St Johns Wood, Queensland
St Johns Wood is a locality within the suburb of Ashgrove in Brisbane, Australia. A small residential pocket at the base of Taylor Range, it is embraced by a loop of Enoggera Creek and by the Ashgrove Golf Club, Brisbane City Council Reserve and the Enoggera Barracks. The locality was originally inhabited by the Indigenous Turrbal people before it opened up to European Settlement during the second land-sales of the District in 1858, with the homestead called The Granite House founded in 1864. It remains and occupies a small parcel of land within the locality, with the remainder being subdivided into housing allotments. Additionally, it is home to St Johns Wood Scout Group and The Woods Early Education Centre & Pre-school. The neighbourhood is accessed by either vehicular bridge, bikepath or footbridge. A prominent controversy for St Johns Wood surrounds the question of whether Princes Albert and George visited St Johns Wood on their visit to Brisbane in 1881.
Read more about St Johns Wood, Queensland: Indigenous History, Original Development and The Name St John's Wood, The Harding Settlement, Entertainment At St John's Wood House, St John's Wood Estate, Embassy / Ambassador Hall, The Weir, A House Crosses Enoggera Creek To Become A Hospital, The Dairy Farm, St Johns Wood Scout Group, Flooding, Rainbow Subdivision/St John's Wood Hill, Architecture, Transport
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