Annerley Road

Annerley Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Boggo Road.^[1]

Route

Clarence Hotel on the right, 1900

Annerley Road commences at Stanley Street at Clarence Corner (27°29′08″S 153°01′45″E / 27.48553°S 153.02905°E). It passes through or forms the border of the suburbs of:

• South Brisbane
• Woolloongabba
• Dutton Park
• Fairfield
• Annerley

Junction of Ipswich and Annerley Roads, Annerley, ca. 1915

It terminates at Ipswich Road at the Annerley Junction (27°30′35″S 153°01′57″E / 27.5097°S 153.0326°E).^[2]

Landmarks

Annerley Road has many well-known landmarks including:

• on south-west corner of Stanley Street: Mater Hospital Complex
• on south-east corner of Stanley Street: Clarence Corner Hotel ^[3]
• No 8: Princess Theatre, a heritage-listed theatre ^[4]
• No 38: Bethany Gospel Hall ^[5]
• No 83: Burke's Hotel (now Red Brick Hotel) ^[6][7]
• No 112: Dutton Park State School^[8]

Aerial view of Boggo Road Gaol and Annerley Road, Dutton Park, 1929

• No 150: Boggo Road Gaol ^[9]
• No 181: Gair Park ^[10]
• South Brisbane Cemetery
• Dutton Park railway station
• No 260: Heffernan Park with its heritage-listed air raid shelter^[11]
• No 391: Ingleside, the residence of former Queensland Premier Digby Denham^[12]

References

1. "History of Annerley". Annerley Community Plus. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
3. "Clarence Corner Hotel". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
4. "Princess Theatre (entry 600353)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
5. "Bethany Gospel Hall". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
6. "Burke's Hotel". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
7. "About us". Red Brick Hotel. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
8. "Main page Content". Dutton Park State School. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
9. "Boggo Road Gaol: No 2 Division and Remnant No 1 Division (entry 601033)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
10. "Gair Park (entry 602429)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
11. "Hefferan Park Air Raid Shelter (entry 602472)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
12. "Residence 'Ingleside'". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

Further reading

• Dawson, Christopher; Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society (2008), The one and only Boggo Road : the history of a unique suburban street (1st ed.), Inside History (Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society), ISBN 978-0-9804174-1-8

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