Dutton Park is an inner southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Dutton Park is an inner southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Dutton Park had a population of 2,024 people.
History
Development in the suburb was slow because of difficult terrain, and the fact that a large part of the area was surveyed for government reserves by H.C. Rawnsley in 1863.The South Brisbane cemetery was reserved in 1866 and is Brisbane's oldest surviving municipal cemetery.The name Dutton comes from Charles Boydell Dutton, the Queensland Minister for Lands from 1883 to 1887, who created the recreation reserve in 1884. This became known as 'Dutton's Park', a name which was later applied to surrounding estates, a school (originally known as the "Jail School") and a railway station before becoming the name of the suburb.On 2 July 1883 the Boggo Road Gaol opened, firstly serving as a holding place for prisoners who were to be transported to St Helena Island but by 1989 housed over 300 prisoners. In 1903 a separate structure was opened adjacent to the main prison to house the female prisoners. After a Queensland Government inquiry into the living conditions of the inmates the female section of the prison was closed in 1989 with the male section closing in 1992 and later being demolished in 1996.
In 1884, the South Coast railway line was built, which included a station at Dutton Park.
Woolloongabba Mixed State School opened on 1 September 1884. It was split into Woolloongabba Girls and Infants State School and Woolloongabba Boys State School on 5 July 1885. In 1910 the schools were renamed to Dutton Park Girls and Infants State School and Dutton Park Boys State School. In 1935 the two schools were merged to form Dutton Park State School.
Between 1901 and 1969 the suburb was served by electric trams. Tram services operated along Gladstone Road and Annerley Road, with a connecting line to the Ipswich Road tram depot along Cornwall Street. J.S. Badger, owner of the Brisbane Tramway Company, developed the Dutton Park recreation reserve in order to increase patronage on the trams. For several years from 1908, open-air movie and variety shows known as 'Continentals' were held at the park, and proved enormously popular, drawing up to 5,000 people a night.Between 1912 and 1927 a tram depot was located in Lang Street (now Tamar Street).
St Ita's Regional Primary School opened on 27 January 1919.St Ita's Secondary School opened on 1932. In 1957 it was renamed St Ursula's College. It closed in 1957. Dutton Park Opportunity School opened on 28 January 1936. In 1979 it was renamed Dutton Park Special School . On 16 Dec 1994 it ceased to operate as a separate school and became the special education unit of Dutton Park State School.On 17 December 2006, the Eleanor Schonell Bridge was opened, linking the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland with southern Brisbane.
The Ecosciences Precinct in the Boggo Road Urban Village development opened in 2011.In the 2016 census, Dutton Park had a population of 2,024 people.
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Things to do
The suburb is dominated by Dutton Park, which includes a large recreation area and public cemetery (colloquially known as Dutton Park Cemetery but officially known as South Brisbane Cemetery).T. J. Doyle Memorial Drive passes through the park and along past the river; it was named after Thomas Joseph Doyle, alderman for South Brisbane ward of the City of Brisbane from 1954 to 1964.The former Boggo Road Gaol was located in the suburb and the remaining structure is now a historical museum.
The Eleanor Schonell Bridge linking the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland with southern Brisbane. The area is a popular place for picnics and tranquil riverside walks along the banks of the Brisbane River.