Sherwood, Queensland

Sherwood Brisbane, Queensland
Sherwood Central shops on Sherwood Road
Sherwood
Coordinates	27°31′53″S 152°58′48″E / 27.53139°S 152.98000°E / -27.53139; 152.98000Coordinates: 27°31′53″S 152°58′48″E / 27.53139°S 152.98000°E / -27.53139; 152.98000
Population	4,998 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	4075
Location	8.2 km (5 mi) from Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane
State electorate(s)	Mount Ommaney Indooroopilly
Federal Division(s)	Moreton, Oxley
Suburbs around Sherwood: Fig Tree Pocket Graceville Tennyson Fig Tree Pocket Sherwood Tennyson Fig Tree Pocket Corinda Rocklea

Sherwood is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[2] It is 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) south west of the Brisbane CBD ^[3] and borders the Brisbane River. The suburb is mostly low and medium-density housing with a retail strip centred along Sherwood Road. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 4,998.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the population of Sherwood was 4,998, 52.5% female and 47.5% male.^[1] The median age of the Sherwood population was 36 years, one year below the Australian median. 71.9% of people living in Sherwood were born in Australia, similar to the national average of 69.8%. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.9%, India 1.3%, South Africa 0.7%, Philippines 0.7%. 84.9% of people spoke only English at home; other languages include 0.9% Mandarin, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.5% Spanish.^[1]

Heritage listings

Sherwood Arboretum wetlands, 2014

Sherwood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Sherwood Road: Berry and MacFarlane Monument^[5]
• 39A Turner Street: Sherwood Arboretum, a large botanical garden and lake fronting the river which was planned and landscaped in the 1920s.^[6]

Commercial area

Sherwood Road and shops

There are a number of cafes, including the Coffee Club, and a Woolworths supermarket.

Transport

Sherwood railway station, 2008

The suburb is serviced by the Sherwood Railway Station which links Ipswich and the Springfield Central lines to the Brisbane central business district. Bus services along Oxley Road link the Centenary suburbs to Indooroopilly and the Great Circle Line service passes through the suburb.

Education

Sherwood State School, established in 1867 is one of the oldest schools in the state and still has preserved many of its original timber buildings.

Sherwood State School was originally known as West Oxley State School and opened on 25 March 1867^[7] (other records indicate 23 March). The first head teacher (Headmaster) appointed to the school was Major William Jenyns Boyd. He was born in Paris in 1842 and migrated to Australia in 1862.

In 1868, Oliver Radcliffe was the first name on the roll as a pupil teacher. He became a teacher, a headmaste and then a school inspector. By his retirement in 1932, he was the Chief Inspector for the Queensland Education Department. He personally inspected schools from Coolangatta to Thursday Island and from Rockhampton to the border with South Australia.^[8]

Other significant 'finger prints' in Sherwood State School's heritage include:

1874 – School builds first Water Closet (toilet);
1878 – School changed its name to Sherwood State School.
1890 – Shingle roofing replaced with corrugated iron;
1893 – Measles and influenza out break reported;
1914 – World War 1;
1917 – Three additional classrooms added;
1925 – Students planted 100 trees in school grounds;
1926 – Limited electricity was provided;
1927 – 33 additional 3 acres (12,000 m²) of land purchased;
1928 – First telephone installed
1936 – Three more classrooms added; electrical gramophone and wireless (radio) provided to the school
1937 – School moved to its current location/site.
1939 – World War II began with a first aid, ambulance post and air raid trenches placed under buildings;
1950 – Polio outbreak;
1959 – School enrolment peaked at 1034 students;
1962 – Tuck Shop opened;
1965 – Parent and Citizen's Association was formed; tennis court resealed and fenced;
1967 – Pool opened;
1984 – School purchased first computer;
1991 – After school care services established;
2000 – School Hall opens;
2006 – Preparatory building constructed
2007 – Inaugural prep class commences
2012 – New Sports Hall

Clubs

The Sherwood Sharks swimming club uses the Sherwood State School Pool.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sherwood, Queensland.

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Sherwood
• Brisbane Suburb Home: Sherwood via the Way Back Machine