Hemmant is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Hemmant is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Hemmant had a population of 2,385 people.
History
In 1858 the land of Hemmant area was sold for fruit, vegetable growing and farming in general. Early 1860s sugar cane was farmed and mills were built to process the cane. Gibsons Clydesdale mill was well known as was a co-operative mill at Murarrie in 1872.
Bulimba State School (also known as Bulimba Creek State School) opened on 8 May 1864, but was renamed Doughboy State School in 1869. in 1876 it was renamed Hemmant State School. The school closed in 2010. The buildings were then reused to establish Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre. (This school is unrelated to the Bulimba State School in Bulimba).
Tingalpa Cemetery had its first burial in 1875. In 1913 it was renamed Hemmant Cemetery. Lawn cemeteries were added from 1952. In 2001 a crematorium opened at the cemetery. Despite the name change, as at 2020, it is within the boundaries of Tingalpa and not Hemmant (27.4680°S 153.1344°E? / -27.4680; 153.1344? (Hemmant Cemetery)).Part of Hemmant was originally known as "Doughboy Creek" The whole district had been named after William Hemmant a local parliamentarian in 1876. He was treasurer in the Macalister government and between 1873 and 1876 represented the Bulimba electorate.
In 1889 Queensport Aquarium opened in Hemmant (the present-day location is Aquarium Avenue in Murarrie, 27.447°S 153.102°E? / -27.447; 153.102? (Queensport Aquarium)). It had a zoo, an aquarium and dance halls and other entertainments. Visitors arrived by riverboats until the 1893 flood during which the animals were rescued but the attractions were damaged closed down. It had closed by the late 1890s, but a dance hall continued to operate until 1901.St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church opened on 25 September 1955.St Philip's Anglican Church was dedicated on 3 May 1964 by Coadjutor Bishop Hudson. It closed circa 1975.In 1988 an old quarry site became the Hemmant Quarry Reserve, next to the Hemmant Cemetery (which, despite their names, are now within the boundaries of Tingalpa not Hemmant).Bayside Uniting Church was established in 1990 in Wondall Road, Manly West, combining four Uniting Churches located at:
Ashton Street, Wynnum, a former Methodist Church
Kingsley Terrace, Manly, a former Methodist Church
Preston Road, Manly West, a former Methodist Church
Yamboyna Street, Manly, a former Congregational ChurchDue to earlier or later closures, theBayside Uniting Church also incorporated congregations from:
"The Springs" Methodist Church in Manly Road, Manly West
Lota Methodist Church in Ambool Street, Lota
Lindum Methodist Church at 174 Sibley Road, Wynnum West
Hemmant Methodist Church in Hemmant-Tingalpa Road, Hemmant
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