Cairncross Dockyard
The Cairncross Dockyard was a shipyard beside the Brisbane River at 405 Thynne Road, Morningside, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It included one of Australia's largest graving docks with an 8.5 metre deep water access, capable of taking Panamax vessels of up to 85,000 dwt, up to 263 metres long x 33.5 metres wide.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Industry
- Description: Brisbane, Queensland
- Address: 405 Thynne Road, Morningside, Brisbane, QLD 4170
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Balmoral State High School and St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Bulimba.
Balmoral State High School
School
Balmoral State High School is a secondary school in Balmoral, Queensland, Australia. The school opened in February 1958. The school has an enrolment of 950 students and is a part of the Gateway Learning Community. Balmoral State High School is situated 1 km south of Cairncross Dockyard.
St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Bulimba
Church
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John the Baptist Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at 171 Oxford Street, Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Hingeston Buckeridge and built in 1888 by T Whitty. St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Bulimba is situated 1½ km west of Cairncross Dockyard.
Doomben railway station
Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doomben railway station is the terminal station of the Doomben line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ascot adjacent to Doomben Racecourse. Doomben railway station is situated 2 km north of Cairncross Dockyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawthorne and Norman Park.
Hawthorne
Suburb
Hawthorne is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Hawthorne had a population of 5,090 people.
Norman Park
Suburb
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Norman Park is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Norman Park had a population of 6,842 people. Norman Park is situated 3½ km south of Cairncross Dockyard.
Albion
Suburb
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Albion is an inner north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Albion had a population of 3,446 people. Albion is situated 4 km northwest of Cairncross Dockyard.
Cairncross Dockyard
- Category: shipyard
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-27.44862° or 27° 26′ 55″ southLongitude
153.07626° or 153° 4′ 35″ eastOpen location code
5R4MH32G+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 44707030OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q28225149
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