Bardon, Queensland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bardon
Brisbane, Queensland

The grounds of Government House, Queensland

Population:

9,291 (2004) ^[1]

Postcode:

4065

Area:

5.6 km² (2.2 sq mi)

LGA:

Brisbane City Council, Toowong Ward and
The Gap Ward

State District:

Mount Coot-tha

Federal Division:

Brisbane, Ryan

Suburbs around Bardon:
The Gap	Ashgrove	Red Hill
The Gap	Bardon	Paddington
Mount Cootha	Toowong	Auchenflower

Bardon is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 3km west of the Brisbane CBD. Bardon is a leafy suburb, much of which nestles into the foothills of Mount Coot-tha.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Facilities
4 Transport
5 References

[edit] History

The suburb of Bardon is named after Bardon House, built in 1863 by Joshua Jeays and named for Bardon Hill in his native Leicestershire, England. The house now forms part of the campus of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, The Drive, Bardon.

Bardon, like most inner-city suburbs is characterised by timber homes, both "Queenslander" style and post war.^{[citation needed]} The suburb was overlooked during the renovating trend of the 90s, so still has plenty of original homes on large blocks, and few unit blocks.^{[citation needed]} Bardon has many young families living in the area.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Geography

Bardon, Queensland is at coordinates 27°27′41″S 152°58′30″E / -27.46126, 152.97485 (Bardon, Queensland)Coordinates: 27°27′41″S 152°58′30″E / -27.46126, 152.97485 (Bardon, Queensland)

[edit] Facilities

Adjoining Bardon is Government House, Queensland, the official residence of the Governor of Queensland.

The suburb is home to the Wests Juniors Leagues Club (a rugby league club) and Brisbane Irish Rugby Football Club. Both club's facilities are located in Purtell Park where home matches are played. Club facilities undergoing refurbishment mid 2007.

Bowman Park in Bardon is home to the Bardon Latrobe Junior Soccer Club and Wests Brisbane cricket club.

Other local schools include Bardon State School on Simpsons Rd, Rainworth Primary School on Boundary Rd and Ithaca Creek State School on Lugg St.

Mt Cootha botannical gardens on Sir Samual Griffith Drive; Mt Cootha look-out for a view of Brisbane.

[edit] Transport

Bardon is well served by several Brisbane Transport bus services, including the 385 BUZ service, the cross-town Great Circle Line, as well as several all-stops services to the city.

Prior to 1968, Bardon was serviced by a tram line which terminated at Morgan Terrace.