New Farm

New Farm Brisbane, Queensland
The western side of the suburb is characterised by large houses and tree-lined streets, including these camphor laurels.
New Farm
Coordinates	27°28′05″S 153°02′53″E / 27.468°S 153.048°E / -27.468; 153.048Coordinates: 27°28′05″S 153°02′53″E / 27.468°S 153.048°E / -27.468; 153.048
Population	11,330 (2011 census)
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4005
Area	2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Location	2 km (1 mi) from Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane (Central Ward)
State electorate(s)	Brisbane Central
Federal Division(s)	Brisbane
Suburbs around New Farm: Fortitude Valley Newstead Teneriffe Bulimba Hawthorne Brisbane City New Farm Hawthorne Kangaroo Point East Brisbane Norman Park

New Farm is an affluent, riverside inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia. The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the Brisbane River. New Farm is partly surrounded by the Brisbane River, with land access from the north-west through Fortitude Valley and from the north through Newstead. Merthyr is a neighbourhood within New Farm; until 1975 it was a separate suburb.

At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 11,330. It has the highest population density in Greater Brisbane with approximately 5,861.7 people per square kilometre.

At the south-eastern end of the peninsula is the historic New Farm Park. The suburb derives its name from the fact that the peninsula was used as a farming area in the early years of Brisbane's history.Brunswick Street is the main street running northwest-southeast up the centre of the peninsula. To the south of Brunswick Street the suburb is characterised by large ornate Queenslander-style houses, shady streets lined with large trees and tall apartment buildings, predominantly along the river. More modest Queenslander-style houses dominate the north of Brunswick Street, where there are fewer large trees and apartments.

The suburb has one main commercial area close to New Farm Park, called 'Merthyr Village'. A wide variety of businesses also operate along Brunswick Street and in adjacent streets. The former electric tramway power station, located at the eastern corner of New Farm Park, has been converted into a community arts and performance space called 'The Powerhouse'. New Farm is known as Brisbane's "Little Italy" as many immigrants from Italian descent first settled in the suburb.

Though one of Brisbane's oldest suburbs, the peninsula of New Farm was once called Binkinba (place of the land tortoises) by the indigenous Turrbal tribe of Brisbane.Patrick Logan established a farm in the area in 1827. According to a recent book, Reflections on New Farm, published by the New Farm and Districts Historical Society the area was also a working site of convicts (lime kilns dating back to 1870 are still evident on the river banks) a marine base in World War II and home to many wealthy merchants and lawyers. Politician and judge Samuel Griffith built his house 'Merthyr' in the suburb in 1870.