New Farm Park, Brisbane
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New Farm Park is a significant historic park in the suburb of New Farm
, Brisbane
, Australia
, located at the southern end of the New Farm Peninsula on the Brisbane River
. It covers 37 acres (15 ha), and it currently includes soccer grounds, tennis
courts, and basketball
courts. The park is noted for its large rose
gardens, which contain hundreds of varieties of rose, and over forty thousand individual plants.
The Powerhouse arts centre is located at the eastern end of the park.
settlement on the Brisbane River
. A racecourse was built on the site in 1846, which operated until 1913, when the land for the park was acquired by the Brisbane City Council. During the late 1990s 'the summerhouse' kiosk was based in New Farm Park. 'the summerhouse' was a popular meeting point for weekend breakfasts and won many awards. However during 2000 'the summerhouse' was destroyed by fire and has yet to be rebuilt.
New Farm, Queensland
New Farm is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 2 km east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the Brisbane River. New Farm is partly surrounded by the Brisbane River, with land access from the north west through Fortitude Valley and from the north through...
, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
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, located at the southern end of the New Farm Peninsula on the Brisbane River
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in south east Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley was the first European to explore the river who named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane in 1823...
. It covers 37 acres (15 ha), and it currently includes soccer grounds, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
courts, and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
courts. The park is noted for its large rose
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
gardens, which contain hundreds of varieties of rose, and over forty thousand individual plants.
The Powerhouse arts centre is located at the eastern end of the park.
History
The land that the park now stands on was originally a farm, built to supply food for the recently founded convictConvict
A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con". Convicts are often called prisoners or inmates. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences often are not termed...
settlement on the Brisbane River
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in south east Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley was the first European to explore the river who named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane in 1823...
. A racecourse was built on the site in 1846, which operated until 1913, when the land for the park was acquired by the Brisbane City Council. During the late 1990s 'the summerhouse' kiosk was based in New Farm Park. 'the summerhouse' was a popular meeting point for weekend breakfasts and won many awards. However during 2000 'the summerhouse' was destroyed by fire and has yet to be rebuilt.