Cavendish Road is an

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, Australia, linking the suburbs of

Coorparoo Coorparoo is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coorparoo had a population of 16,282 people. Geography Coorparoo is by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO. It borders Camp Hill, Holland Park, Stones Corner, ...

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and Mount Gravatt East.

Geography

Cavendish Road commences at Coorparoo Secondary College near

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in Coorparoo and then runs in an approximately south-eastly direction over hilly terrain. It terminates at the intersection with Creek Road in Mount Gravatt East. Although the road appears to continue beyond that point, it becomes Newnham Road.

History

The road first appears in a survey of Coorparoo in July 1863. A number of the early residents were keen

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players and the book commonly known as ''Cavendish on Whist'' was considered the authority on the game. ''Cavendish'' was the

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of English writer and whist player Henry Jones, who was a member of the Cavendish Whist Club. This is said to be the origin of the road name.

Cavendish Road State High School Cavendish Road State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school, located at 695 Cavendish Road, Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1952, Cavendish Road State High School was the second state high school ...

was constructed at 695 Cavendish Road in Holland Park. It opened on 9 April 1951.

Landmarks

Significant landmarks on Cavendish Road include: * No 208: the heritage-listed

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* No 219: the heritage-listed former

Coorparoo Fire Station Coorparoo Fire Station is a heritage-listed former fire station at 219 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Atkinson & Conrad and built in 1935. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Registe ...

Major intersections

The entire road is in the

local government area.

References

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