Download coordinates as: Greenslopes is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
[3] It is bounded to the west by the Pacific Motorway (also known within Brisbane as the Southeast Freeway) and the South East Busway and to the north by Cornwall Street.
There is some slight variety in the terrain, with low hills in the east and south sloping down to the flood plain of Norman Creek.
In the south-west of the locality is the Greenslopes Private Hospital and an Energex office and service centre.
[12] Greenslopes grew up along a bullock track which was developed in the 1850s to link the settlements along the Logan River with the township of Brisbane.
In December 1857 land in the Greenslopes area was first offered for sale, in large portions, at a reserve price of one pound per acre.
[21] A map advertising the auction includes a local sketch that shows the nearby bus stands and South Brisbane Railway.
The City View Estate (around Ridge Street) was first offered for sale in 1912, and after the First World War many houses were erected here for returned servicemen.
The shire's name can still be seen on a plaque on the bridge where Juliette Street crosses Norman Creek.
[30] The Brisbane City Council operated trams along Logan Road to Greenslopes from 1914 to 13 April 1969.
[citation needed] Chatsworth Heights Estate bordering Logan Road was auctioned on the Saturday 14 June 1914.
[35] In September 1938, "Waratah Estate", made up of eight allotments bordered by Logan Road and Donaldson Street, were advertised to be auctioned by Sharp & Musgrave.
[37] In 1942 during World War II, the Repatriation General Hospital (RGH) opened in Greenslopes.
The hospital has been expanded with additional buildings allowing a wider range of specialist services to be provided in areas such as cardiac care, day cancer treatments, and robotic surgery.
74% of people only spoke English at home, while the next most commonly spoken languages were Punjabi (1.2%), Hindi (1.1%), Mandarin (1.1%), Cantonese (0.9%), and Greek (0.9%).