capalabacreek

Afternoon tea at Capalaba Creek 1918

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Capalaba, a suburb, is 20 km south-east of central Brisbane. It is situated on the eastern side of Tingalpa Creek, and it is probable that the bridging of the creek at Cleveland Road in 1874 stimulated the opening of the Capalaba Hotel a few years later. It is thought that the name was derived from an Aboriginal word referring to a place of possums. A school was opened in 1880. Until the opening of the railway along a coastal route to Cleveland in 1889, the Cleveland Road was well used and the hotel and surrounding locality attracted farm selectors and timber cutters. With its being bypassed, Capalaba's growth stagnated, and its post office was reduced to a receiving office in 1892. Its census population in 1921 was 110. Source: www.queenslandplaces.com.au/capalaba