The eastern side of the suburb rises to a small hill with some views over Woolloongabba and the CBD and falls away to Norman Creek.

Prior to its completion, residents wanting to access Norman Creek had to detour to Stones Corner to use the bridge.

The estate covers an area now in East Brisbane, including Fisher, Longlands and Norman Street.

[12][13] In 1886, blocks of land were advertised as East Woolloongabba to be auctioned on 6 November 1886 by Arthur Martin & Co.

On 24 January 1920 swimming baths in the Brisbane River was created alongside the park.

[19] The baths were closed in August 1940 due to poor water quality because sewage was being pumped into the Brisbane River at Pinkenba downstream but due to the river being tidal it could be carried upstream to East Brisbane.

[20][21][22][23] Church of England Grammar School (informally known as Churchie) opened on 8 February 1912.

[16] Until 13 April 1969 electric trams operated by the Brisbane City Council served the suburb, running along Stanley Street from Woolloongabba, into Lisburn, Elfin and Latrobe Street and thence into Lytton Road, and on to Bulimba.

The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.6%, England 3.2%, India 1.5%, Brazil 1.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Portuguese 1.2%, Nepali 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.