport operates services to the CBD, university and other western suburbs. The
Indooroopilly railway station provides frequent services to the CBD and beyond. It is a short walk down Station Road from the shopping centre.
There is a thriving café and restaurant precinct along Station Road between the shopping centre and railway station as well as to the east of the railway station. There are two cinema complexes in Indooroopilly, the Eldorado cinemas[
1] on Coonan Street and
Birch Carroll and Coyle Megaplex inside Indooroopilly Shopping centre.
Indooroopilly is a
corruption of either the local
Aboriginal word
nyindurupilli, meaning 'gully of the leeches' or
yindurupilly meaning 'gully of running water'.
The area was first settled in the
1860s and agriculture and dairying were common in the early years. The arrival of rail in
1875 and completion of the
Albert rail bridge across the
Brisbane River to open the
Ipswich rail line the following year spurred the development of Indooroopilly. The
1893 flood destroyed the Albert Bridge, which was re-opened in
1895. A
lead-
silver mine was established on an Indooroopilly property in
1919 and extraction continued until
1929 when the mine became unprofitable. Today the University of Queensland operates the site as an experimental mine and teaching facility for engineering students (the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre). The landmark
Walter Taylor Bridge across the Brisbane River was completed in
1936. The first stage of Indooroopilly Shoppingtown opened in
1970.
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