Taringa, Queensland


Taringa is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Taringa is mostly residential, except for a small number of commercial buildings mostly clustered along Moggill Road. It is a popular neighbourhood among the students of the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology because of its proximity to the universities and to Brisbane city.

Geography

Taringa is dominated by a ridge that runs the length of Swann Road, with steep slopes on either side of the ridge.

History

The suburb name 'Taringa' is a combination of two Aboriginal words: tarau and nga. Together, they mean "place of stones".
On 15 December 1883 auctioneer John W. Todd offered 176 suburban lots, mostly of in the Abbotsford Estate, bounded by Stanley Terrace to the north, Mt Cootha Road to the east, Moggill Road to the south-east, Waverley Road to the south, and Sarah Street and Woodstock Avenue to the west.
On 16 August 1884 auctioneer John W. Todd offered 173 suburban sites, mostly between in the South Toowong Estate, which is bounded by Wilson Street to the west, Alpha Street to the north, Indooroopilly Road to the north and east and the southern side of Oxford Street, including Ellerslie Crescent and Bellevue Parade. The sale include the house Ellerslie on of land.
On 14 February 1885 auctioneer John W. Todd offered 79 suburban sites in the Taringa Township, immediately north of the Taringa railway station. 58 of the lots were sold for a total of.
In August 1886 auctioneer John W. Todd offered 32 buildings sites in the Belgrave and Riverview Estate in "South Toowong". The estate was bounded by Swan Road to the north, Indooroopilly Road to the east, Todd Street to the south, and Kobada Street to the west.
On 19 March 1887 auctioneer R.J. Cottell offered suburban lots in the Taringa Township, which was along Harrys Road between Stanley Terrace and present-day Moggill Road. The lots ranged from.
On 30 April 1921 auctioneer Cameron Bros offered 27 suburban allotments ranging from in the Coomoola Park Estate on the north side of Stanley Terrace near the junction with Hillsdon Road.
The Lionel Brand of Worcestershire sauce was manufactured in Taringa.
Gailey Road, Taringa is named after Richard Gailey an Irish-Australian architect.
St Paul's Anglican church was dedicated in July 1908 by Venerable H.F Le Fanu, Archdeacon of Toowoomba, Archdeacon of Brisbane. It closed circa 1982.
In the, the population of Taringa was 7,176.

Heritage listings

Taringa has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
The Taringa Scout Den is the home of the Taringa-Milton-Toowong Scout Group. It is also used as a GoJu Karate training facility and for Yoga.

Sport

Taringa is the home of the Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club, who play in the Brisbane Premier League.

Education

The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Queensland Japanese School of Brisbane, a weekend Japanese school, maintains its school office in Taringa. It holds its classes at Indooroopilly State High School in Indooroopilly.

Transport

By Train, Taringa Station is part of the Queensland Rail City network, on the Ipswich, Rosewood and Springfield railway lines providing travel to the Brisbane CBD, Ipswich, Rosewood and Springfield.
By Bus, Taringa is serviced by Brisbane Transport buses to the Brisbane CBD, Chancellor's Place at UQ St Lucia, Indooroopilly, Long Pocket, Chapel Hill and Kenmore.
By Road, Taringa's main thoroughfares are Swann Road and Moggill Road.

Notable people

In the, the population of Taringa was 7,176, 50.4% female and 49.6% male. The median age of the Taringa population was 29 years, 8 years below the Australian median. 63.8% of people living in Taringa were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, China 3%, New Zealand 2.4%, Malaysia 2.1%, India 2%. 75.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 3.6% Mandarin, 1.6% Cantonese, 1.3% Malay, 1.1% Spanish, 0.9% Persian.