Bulimba ferry wharf
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Bulimba
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| Location | Oxford Street, Bulimba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°27′01″S 153°03′08″E / 27.4503°S 153.0522°ECoordinates: 27°27′01″S 153°03′08″E / 27.4503°S 153.0522°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Brisbane City Council | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transdev Brisbane Ferries | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 317584 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Location of Bulimba ferry terminal in Queensland
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| Location | Oxford Street, Bulimba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′01″S 153°03′09″E / 27.4504°S 153.0525°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | GHM Addison & Son |
| Architectural style(s) | Arts & Crafts |
| Official name: Bulimba Ferry Terminal, Bulimba Ferry House, Bulimba Waiting shed and landing | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 12 January 2003 |
| Reference no. | 602211 |
| Significant period | 1920s (historical) 1922-ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | pontoon, views to, bench/seat, jetty/pier, views from, shed - shelter, waiting shed, tower - clock, ramp |
Bulimba ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf at Oxford Street, Bulimba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the southern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba. It is served by Transdev Brisbane Ferries' CityCat and CityFerry services. It was designed by GHM Addison and Son and built in 1922 by E Taylor. It is also known as Bulimba ferry house and Bulimba waiting shed & landing. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 January 2003.
The terminal's waiting shed is an open timber-framed structure clad in weatherboard, and has a gabled roof with terracotta tiles. At the intersection of the roof gables is a short octagonal tower with four clock faces, topped by a metal cupola.
The Bulimba ferry wharf was built in 1922 for the Balmoral Shire Council, then responsible for the efficient servicing of several ferry routes across the Brisbane River.
Since the days of the convict settlement at Moreton Bay when a punt was poled between the main settlement and the south bank of the river, ferries have been a vital transport facility for Brisbane. The river twists and loops through the city and cross-river access is important in linking city and suburbs and greatly reducing travel time between them. Although the first Victoria Bridge linked the Brisbane CBD and South Brisbane in 1862, no other bridges were built for many years, public transport was limited and few people had private transport until after World War II. People who needed to commute to work and to access shopping and entertainment facilities used cross-river ferries on a daily basis. Ferries were the only major transport service provided by metropolitan local authorities as responsibility for care and management had been placed in their hands by an 1858 Act.
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