Eight Mile Plains is located 14 km from Brisbane
central business district and is a suburb
belonging to the Brisbane City Council.
Neighbouring suburbs are Wishart, Upper
Mount Gravatt and Underwood.
Eight mile plains is placed in close proximity to
the entry of the Pacific Motorway (M1) which is
the freeway running North to Brisbane and
South to the Gold Coast. Westfield Garden City
shopping complex is just a stone’s throw from
the suburb.
Closer to Upper Mt Gravatt, there are higher
density unit and townhouse developments.
Further south in the suburb there are
predominantly family homes in quiet leafy
streets.
Shopping, restaurants and entertainment are
all handy destinations for Eight Mile Plain
residents, who enjoy the cosmopolitan lifestyle
the suburb has to offer.
Brisbane Technology Park, which is an initiative
of the Queensland Government developed to
provide a catalytic environment for established
and emerging knowledge-intensive,
technology-based companies opened in 1986.
The park is located on a 33.5-hectare (83-acre)
site that is only 12 minutes from the Brisbane
CBD. The Queensland Clunies Ross Centre for
Science and Industry opened at the Technology
Park in 1997.
Dominant natural features of the area include
Bulimba Creek. Before settlement the area was
home to a diverse range of plants and animals.
There are also areas of remnant bushland in
the suburb and a small number of market
gardens.
History
The name of the Aboriginal clan formerly
occupying this area is uncertain. According to
one source they are likely to have been the
Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains who spoke
Turrbal. The Yerongpan of Oxley Creek who are
said to have claimed the area from Brisbane to
Ipswich. Another source claims they were the
Yagarabal, who ranged from Brisbane to the
Logan River and west to Moggill Creek. The
Aborigines used a trail which later became
Logan Road. This trail bisected many creeks
including the Mimosa Creek and Bulimba
Creek watercourse. Eight Mile Plains has two
primary schools: Eight Mile Plains State School
and Warrigal Road State School, which sits off
Warrigal Road which is one of Eight Mile Plains’s
and Runcorn’s main road. The term “Warrigal”
actually means “Dingo” in the local Aboriginal
language
