| Bowen Hills Brisbane, Queensland |
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 The Old Museum -- former home of the Queensland Museum -- later, home of the Queensland Youth Orchestras |
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| Population: | 1,406 (2004) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4006 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Brisbane City Council, Hamilton Ward |
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| State District: | Brisbane Central | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Brisbane | ||||||||||||
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Bowen Hills is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 3km northeast of the Brisbane CBD.
Attractions
The Twelfth Night Theatre, with live theatre, is in Bowen Hills. Many well-known actors have appeared in plays at the Twelfth Night Theatre, including Derek Fowlds, John Inman and Jon English. The Old Museum, in Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, was the former location of the Queensland Museum until the museum's move to the Queensland Cultural Centre during the 1980s. The building is now home to the Queensland Youth Orchestras. A major feature on the Brisbane calendar of events, the Royal Queensland Show (the Ekka), is held each year at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds at Bowen Hills. The headquarters of Brisbane's two newspapers, The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail, are located on Campbell Street, Bowen Hills. In the mid-twentieth century Bowen Hills was well known as the location of the Cloudland dance hall. Cloudland's domed structure on top of a hill was a prominent landmark on Brisbane's northside. Cloudland was controversially demolished in 1982 to make way for an apartment development.
Transport
By Train, Bowen Hills Station is also one of Queensland's busiest railway stations with all Citytrain services on all lines, including express trains, stopping there; many services in peak periods terminate at Bowen Hills. Bowen Hills is home to a large Queensland Rail maintenance and stabling depot. By Road, The TransApex infrastructure plans for Brisbane has several interconnections in Bowen Hills. The North-South Bypass Tunnel will terminate at Bowen Hills and will integrate with the Inner City Bypass and Airport Motorway.
