Download coordinates as: Kenmore is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
[5][6][7] European settlement began in the 1840s and was part of a sheep and cattle run which extended from Milton to Mount Crosby.
During the 1850s and 1860s areas around Kenmore and Brookfield provided Brisbane with timber and there were also small farms producing a variety of crops.
[8] Around 1880 Andrew Todd purchased 100 acres in the centre of what is called Kenmore today.
[8] In the 1890s the Queensland Parliament approved the construction of a rail line from Indooroopilly to Brookfield, running through the southern side of Kenmore following the valley of Cubberla Creek and thence roughly parallel to the present alignment of Kersley Road.
It was unveiled on 3 July 1920 by General Spencer Browne and Edward Macartney, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong.
[13] In the early 1950s Hooker's bought dairy farming land around Dumbarton Drive and this began the modern development of Kenmore.
65.2% of people living in Kenmore were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.9%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, South Africa 3.7%, China 2.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, India 2%.
79.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.1% Mandarin, 1.5% Korean,1% Cantonese, 1% Spanish, 0.9% Japanese.
Kenmore Plaza Shopping Centre is located on Moggill Road opposite Marshall Lane.
It has easy access to outdoors activities in surrounding suburbs, including walking tracks and roads to Mt Coot-tha lookout, Brisbane Botanic Gardens and the planetarium; boating ramps into the Brisbane River and horse riding facilities in Fig Tree Pocket and Brookfield.
[35] The Rotary Club of Kenmore is non-political, non-denominational and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
The retail centre of Kenmore is clustered around the roundabout where Brookfield and Moggill Roads intersect.
Another transport hub is at the Kenmore Tavern complex, on the corner of Marshall Lane and Moggill Road.
A motorway extension known as the Kenmore Bypass has been proposed, to alleviate congestion along Moggill Road during peak commuting hours, but has met widespread opposition from local residents because of the inevitable resumption of residential properties, loss of amenity and disruption associated with building a major new road through an established residential area.