Brookfield

Brookfield is a picturesque and affluent rural residential suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Brookfield is a picturesque and affluent rural residential suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Brookfield had a population of 3,524 people.

Brookfield is believed to have been named by Lucinda Brimblecombe (née Logan) due to the course of Moggil Creek through the area.Brisbane was occupied by the Turrbal Aboriginal group.Development in the Brookfield area began in 1869, when the area was opened for logging and farming.A Bible Christian Church congregation (a denomination of Methodism) was established in 1869. In January 1870 a committee was formed to raise funds to construct a church.Brookfield State School opened on 27 Mar 1871. In 1874 a teacher's residence was built for the school.Brookfield Post Office opened on 12 August 1876.Brookfield Cemetery was opened in 1882.In October 1892 the Anglican parish of Indooroopilly purchased land for a church on the north-east corner of Brookfield Road and Boscombe Road for £20 from the owner, William Thomas Gee. The Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd cost £220 to build and was consecrated on Easter Monday 2 April 1893 by Anglican Bishop of Brisbane, William Webber.The first Brookfield Show was held in 1910.Gold Creek Provisional School opened in 1919, becoming Gold Creek State School on 1 October 1926. It closed circa 1936. It was located at 528 Gold Creek Road (27.4684°S 152.8918°E? / -27.4684; 152.8918? (Gold Creek State School)).The town hall was moved from Darra to Brookfield in 1931.In 1932, the school teacher's residence was too small for a teacher with nine children, so a new building was constructed. The old building was bought by the Brookfield Hall trustees and relocated it where it became the Brookfield General Store.In 1932 Father Robert Bartlett Bates, the rector of All Saints Anglican Church at Wickham Terrace purchased a house at 139 Brookfield Road to establish St John's Home for Aged Men, which subsequently relocated to West Toowong (where it continues to operate as St John's Residential Aged Care Home).On 12 May 1934 the Anglican Church opened St Christopher's Lodge, a home for boys. It was officially opened by James Francis Maxwell, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong. It was a farm school which operated until circa 1959. Around thid time 18 acres (7.3 ha) of the site was sold to the Presbyterian Church (now the Uniting Church in Australia) to develop an aged care centre. It was subsequently used a friary used by the Society of Saint Francis, a centre for contemplative spirituality and other community purposes. It is now within the suburb of Kenmore Hills and is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register. In 2019 the site was sold by the Anglican Church to the Uniting Church on the condition that community could continue to use the site.In 1957 Rita O'Hanlan offered riding lessons at the showgrounds, which evolved into the Brookfield Horse and Pony Club.