Bulimba Reach is a reach of the

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, Australia.

Geography

Bulimba Reach flows from south (upstream) to north (downstream). The suburbs of Hawthorne and

Bulimba Bulimba is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulimba had a population of 7,623 people. Geography Bulimba is located north-east of the CBD on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, but it is by road. Top ...

are on its eastern bank. The suburbs of New Farm, Teneriffe and Newstead lie to the west.

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joins the Brisbane River from the north-east at the northern end of Bulimba Reach.

History

Queensland State Archives 142 International shipping in Bulimba Reach Brisbane River c 1932

The

Bulimba Branch railway line The Bulimba Branch railway line was a branch line off the North Coast railway line in the inner northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It opened on 16 December 1897 to serve the wharves and industries along the western bank of the Bulimba Reac ...

was built in 1897 to support the wharves and industries located on the western bank of the Bulimba Reach in Newstead, Teneriffe and New Farm. Former wharves in the Bulimba Reach include: * Brisbane Stevedoring Company wharf (western bank) * Dalgety's Wharf (western bank) * Mercantile Wharf (western bank)

Transport

There are three ferry terminals on Bulimba Reach (from upstream to downstream): * Hawthorne ferry wharf (eastern bank) * Teneriffe ferry wharf (western bank) * Bulimba ferry wharf (eastern bank) The

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services all of these ferry terminals along the

. A cross-river ferry service also operates between Bulimba and Hawthorne ferry wharves.

Landmarks

There are many landmarks along the Bulimba Reach, including (from upstream to downstream): * the heritage-listed

Brisbane Powerhouse The Brisbane Powerhouse is a performing arts and cultural centre which is housed in a former power station in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm in Queensland, Australia. The venue offers an array of live performances, visual art displays, exhibit ...

, New Farm (western bank) * Lourdes Hill College, Hawthorne (eastern bank) * the heritage-listed former CSR Refinery, New Farm (western bank) * the heritage-listed house Amity, New Farm (western bank) * the heritage-listed Australian Estates No. 2 Store, Teneriffe (western bank) * the heritage-listed Hawthorne ferry wharf, Hawthorne (eastern bank) * the heritage-listed former

Mactaggarts Woolstore Mactaggarts Woolstore is a heritage-listed wool warehouse at 53 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1926 by Stuart Brothers (Sydney). It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 Octob ...

, Teneriffe (eastern bank) * the heritage-listed Newstead Air Raid Shelter (western bank) * the heritage-listed Bulimba ferry wharf (eastern bank) * the heritage-listed

Newstead House Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek, Queensland, Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, Queensland, Newstead, in Queensland, Australia.T ...

within Newstead Park (western bank) Historically there were many wharves in the Teneriffe area and there remain a large number of associated warehouses on Macquarie Street which faced the river along the Bulimba Reach. However,

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projects have replaced the wharves with residential apartments and those warehouses are now separated from the river. Similarly on the western bank, the heritage-listed Bulimba House once occupied all the land down to the riverfront at the Bulimba Reach, but subdivision of the estate over the years has resulted in Bulimba House no longer being a riverbank property.

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