Coorparoo, Queensland

Coorparoo Brisbane, Queensland
Coorparoo Primary School
Coorparoo
Coordinates	27°29′44″S 153°03′44″E / 27.49556°S 153.06222°E / -27.49556; 153.06222Coordinates: 27°29′44″S 153°03′44″E / 27.49556°S 153.06222°E / -27.49556; 153.06222
Population	14,944 (2011 census)
• Density	2,820/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4151
Area	5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Location	4 km (2 mi) SE of CBD
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane (Holland Park Ward)
State electorate(s)	Greenslopes
Federal Division(s)	Griffith
Suburbs around Coorparoo: East Brisbane Norman Park Morningside East Brisbane Coorparoo Camp Hill Greenslopes Holland Park Camp Hill

Coorparoo is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of the CBD. It borders Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.

Coorparoo was chosen as the name of the suburb at a public meeting on 22 March 1875, before which it was known as Four Mile Camp. The name Coorparoo is likely derived from an Aboriginal name for Norman Creek, probably recorded by early surveyors as Koolpuroom. The word is thought to refer to either a place associated with mosquitoes, or a sound made by the 'gentle dove'. The latter explanation appears doubtful though, as 'gentle dove' may mean the spotted dove, which was introduced to the area in 1912, long after the name Coorparoo was adopted.

The Coorparoo Clan lived south of the Brisbane River and generally camped along creeks. Their name comes from Kulpurum, which was the word for Norman Creek or a tributary of it. They continued to occupy watercourse campsites after white settlement, but other clans from the region began to move into South Brisbane.

In 1846, there were reports of Aborigines raiding produce along Norman Creek. In 1853, there was a fight between Ningy Ningy, Bribie Island, Amity Point, and Logan peoples at Norman Creek. A visitor in 1855 reported many camps and fishing spots between Stones Corner and the mouth of Norman Creek. In 1959 an eighty-year-old woman told of frequent corroborees on the banks of the creek in Norman Park. Corroborees were also held at a little creek that crossed Norfolk Street.

On 17 June 1856, ten farms were sold from the Parish of Bulimba near Stones Corner. Investors bought all but two of them. The next year James Warner surveyed land on the other side of the road for a second land auction.