Camp Hill, Queensland

Camp Hill Brisbane, Queensland
Playground in Whites Hill Reserve, Camp Hill
Population	10,533 (2011 census)
• Density	2,290/km2 (5,930/sq mi)
Established	1975
Postcode(s)	4152
Area	4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Location	6 km (4 mi) SE of Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane (Coorparoo Ward;Morningside Ward)
State electorate(s)	Chatsworth Greenslopes Bulimba
Federal Division(s)	Griffith
Suburbs around Camp Hill: Norman Park Seven Hills Carina Coorparoo Camp Hill Carina Holland Park Mount Gravatt East Carina Heights

Camp Hill is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of the CBD. It is a mostly residential suburb.

Camp Hill is thought to have been named by teamsters who camped at a waterhole near Whites Hill in the suburb's south, while travelling between Brisbane and Cleveland.

The original early settlers in the area were farmers, with a strong German influence in the community in the early period. In the 1860s, McCann's Greenbank Dairy was in operation, and Peter Faust was also farming in that era.

In 1873, the White family purchased 53 acres (210,000 m²) on high land that became known as White's Hill, which is still the name of a locality within the suburb of Camp Hill. Robert White, who was a joiner, originally built a slab hut on the northern centre of the hill and was farming (dairy cows, pigs). By the 1920s, he'd built a road to the summit of the hill and built a large home on the summit. A two-storey tower at the northern end was included and was used as an observatory. This is now a public reserve.

It was in the 1880s that a real land and housing boom began, however. In 1882, Isaac Bennett established a rose farm on the corner of Bennett's and Old Cleveland Roads (this land was eventually subdivided). In 1886, John and Thirza Zahel acquired land between Dorothy Lane and Pampling Street and established a vineyard and orchard, and in 1890, the Fiveash family established a dairy as well as a fruit and vegetable farm on land at the corner of Clara St and Stanley Rd. The US Army had a significant impact on the area during the Second World War. A large US hospital was built on land to the rear of the Camp Hill Hotel. It accommodated up to 3,000 patients and staff. Now Arrol, Errey, Ascham, Morven, Aubrey and Arrowsmith Streets take up the site. These street follow the same pattern as the US constructed hospital roads.

Other local street names include Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne Avenue, which are the names of World War I ships as well as Australian capital cities.

Lossock Avenue and Tranters Avenue share an interesting history: William Lossock, owner and proprietor of Tranters Hotel in London, met the Brisbane architect who was subdividing land in the Camp Hill area when he visited London in the early 1920s. They became friends and the architect promised to name a street in the new estate after him, as well as one after the name of the Hotel.