page_title: Indooroopilly, Queensland
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Indooroopilly, Queensland / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Witton Township real estate map, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, ca. 1880s The property of Andrew Bogle Esq. To be sold by John w. Todd, Auctioneer. The land in this direction having an area of over 70 acres with extensive river frontages and beautiful sites, will be sold in lots to suit purchasers requiring from 5 to 30 acres. (information on map) Map includes Ormond Terrace, Witton Road, Spring Street, Boundary Road, Bridge Street, Maud Street, Market Street, Rennies Road and shows the location of Witton Manor.
context_page_description: Indooroopilly is a western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people.
context_section_description: The name Indooroopilly has been the subject of debate, but is most likely a corruption of either the local Aboriginal word nyindurupilli, meaning 'gully of the leeches' or yindurupilly meaning 'gully of running water'.
  The traditional owners of the Indooroopilly area are the Aboriginal Jagera and Turrbal groups.  Both groups had related languages and are classified as belonging to the Yaggera language group.
  The area was first settled by Europeans in the 1860s and agriculture and dairying were common in the early years.
  The parish was named in the late 1850s, and the first house was built in 1861 by Mr H C Rawnsley.
  Toowong Mixed State School opened in 1870. In 1879 it was renamed Indooroopilly State School. In 1888 it was renamed Indooroopilly Pocket State School. In 1905 it was renamed Ironside State School, which is now in the suburb of St Lucia (and is not the current Indooroopilly State School).
  The arrival of rail in 1875 and completion of the Albert rail bridge across the Brisbane River to open the Ipswich rail line the following year spurred the development of Indooroopilly.
  On 3 June 1878 auctioneer John Cameron offered 54 suburban allotments in the Henderson Estate which was bounded by Lambert Road to the north, Clarence Road to the west and the Brisbane River to the south. The lots were mostly 32 perches (810 m²) except for the riverside lots which were larger. The sale was not completely successful as a further auction of the same estate was held on 6 December 1879 and again on 27 July 1880.
  Indooroopilly State School opened on 7 July 1889 (this is the school still in Indooroopilly today).
  The 1893 Brisbane flood destroyed the original Albert Bridge, and its replacement was opened in 1895.
  On 7 August 1909 auctioneer G.H. Blocksidge offered 60 suburban allotments, all 16 perches (400 m²), in the Waverley Estate, which was bounded by Stanley Street to the west, Waverley Road to the north and Adelaide Street (now Woolley Street) and Nelson Street to the east.
  A lead-silver mine was established on an Indooroopilly property in 1919 and extraction continued until 1929 when the mine became unprofitable. Today the University of Queensland operates the site as an experimental mine and teaching facility for engineering students (the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre).
  On Sunday 14 March 1926 Monsignor James Byrne laid the foundation stone of the Church of the Holy Family. On Sunday 4 July 1926  Monsignor Byrne opened and dedicated the new building to be used as both a church and a school. The church of the Holy Family is a wooden structure of 60 by 25 feet (18.3 by 7.6 m) with two 10 feet (3.0 m) verandahs. The architects were Messrs Hall and Prentice, and the contractor Mr R Robinson. The cost of the building was £2500 and the land something exceeding £4000. Against this a donation of £1000 had been received while at the foundation stone ceremony £500 was received and the  donations at the opening were £400. However, it was not until late 1927 that five Brigidine Sisters relocated from Randwick in Sydney to Indooroopilly to occupy the house Warranoke (built in 1888-1889 for Gilson Foxton and designed by architects Oakden, Addison and Kemp). The Sisters opened Holy Family Primary School in the church-school building on 19 February 1928. The Sisters opened Brigidine College in Warranoke in 1929.
  The landmark Walter Taylor Bridge across the Brisbane River was completed in 1936.
  In 1936 Roman Catholic Archbishop James Duhig granted 25 acres (10 ha) of river front land on the Chelmer Reach of the Brisbane River to the Christian Brothers to establish a junior preparatory school for St Joseph's College at Nudgee to relieve the pressure on the boarding school at Nudgee. St Joseph's Nudgee Junior College opened and blessed by Duhig on 10 July 1938. The first principal was Brother J.M. Wynne. In the first year of operation there 46 boarders and 6 day pupils.
  Indooroopilly was the location for Australia's principal interrogation centre during World War II. The three interrogation cells at Witton Barracks are the only 
caption: Witton Township real estate map, Indooroopilly, ca. 1880s
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