Albion, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Albion is an inner north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A variety of housing styles, from former workers' cottages through to modern brick homes and unit blocks, can be found in Albion.

[3] The low lying parts of Albion came into the limelight when a swampy area near the Breakfast Creek was designated as the racecourse.

Many Chinese migrants settled here and the Temple of the Holy Triad[9] was built on the Higgs Street for the local community in 1885-86.

The French Renaissance style hotel has remained a prominent landmark to this day, despite going under water in floods in 1893, 1898, 1974, 2011 and 2022.

There were grandstands and a ballroom and concert hall with supper rooms and refreshment areas with 100 electric lights.

[14][7] Breakfast Creek State School opened on 7 July 1890 and closed on 11 August 1961.

[15] It was on the western side of Agnew Street (27°26′25″S 153°02′48″E / 27.4404°S 153.0468°E / -27.4404; 153.0468 (Breakfast Creek State School (former))).

[15][19] On 27 September 1880, eight blocks of land of "Corunna Estate" were advertised for auction by John Cameron.

[24][25][26] On 28 October 1899, sixty allotments of land of Albion Hill estate, being re-subdivisions 1 to 60, of subdivision of section 3 of portion 162, Parish of Enoggera, were advertised for auction by Isles, Love & Co.[27][28] The advertising map states the estate's proximity to Albion Train Station, with 76 trains daily.

[37] In 2013, the A$29m state-of-the-art Bupa National Cricket Centre was completed at the Allan Border Field.

[38][39] The Brisbane bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics includes building an athlete's village in Albion.

Historically, Albion lay on the Clayfield tram line, along Sandgate Road.

Breakfast Creek at Albion, 2020
Students of East Brisbane State School having a geology lession at the Albion quarries, 1918
Albion Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1866, from which the suburb of Albion takes its name
Albion Baptist Church, 1907
Abbotsford Road Bridge, listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register
Albion Hotel, 2013, listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register
"Whytecliffe", liste on the Brisbane Heritage Register, 1930
Boat ramp into Breakfast Creek, 2009