Darra

Darra is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Darra had a population of 4,098 people.

Photo: Commander Keane, Public domain.

Type: Suburb with 4,280 residents
Description: suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Also known as: “Darra, Queensland” and “Darra, Queensland, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Darra railway station and Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.

Darra railway station

Railway station

Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Darra is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Ipswich/Rosewood and Springfield lines. It opened in 1874 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Darra. It is a ground level station, featuring one island platform with two faces and two side platforms.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Zoo

Photo: Figaro, Public domain.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is an 18-hectare koala sanctuary in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket in Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1927, it is the oldest and largest koala sanctuary of its kind in the world. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is situated 4 km northeast of Darra.

Rocks Riverside Park

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Rocks Riverside Park is a park by the Brisbane River in Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The park was opened on 7 December 2003, and features industrial artefacts from its previous use by the Queensland Cement and Lime Company. Rocks Riverside Park is situated 3 km north of Darra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seventeen Mile Rocks and Jamboree Heights.

Seventeen Mile Rocks

Suburb

Seventeen Mile Rocks is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Seventeen Mile Rocks had a population of 2,699 people.

Jamboree Heights

Suburb

Jamboree Heights is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Jamboree Heights had a population of 3,141 people.

Oxley

Suburb

Oxley is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is 14.8 kilometres from the Brisbane GPO by road. The suburb contains a mix of residential and industrial land. In the 2021 census, Oxley had a population of 9,100 people.

Darra

Category: locality
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-27.56678° or 27° 34′ 0″ south

Longitude

152.95278° or 152° 57′ 10″ east

Population

4,280

Elevation

25 metres (82 feet)

United Nations Location Code

AU DAA

Open location code

5R4JCXM3+74

OpenStreetMap ID

node 88803493

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

2169360

Wikidata ID

Q5224213

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Vietnamese—“Darra” goes by many names.

French: “Darra”
Irish: “Darra”
Urdu: “دارا، کوئینز لینڈ”
Vietnamese: “Darra, Queensland”
Vietnamese: “Darra”

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