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Brighton, Queensland

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Brighton

| city = Brisbane

| state = qld

| image = Brighton - panoramio.jpg

| caption = Brighton shoreline at Bramble Bay (looking south), 2010

| coordinates = {{coord|-27.2986|153.0572|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Brighton (centre of suburb)}}

| pop = 9664

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

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| postcode = 4017

| area = 7.6

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 27.9

| dir1 = NNE

| location1 = Brisbane CBD

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| lga = City of Brisbane
(Deagon Ward){{cite web|title=Deagon Ward|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/deagon-ward|website=Brisbane City Council|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309192056/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/deagon-ward|archive-date=9 March 2017|url-status=live}}

| stategov = Sandgate

| fedgov = Lilley

| near-n = Griffin

| near-ne = Bramble Bay

| near-e = Bramble Bay

| near-se = Sandgate

| near-s = Sandgate

| near-sw = Bracken Ridge

| near-w = Bald Hills

| near-nw = Griffin

}}

Brighton is a coastal northern suburb of the City of Brisbane, in the state of Queensland, in Australia.{{cite QPN|41701|Brighton|suburb in City of Brisbane|accessdate=26 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Brighton had a population of 9,664 people.

Geography

Brighton and its neighbouring suburb Bald Hills are the northernmost suburbs of Brisbane.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 July 2022}} Brighton is located {{convert|27.9|km|mi}} by road north of the Brisbane CBD.{{Google maps|access-date=6 April 2021|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/Australia+Post+-+Brisbane+GPO,+261+Queen+St,+Brisbane+City+QLD+4000/Brighton+QLD+4017/@-27.3810945,152.9224955,39187m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b915a1ce986c647:0x607f6d20ee939285!2m2!1d153.0279545!2d-27.4679287!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b93e317dea164b3:0x502a35af3de81b0!2m2!1d153.0509868!2d-27.2944002!3e0|title=Brisbane GPO to Brighton}}

The suburb is bounded to the north by the Pine River, to the north-east and east by Bramble Bay (a side bay of Moreton Bay), to the south by Bracken Ridge Road, to the south-east by the Deagon Deviation, and to the east by Bald Hills Creek.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Watercourses; Bays; Road and rail |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

The Deagon Deviation enters the suburb from the south-east (Bracken Ridge / Sandgate) and follows the course of Bald Hills Creek before exiting to the north-east to become the Houghton Highway and Ted Smout Memorial Bridge (the pair of bridges across Hays Inlet to Clontarf in the City of Moreton Bay).

Nashville is a neighbourhood in the south-west of the suburb ({{coord|-27.3127|153.0583|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Nashville}}).{{cite QPN|23915|Nashville|locality unbounded in City of Brisbane|accessdate=26 December 2020}}

Brighton has been mostly developed as suburban housing. In the north of the suburb there is some rural residential development and undeveloped wetlands. In the south-west of the locality are undeveloped wetlands which include Third Lagoon ({{coord|-27.3109|153.0527|type:waterbody_region:AU-QLD|name=Third Lagoon}}).{{cite QPN|34226|Third Lagoon|lagoon in City of Brisbane|accessdate=26 December 2020}} The lagoon is so-called as it is one of the three lagoons of the Sandgate area, the first being Einbunpin Lagoon and the second being Dowse Lagoon which are both within the suburb of Sandgate.{{Cite web|title=Sandgate Third Lagoon|url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/285|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Brisbane Heritage Register|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911074654/https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/285}}

History

The Brighton Hotel located along Beaconsfield Terrace was believed to be built by David Rowntree Somerset. An early settler, Captain William Townsend, bought the Brighton Hotel and used it as his home and, once sold in 1893, it was used as an orphanage. It resumed being a hotel in 1912.{{Cite web|title = Brighton|url = http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2008/10/31/brighton/|website = blogs.slq.qld.gov.au|access-date = 2015-12-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125642/http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2008/10/31/brighton/|archive-date = 22 December 2015|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|title = Local History - Brighton|url = http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/05/26/1647921.htm|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date = 2015-12-11|language = en-AU|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151225145032/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/05/26/1647921.htm|archive-date = 25 December 2015|url-status = live}} The suburb takes its name from the hotel, which is believed to be named after Brighton in Sussex, England.

File:Brighton Methodist Church, circa 1947.jpg

Land for a Methodist church was purchased in 1914. In January 1917, a small Sunday school was opened on the site. In 1919, a Methodist church building was relocated from Killarney (where it had opened in 1902) to the Brighton site, where it was erected and officially opened on Saturday 5 June 1920.{{cite news|date=30 November 1935|title=METHODISM|page=8|newspaper=Warwick Daily News|issue=5109|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177342278|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=10 September 2021|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911003821/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177342278|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Brighton Methodist Church (1920) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=681 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101041/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=681 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=5 June 1920 |title=New Sandgate Methodist Church. |page=12 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=19,462 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20422620 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101122/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20422620 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=7 June 1920 |title=Brighton Methodist Church. |page=6 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=19,463 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20422756 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101035/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20422756 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=8 June 1920 |title=BRIGHTON METHODIST CHURCH. |page=3 |newspaper=The Telegraph |issue=14,830 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179031509 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101050/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/blank |url-status=live }} On Saturday 2 December 1939, 500 people attended the opening of a new church building by Reverend F. A. Malcolm, the President of the Methodist Conference. The previous church was relocated to the rear of the site to be used as a Sunday school hall.{{cite news |date=3 December 1939 |title=New Sandgate Methodist Church |page=3 |newspaper=Sunday Mail |issue=502 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98008083 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101039/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98008083 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=27 November 1939 |title=Methodist Progress at Brighton, Sandgate |page=15 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184390404 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101051/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/blank |url-status=live }} In 1977, the church joined in the amalgamation that created the Uniting Church in Australia becoming the Brighton Uniting Church. The church at 41 Deagon Street ({{Coord|-27.3136|153.0628|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Brighton Methodist Church (former)}}) was closed circa 1999, and was later sold and the church and hall (the former church) were converted into a house.{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Brighton Methodist Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=184 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101036/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=184 |url-status=live }} It is now within the suburb boundaries of Sandgate. It is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register.{{Cite web |title=Methodist Church (former) {{!}} Heritage Places |url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1422 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Brisbane Heritage Register |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101036/https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1422 |url-status=live }}

Brighton State School opened on 27 January 1920.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web |date=2020-02-19 |title=History |url=https://brightonss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Brighton State School |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305102728/https://brightonss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |url-status=live }}

File:Hornibrook Highway Bridge Southern Portal 02.jpg

File:Hornibrook Highway Bridge Southern Portal 04.jpg

Since 1935, three bridges have connected Brisbane to Redcliffe Peninsula between Brighton at their southern end and Clontarf on the peninsula at their northern end. The first of these to be built was the Hornibrook Bridge, which opened on 4 October 1935. On 20 December 1979 , a second bridge known as the Houghton Highway was opened and the Hornibrook Bridge was closed to traffic, but could still be used by pedestrians, cyclists, and for fishing. On 11 July 2010, the third bridge, the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge, opened, enabling the Houghton Highway to be used for northbound traffic and the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge to be used for southbound traffic. Due to the deteriorating condition of the Hornibrook Bridge and the cost to maintain it, most of the bridge was demolished in 2010 with only the southern portal remaining at the Brighton end and the northern portal and a small section of the bridge (following some reconstruction) remaining at the Clontarf end; both are available for recreational use.{{Cite web |date=June 2007 |title=History of the Hornibrook Highway bridge |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/projects/h/houghton-highway-duplication/factsheets/factsheet1thehornibrookhighwaybridge.pdf |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Department of Main Roads |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title=Ted Smout Bridge 10th Anniversary |url=https://historyredcliffe.com.au/home/ted-smout-bridge-10th-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=History Redcliffe |language=en-AU |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107150731/https://historyredcliffe.com.au/home/ted-smout-bridge-10th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Ted Smout Memorial Bridge, Brisbane - Verdict Traffic |url=https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/tedsmoutmemorialbrid/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.roadtraffic-technology.com |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206114701/https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/tedsmoutmemorialbrid/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Tony |date=2010-07-11 |title=Australia's longest bridge opens at Redcliffe |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/australias-longest-bridge-opens-at-redcliffe-20100711-1059m.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Brisbane Times |language=en |archive-date=25 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625122449/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/australias-longest-bridge-opens-at-redcliffe-20100711-1059m.html |url-status=live }}

File:RAAF Station Sandgate.jpg

File:Queensland State Archives 3003 Gardens at Eventide Home Sandgate November 1947.png

File:Eventide Home, Brighton, October 1949.jpg

Brighton was the site of the Second World War barracks of the RAAF Air Training School between December 1940 and May 1946; it was built on reclaimed land. It later became Eventide, a large nursing home run by the Queensland Government. More than 700 patients were transferred from Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island to the facility.{{Cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/north/eventide-to-lose-residential-aged-care/story-fn8m0rl4-1226498766105 |title=Eventide to lose residential aged care |access-date=30 December 2012 |date=18 October 2012 |newspaper=Northside Chronicle |publisher=Quest Newspapers }} It was announced in late 2012 that the nursing home would close because the government did not wish to continue to provide aged care facilities.{{Cite news |date=2012-10-19 |title=Eventide aged care closures 'shocks' nurses' union |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-19/eventide-aged-care-closures-shocks-nurses-union/4322904 |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210002519/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-19/eventide-aged-care-closures-shocks-nurses-union/4322904 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Tony |date=2014-02-12 |title=Locals in the dark about Eventide Centre's future |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/locals-in-the-dark-about-eventide-centres-future-20140212-32ier.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Brisbane Times |language=en}} The site was redeveloped as the Brighton Health Campus, which provides a range of rehabilitation services and some aged care.{{Cite web |last= |title=Brighton Health Campus |url=https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/community/locations/brighton-health-campus |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Metro North Health |series=Queensland Government |language= |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004042718/https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/community/locations/brighton-health-campus |url-status=live }}

Brighton Baptist church at 77 North Road ({{Coord|-27.2946|153.0553|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Baptist church (former)}}) opened in 1958. It is now in private ownership and has been converted into a residence.{{Cite web|last=Hughes|first=Wendy|date=12 June 2017|title=Queensland church conversions: Glam renovations, cool features, blank canvases|url=https://www.domain.com.au/news/queensland-church-conversions-glam-renovations-cool-features-blank-canvases-20170612-gwo2jq/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Domain|language=en-AU|archive-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011041903/https://www.domain.com.au/news/queensland-church-conversions-glam-renovations-cool-features-blank-canvases-20170612-gwo2jq/}}{{Cite web|title=Brighton Baptist Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/baptist/directory/2073-brighton-baptist-church-former|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309032353/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/baptist/directory/2073-brighton-baptist-church-former}}

Nashville State School opened on 25 January 1960.

St Kieran's Catholic School opened on 2 February 1960.

In June 1990 the Uniting Church in Australia congregations of Boondall, Brighton, Sandgate and Shorncliffe decided to amalgamate. Their new Sandgate Uniting Church in Deagon was opened in Sunday 20 November 1994.{{Cite web|title=Sandgate Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3717-sandgate-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804134724/http://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3717-sandgate-uniting-church |archive-date=4 August 2020 }}

The Autism Therapy & Education Centre opened on 27 January 1991.

File:RAAF Station Sandgate.jpg

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Brighton recorded a population of 9,012 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Brighton population was 40 years of age, 3 years above the Australian median. 78.4% of people living in Brighton were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.6%, Ireland 0.5%. 91.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 0.5% German, 0.3% French, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Cantonese.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30234|name=Brighton (SSC)|access-date=2 June 2024|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Brighton had a population of 9,479 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30375|name=Brighton (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Brighton had a population of 9,664 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30373|name=Brighton (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

Brighton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Hornibrook Highway: Hornibrook Bridge (mostly demolished in 2011){{cite QHR|16010|Hornibrook Highway Bridge|601246|access-date=11 July 2013}}
  • Ex-RAAF barracks (on the site of Brighton Health Campus){{Cite web|title=Ex RAAF Barracks x 2, Eventide Aged Persons Home {{!}} Heritage Places|url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/287|access-date=2021-11-06|website=heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106052211/https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/287|url-status=live}}

Education

Brighton State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2 North Road ({{coord|-27.2942|153.0512|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Brighton State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=Brighton State School|url=https://brightonss.eq.edu.au/|access-date=6 April 2021|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304032437/https://brightonss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 435 students with 32 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|accessdate=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

File:Nashville State School, 2024.jpg

Nashville State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls on the corner of Baskerville and Douglas Streets ({{coord|-27.3070|153.0503|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Nashville State School}}).{{cite web|title=Nashville State School|url=https://nashvilless.eq.edu.au/|accessdate=6 April 2021|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310023805/https://nashvilless.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 352 students with 26 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).

St Kieran's Catholic School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 15 Greenwood Street ({{coord|-27.2935|153.0551|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Kieran's School}}).{{cite web|title=St Kieran's School|url=http://www.stkieranbrighton.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=6 April 2021|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307115431/http://www.stkieranbrighton.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 277 students with 23 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).

Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) facility of Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre (headquartered at Sunnybank Hills) at 136 North Road ({{coord|-27.2937|153.0577|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre}}).{{cite web|title=Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre|url=https://www.autismqld.com.au|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129105039/https://autismqld.com.au/|url-status=live}}

Amenities

Brighton Health Campus is at 29 Nineteenth Avenue ({{Coord|-27.29016|153.06353|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Brighton Health Campus}}).{{Cite web |last= |title=Brighton Wellness Hub |url=https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/community/locations/brighton-wellness-hub |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Metro North |publisher=Queensland Government |language= |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610082514/https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/community/locations/brighton-wellness-hub |url-status=live }}

Brighton is serviced by a fortnightly visit of the Brisbane City Council's mobile library service in the car park at Decker Park on 25th Avenue.{{cite web|title=Mobile library services|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations/mobile-library-services|publisher=Brisbane City Council|access-date=3 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202747/http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations/mobile-library-services|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}}

There are a number of parks in the suburb, including:

  • Beaconsfield Terrace Park (nos. 346 & 344) ({{coord|-27.2977|153.0611|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Beaconsfield Terrace Park (nos.346&344)}}){{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
  • Brighton Park ({{coord|-27.2825|153.0606|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Brighton Park}})
  • Decker Park ({{coord|-27.2856|153.0638|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Decker Park}})
  • Dianella Reserve ({{coord|-27.3000|153.0539|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Dianella Reserve}})
  • Goodenia Reserve ({{coord|-27.3037|153.0575|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Goodenia Reserve}})
  • Gordon Street Park ({{coord|-27.3037|153.0490|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gordon Street Park}})
  • High Street Park (no.140) ({{coord|-27.2970|153.0601|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=High Street Park (no.140)}})
  • High Street Park (nos.132&134) ({{coord|-27.2964|153.0587|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=High Street Park (nos.132&134)}})
  • Jill Street Park ({{coord|-27.2903|153.0590|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Jill Street Park}})
  • Massie Street Park ({{coord|-27.3079|153.0582|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Massie Street Park}})
  • North Road Park ({{coord|-27.2948|153.0520|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=North Road Park}})
  • Pimelea Reserve ({{coord|-27.2974|153.0567|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Pimelea Reserve}})
  • Pomona Street Park ({{coord|-27.2913|153.0513|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Pomona Street Park}})
  • Princess Street Park (no.23) ({{coord|-27.2966|153.0617|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Princess Street Park (no.23)}})
  • Princess Street Park (nos.8-18) ({{coord|-27.2960|153.0607|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Princess Street Park (nos.8-18)}})
  • Queens Parade Park ({{coord|-27.2997|153.0563|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Queens Parade Park}})
  • Queens Parade Park (no.93) ({{coord|-27.3005|153.0585|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Queens Parade Park (no.93)}})
  • Sandgate Foreshores Park ({{coord|-27.3028|153.0657|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Sandgate Foreshores Park}})
  • Sandgate Third Lagoon Reserve ({{coord|-27.3103|153.0522|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Sandgate Third Lagoon Reserve}})
  • Saul Street Park ({{coord|-27.3085|153.0577|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Saul Street Park}})
  • Shepherd Street Park (no.2) ({{coord|-27.2975|153.0620|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Shepherd Street Park (no.2)}})
  • Stubbs Street Park ({{coord|-27.3031|153.0617|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Stubbs Street Park}})
  • Tenth Avenue Park ({{coord|-27.3064|153.0648|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tenth Avenue Park}})
  • Townsend Street Park ({{coord|-27.2986|153.0587|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Townsend Street Park}})
  • Townsend Street Park (nos.31&12) ({{coord|-27.2998|153.0584|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Townsend Street Park (nos.31&12)}})
  • Wakefield Park ({{coord|-27.3014|153.0500|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Wakefield Park}})

Attractions

Image:Brighton Wetlands.jpg

= Brighton Wetlands =

Brighton has a woodland wetland protected by the local government. This natural reserve is made up of three woods; namely Goodenia Woods, Pimelea Woods and Dianella Woods. The land is so called a wetland as it fills with water during heavy rain which flows into a small tidal creek, Copold Creek, that flows under one of the main roads of Brighton, Beaconsfield Terrace, and then leads to Bramble Bay between 15th and 16th Avenues.

= Brighton Esplanade =

Image:brighton esplanade cyclist.jpg

Brighton is a desirable Brisbane suburb due to both the ease of public transport, such as the train service from nearby Sandgate, and also the bayside esplanade. This peaceful parkland esplanade follows the coast between the Houghton Highway bridge and Sandgate. The esplanade is used by walkers, cyclists and families. Brighton's beach is used by kite surfers and also walkers during low tide. The road that follows the esplanade is called Flinders Parade named after the navigator Captain Matthew Flinders who was the first European to discover the area in order to establish a penal colony for Lord Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{Citation | last=Stevens|first=Eric Vaughan| title=Early Brighton and Sandgate | publication-date=1956-01-01 | publisher=Royal Historical Society of Queensland | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38259379 }} — full text available [https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:212859/s18378366_1956_5_4_1165.pdf online]

External links

{{Commons category|Brighton, Queensland}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/brighton|title=Brighton|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
  • {{cite web|title=Brighton

|work=BRISbites

|url=http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=154&topic=1

|publisher=Brisbane City Council

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720215148/http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=154&topic=1

|archive-date=20 July 2008

}}

  • {{cite web|title=Brighton

|work=Our Brisbane

|url=http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/brighton/home/

|publisher=Brisbane City Council

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181706/http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/brighton/home/

|archive-date=30 September 2007

}}

{{City of Brisbane suburbs}}

Category:Suburbs of the City of Brisbane

Category:Queensland in World War II