Carseldine

Carseldine is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Carseldine is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Carseldine had a population of 9,541 people.

Carseldine was named on 16 August 1975 by the Queensland Place Names Board after the fencing contractor William Carseldine (also written as Castledean) who immigrated in 1854 in the sailing ship Monsoon and settled in Bald Hills in 1858, also owning land in the Carseldine area.North Brisbane College of Advanced Education opened in 1975 with the pre-existing Kedron Park Teachers College and with a new campus at Carseldine (27.3491°S 153.0241°E? / -27.3491; 153.0241? (QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (CARSELDINE CAMPUS))). It later became a campus of the Queensland Institute of Technology and then as a campus of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). In November 2008, QUT relocated its Carseldine activities to its Kelvin Grove and Gardens Point campuses. The site was vacant for four years when QUT failed to find a replacement education provider, but was adapted to house state public servants in 2012. In 2016, Deputy Premier Jackie Trad announced that the site would be redeveloped as the Carseldine Urban Village, with 900 homes and commercial and retail space.In the 2016 census Carseldine had a population of 9,541 people.