West End, Queensland

West End Brisbane, Queensland
View down Boundary Street towards West End from Dornoch Terrace
Population	8,061 (2011 census)
• Density	4,240/km2 (10,990/sq mi)
Established	1860s
Postcode(s)	4101
Area	1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane (The Gabba Ward)
State electorate(s)	South Brisbane
Federal Division(s)	Griffith
Suburbs around West End: Milton South Brisbane South Brisbane Auchenflower West End South Brisbane Toowong St Lucia Highgate Hill Woolloongabba

West End is an inner-city suburb of southern Brisbane. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 8,061.

West End was named by early English settlers who found the area reminiscent of the West End of London.

West End was one of the first suburbs of Brisbane to be serviced by a tram line, being opened in 1885. Initially the tram was horse-drawn and terminated in Boundary Street, but in 1897 the line was electrified and extended to the southern end of Hardgrave Road, via Vulture Street. It was subsequently extended down Hoogley Street to the ferry terminus at the end of Hoogley Street. The tram line closed on 13 April 1969. The Dornoch Terrace Bridge was completed in 1941.

The former Tristram's Drink Factory, 79 Boundary St, West End, built in 1928 and one of Australia's best examples of the Mission Revival Style architecture was converted into a market in the 1990s and remains a heritage landmark of West End.

Scenes for the feature film Jucy (2010) were shot at the now-defunct video store Trash Video in the suburb.

The suburb was affected by the 2010–2011 Queensland floods as the Brisbane River broke its banks. From 11 January low-lying areas of the suburb and other places in Brisbane were evacuated.

West End has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Geographically, West End is bounded by the Brisbane River to the west and the south. The south-western part of West End, along the Brisbane River, is also referred to as Hill End.

West End is adjacent to the suburbs of South Brisbane and Highgate Hill. These three suburbs make up a peninsula of the Brisbane River.

The Aboriginal name for the area is Kurilpa, which means place of the water rat.