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ArtForce Brisbane: Pockets of Art In Hamilton

All around Hamilton, vivid (and sometimes whimsical) pieces of art can be seen on the streets, a collection of captivating artworks made through the ArtForce Brisbane project by talented Brisbane locals. The stories behind the subjects of the pieces also provide insights into the artists who made them.

Brisbane Cats River Ride

One of the standout artworks, titled “Brisbane Cats River Ride,” showcases a vibrant and playful depiction of cats riding down the city’s iconic river. Created by the talented local artists of Ascot State School, this imaginative piece captures the essence of Brisbane’s unique charm and love for its feline inhabitants. The artwork has quickly become a favourite among residents and tourists alike, prompting smiles and joy as they stroll past it.

Location: Racecourse Rd & Kent St

Just Breathe

“Just Breathe,” another mesmerizing artwork submitted through ArtForce Brisbane, invites viewers to pause and embrace the tranquillity of nature. This masterful creation by Margaret Lipinska portrays a solitary figure surrounded by lush greenery, reminding us of the importance of taking a moment to connect with the natural world. The artwork serves as a powerful reminder to slow down and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us in our busy lives.

Location: Kingsford Smith Dr & Crescent Rd

Sunset on the Water

For those who yearn for the beauty of sunsets and the serenity of water, “Sunset on the Water” from artist Shanaia Singh, offers a breathtaking visual experience. With its vivid colours and meticulous brushstrokes, this artwork transports viewers to a serene lakeside, where they can almost feel the gentle breeze and hear the peaceful sounds of nature. The artist’s skill in capturing the tranquillity and ethereal qualities of a sunset has garnered well-deserved admiration.

Location: Kingsford Smith Dr & Racecourse Rd

Among the Trees

The allure of lush forests and their ability to evoke a sense of wonder and exploration are showcased in “Among the Trees,” by artist Gemma Nyssen. This artwork entices viewers to immerse themselves in a world of towering trunks and dappled sunlight, representing Hamilton Forest.

Location: Kingsford Smith Dr & Alison St

Hamilton Forest

The aptly named “Hamilton Forest” piece, from artist Shari Indriani, encapsulates the enchanting beauty of the local woodland, capturing its unique atmosphere and inviting viewers to explore its hidden treasures. The intricate details and vibrant colours bring the forest to life, creating an immersive experience for art enthusiasts.

Location: Kingsford Smith Dr & Oxford St

Hamilton Forest Community

The artwork “Hamilton Forest Community” is a vibrant and heartwarming piece that portrays a diverse group of people coming together amidst the forest, reflecting the strength and unity of the local community. It serves as a reminder of the powerful connections that can be formed when people embrace their natural surroundings and share common values. It’s from artist Russell Hall.

Location: Nudgee Rd & Hants St

Nudgee Rd and Hants St — Photo Credit: Google Maps

Hamilton Forest Community — Photo Credit: ArtforceBrisbane

Gumnuts

The delicate beauty of nature is celebrated in “Gumnuts,” an artwork from Ash Taylor that captures the essence of Australia’s unique flora. Viewers are transported to a world of native Australian gum trees, as they admire the intricate details of gumnuts, leaves, and blossoms. This piece not only showcases the artist’s skill but also honours the country’s rich natural heritage.

Location: Kingsford Smith Dr & Riverview Tce

Visitors and residents alike have been captivated by the skill, imagination, and emotion captured within each piece. ArtForce Brisbane provides a showcase of the natural splendour of the city and the community spirit that has further solidified its reputation as a vibrant and inclusive cultural hub.

Published 29-May-2023

Brookfield Proposes Innovative Built-to-Rent Development at Portside Wharf, Hamilton

Photo Credit: DEV2023/1402

In an effort to provide more housing solutions to a waiting market, Brookfield has submitted a groundbreaking development application for a dual-tower, built-to-rent residential project in Portside Wharf, Hamilton.

The proposal, designed by renowned architectural firm Fender Katsalidis, aims to revolutionize the rental market by offering 560 purpose-built apartments alongside a range of non-residential amenities.

Located at 11 Macarthur Avenue, the project seeks to create a vibrant and sustainable community within the picturesque riverfront site with two 23-storey towers standing at a maximum height of approximately 85 meters. This would be the first built-to-rent (BTR) project in Northshore Hamilton, demonstrating Brookfield‘s commitment to innovative housing solutions.

The apartments will range from studios to three-bedroom units for low-income households, students and vulnerable populations.

Brookfield Hamilton build-to-rent — Photo Credit: DEV2023/1402

Aside from high-density residential units, the key features of the development include a café, a shop with a dog-grooming salon, a sizable co-working space, and a gymnasium. Whilst primarily intended for residents, the non-residential spaces are also open to the broader community, fostering inclusivity and social interaction.

The proposed food and drink outlets are designed with their own unique layout to accommodate diverse retail concepts. The restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor seating, while the café provides a space for coffee and light meals.

The office spaces are meant to cater to the needs of various businesses, with different sizes and configurations, including meeting rooms, conference facilities, and workstations. Additionally, the development will feature a parking station with multiple levels, designated spaces, and separate areas for motorcycles and bicycles to ensure convenient and secure parking for residents and visitors.

To promote a sense of community, the development will offer ample communal space, including a sizable recreation zone on the podium level. This area has outdoor pools and spas, seating areas, garden lawns, a residents’ lounge, wellness and spa facilities, a wine library, private dining areas, a dog lawn, BBQ areas, and a games room.

The proposed development is also committed to sustainability, targeting a 4 Star Green Star ‘Buildings’ rating. The apartments will aim for exceptional performance in the Green Star ‘Energy Use’ category, achieving an average NatHERS 7-star rating across the development and a minimum rating of 5.5 stars.

The project will incorporate a car share scheme and electric vehicle charging facilities, along with dedicated solar panel zones on the rooftop to supply common areas with electricity.

The development application, #DEV2023/1402, was submitted to the State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning on 18 May 2023 and is currently under review.

Published 25-May-2023

Hamilton’s Eldernell Terrace Named Most Expensive Street In Brisbane For 2023

Did you know that Eldernell Terrace in Hamilton is the most expensive street in Brisbane for 2023? Here is some of the latest information about the street, based on data from property research firm Suburbtrends.

Read: Eldernell Hill: From 19th Century Aboriginal Camp to Blue-Chip Hamilton Location

Eldernell Terrace came out on the top spot of Suburbtrends’ Top 100 Streets in Brisbane for 2023. According to the report, the median price for houses at Eldernell Tce is around $3.86 million on average.

Hamilton dominated the list with a total of 21 streets on the list. It’s followed by Ascot and Tenerrife, both with 18, and New Farm with 11. Besides Eldernell Tce, here are other streets in Hamilton which made it to the top 100:

Street	Median house price estimate
Markwell Street	$3,804,000
Dickson Terrace	$3,704,000
Mullens St	$3,702,500
Riverview Tce	$3,466,000
Perry St	$3,465,000
Lawes St	$3,395,000
Quarry St	$3,369,000
Hillside Crescent	$3,355,000
Windermere Road	$3,321,000
Langside Rd	$3,301,000
Ludlow St	$3,214,000
Killara Avenue	$3,210,000
Annie St	$3,073,000
Atkinson St	$2,948,000
Grays Rd	$2,826,500
Hipwood Rd	$2,824,000
Whyenbah St	$2,794,000
Crescent Rd	$2,766,000
Prospect Tce	$2,726,500

Suburbtrends founder Kent Lardner said this ranking highlights how much the city and riverside suburbs still represent some of the highest priced streets across greater Brisbane.

“The prestigious suburbs of Hamilton and Ascot dominate our top 100 list. It is no surprise to see most of the streets are located close to the city and along the Brisbane river,” said Mr Lardner.

View of the river from Eldernell Terrace (Photo credit: Google Street View)

“What did surprise was the high value per square metre in the streets of New Farm and Teneriffe, which is some of the most expensive land in Australia.”

Mr Lardner also noted that the methodology was not about selecting streets with one or two sales of mansions or streets with very large block sizes.

“We have selected streets with a significant number of houses with the highest overall median prices, rather than selecting a street based on the sale of one mansion,” he said.

“Our methodology has created a very different ‘top streets’ list representing streets with a significant number of high priced properties and surrounded by the highest priced homes in the country,” he added.

Read: Why Toorak on Annie St is a House of Prominence in Hamilton

To see the list of Brisbane’s top 100 streets for 2023, visit suburbtrends.com.

Tivoli Gardens Theatre: Vaudeville and Picture Shows in Early 20th-Century Hamilton

Did you know that in the early 20th century, apart from going to the races, locals from Hamilton and the nearby suburbs of North Brisbane enjoyed vaudeville and picture shows at the Tivoli Gardens Theatre for entertainment?

The first Tivoli Gardens Theatre was a tent structure that could hold over 1,000 people along Hamilton Road, now Sir Kingsford Smith Drive.

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Opened in 1907, the open-air theatre had its own dressing rooms and a large stage with decorative painted scenery as the backdrop. Seatings were set up by appointments and proved to be quite popular with the locals as many Brisbane residents, including the Mayor and Mayoress, would travel to Hamilton by tram to catch the shows.

Tivoli Gardens Theatre — Photo Credit: National Library of Queensland

Before and after each show, theatregoers would hang by the tables and seats in the gardens, where a brass band, the Hamilton Band Stand, would play their favourite tunes. A kinetoscope would be set up so guests can watch moving pictures. This was before the development of motion picture projectors or the cinema.

Kinetoscope — Photo Credit: State Library of Queensland

But the theatre was not open full-time. It ran three nights a week during the warmer seasons and closed during the colder months.

Top Performers at the Tivoli Gardens Theatre

Eva Lee (singer), Clivalli and Sport (boxing and juggling act), Bert Lambert (singer), Miriam Russell (mezzo-contralto), C.E. Morgan (tenor), and the Jolly Rovers were stage regulars at the Tivoli Gardens Theatre but Miss Isabella Maria Sutherland, or best known as Bella Sutherland, who was the theatre’s sole proprietress, was also the star performer.

Ms Sutherland got her start as an entertainer for the Lancashire Bellringers in Melbourne in 1864. She was a well-travelled performer who did drama and comedy skits, as well as danced and sang at a variety of minstrels shows in England, India, and New Zealand.

Miss Bella Sutherland — Photo Credit: State Library of Queensland

After marrying her third husband, George Gibson, in the mid-1880s, Ms Sutherland formed The Vital Spark, a theatre touring company. However, by the early 1900s, she and Mr Gibson decided to make Brisbane their home base after years of touring. They bought a house in Hamilton, where they mounted the first Tivoli Gardens Theatre.

In 1910, Ms Sutherland and her husband bought another house in Hamilton near the Hamilton Hotel, which became the second site of their vaudeville theatre. The venue ran until 1912 as the couple moved and opened the third theatre near the second site.

Ms Sutherland named her Hamilton properties as “Southdean,” suggesting a reference to her Scottish heritage. When there are no live performances, the Tivoli Gardens Theatre ran Scottish picture shows.

In 1912, the theatre presented “Cinderella” and also held concerts and fundraisers during the First World War.

After Ms Sutherland’s death in 1918, Mr Gibson managed the theater until 1921 with the help of the other performers. However, he didn’t sell the property until 1923 and died a year later. The pair is buried on the same plot at the Nundah Cemetery.

One of the performers, Ms Lee, was presumed to have purchased the theatre equipment from Mr Gibson after she acquired and opened Arcadia Theatre on Racecourse Road.

Tivoli Gardens Theatre Today

The structures of the Tivoli Gardens Theatre have long been demolished. The first site along York and Cooksley streets is now a modern private residence. The second and third locations, which were active for more than 10 years, were along the corners of Racecourse Road and Allen St, which is now a commercial and retail precinct.

Unique Residential Building Proposed For Former Quarry Site In Hamilton

A residential building featuring a unique, cascading design may be built at a former quarry site in Hamilton.

Read: Why Toorak on Annie St is a House of Prominence in Hamilton

A development application has been submitted for 336 Kingsford Smith Drive in Hamilton, in what was once the site of a historic quarry. The site was sold for $5.5 million in 2019.

Designed by Plus Architecture, the proposed building will feature a step-down design which is quite unique, compared to the properties in the neighbourhood.

“The architectural design has responded to the site topography by nestling the proposed building into the escarpment of the site and terracing the building with the rise in Quarry Street,” planners stated in a report.

Photo credit: Brisbane City Council/Plus Architecture

“As a result, the building has a two-storey interface to Kingsford-Smith Drive to the south and two-storey interface to the north of the site (the existing ground level of Quarry Street) with building height transitioning in between.”

The six-storey residential building will consist of five two-bedroom apartments, seven three-bedroom apartments, and three four-bedroom apartments, all ranging between 65 sqm and 125 sqm in size.

With its river and city views, Hamilton is considered by the developer as one of the premier locations in Brisbane. A number of good developers are doing off their plans in Hamilton, where there’s a consistent market for luxury homes.

“The proposal provides a high-quality and contemporary architectural design outcome that responds to the continually developing and diverse character of Kingsford Smith Drive and Quarry Street while remaining respectful of the materiality and architectural themes of the remaining pre-1947 character in Quarry Street,” the assessment report reads.

hamilton bne — Photo credit: Brisbane City Council/Plus Architecture

In terms of public transport, the developer included Council’s Gold CityGlider bus service in its proposal, which aims to “provide further increased high-frequency public transport for the site and locality.”

The new proposed City Glider would connect Hamilton to Woolloongabba, via Fortitude Valley, Eagle Street, and Mary Street.

Locals’ Feedback

hamilton building — Photo credit: Brisbane City Council/Plus Architecture

The development application (A006047163) requires an impact assessment under the City Plan, which means it will undergo public notification prior to Council making a decision.

It received a few submissions from residents, who opposed the development mainly because of its built form, which is described as “not consistent with the character and intensity of the surrounding streetscape.”

With regard to the design, the applicant explained in the planning documents that the proposed built form has been deliberately designed to respond to this historic land use and the resulting landform.

Brisbane, 1954: The First of Many Visits of Queen Elizabeth II

Few can draw a local crowd like the Queen can and fewer still can make the entire world pause briefly in remembrance. Here is a look back on the historic days in 1954, when Queen Elizabeth II, the only reigning British monarch to have come to Australia, came to Brisbane and motored down Kingsford Smith Drive, Queens St, George St, and Coronation Drive to the delight of the waiting crowd.

On 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully in Balmoral Castle. With her passing comes the end of a lifelong dedication to duty and service.

The Royal Visits

Since 1867, Australia has had more than fifty Royal tours. Only six of these visits happened before 1954, the year Queen Elizabeth II first came to visit in a gruelling Royal Tour that lasted nearly two months.

She visited every state in the country and two of the mainland territories.

She would return 15 more times since that first visit but 1954 will go down in history as the first and most memorable.

Photo Credit: State Library of Queensland

During their first Royal Tour in QLD, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh toured the state for nine days and spent seven of those days in Brisbane, where people showed up in large numbers to welcome them.

Traffic arrangements for the 1954 visit to Brisbane was a particularly daunting task, magnificently handled by the Commissioner of the Police.

*Brisbane Route of Royal Progress, Day of Arrival 9 March 1954. Royal Visit to Queensland 1954: Working Programme (QPM Collection) Photo Credit:* *My Police QLD*

All About the People

Presenting flowers to the Queen outside Brisbane City Hall.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Referring to the massive undertaking that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh assumed on their trip, Giselle Bastin, Associate Professor of English at Flinders University, writes:

“During the tour, the queen greeted over 70,000 ex-servicemen and women; drove in cavalcades that took in massive crowds; attended numerous civic receptions; and opened the Australian Parliament in Canberra. The tour saw Elizabeth travel 10,000 miles by air and 2,000 miles by road – including 207 trips by car and by appointed royal trains.”

“It is estimated as much as 75% of the population saw the Queen and Prince Philip during this tour. No Australian prime minister has ever had a reception on this scale or exposure to so many of the country’s citizens.”

Nehemiah Bartley: Who was the Man Who Owned ‘Bartley’s Folly’ in Hamilton?

Did you know that an elegant house once stood at the highest point of Bartley’s Hill Reserve? Bartley’s Folly was constructed in 1860 for Nehemiah Bartley, a merchant and author, as a gift to his wife, Sarah Sophia Barton who sadly, refused to live there.

After arriving in Brisbane, Nehemiah Bartley wanted his family to live at the highest point of Hamilton so they could enjoy unrivaled views of the area. He had Bartley’s Hill built. However, his wife Sarah could not love the place as it was isolated from people and surrounded by dense bushland. She feared they would be attacked by Aboriginals so she refused to live in it.

Thus, the home was nicknamed Bartley’s Folly, and the name stuck even after Mr Bartley sold the property. Mr Bartley highly objected to the term “folly” as he felt it stressed his misjudgements. However, as he expressed in a piece of news daily in 1879, he actually made a £400 profit on the sale of the property.

Who was Nehemiah Bartley?

Nehemiah Bartley was born in 1830 in New Cross, London, and was raised by an aunt as he lost both his parents as a young boy. In 1849, he sailed to Tasmania and settled in Hobart, where he became a gold trader.

Mr Bartley then lived in New South Wales from 1851 to 1853, as he wanted to gain experience on a sheep station. He also worked in a bakery, a store, and as a teller in the Bank of New South Wales in Sydney.

He moved to Queensland in 1854 because he loved its outdoor life and called Brisbane the “prettiest country town.” Mr Bartley had a very active life in Queensland and traveled the area extensively.

In 1858, he married Ms Barton, a stockbroker’s daughter and the sister of the first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton. The couple had two sons and three daughters.

In his travels, Mr Bartley collected enough materials to write a book, “Opals and Agates,” which provided the backgrounds and stories of the people he met and the events he witnessed.

Nehemiah Bartley book — *Photo Credit: University of Queensland Library*

Mr Bartley was preparing another book, “Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences,” when he died so suddenly. He was living in Sydney at that time. According to his obituary, he suffered internal pain in his stomach which he blamed on a scone but the cause of his death was heart failure. He died in his home in Domain, now part of Sydney’s central business district.

Mr Bartley’s other book was published posthumously.

Nehemiah Bartley Obituary — Photo Credit: National Library of Australia

What happened to Bartley’s Folly?

In 1920, Bartley’s Folly was demolished to make way for a water reservoir to improve the water supply in the area as the population of North Brisbane expanded. The Brisbane Board of Waterworks bought the property.

With the formation of the very first Brisbane City Council in 1925, considerations were raised to acquire Bartley’s Hill to maintain its natural beauty.

During World War II, it’s believed that the reservoir was converted into a temporary wartime shelter given its proximity to the encampments at the racecourse.

Today, Bartley’s Hill is a heritage-listed site.

Eldernell Hill: From 19th Century Aboriginal Camp to Blue-Chip Hamilton Location

Residents of the Eldernell Hill estate in Hamilton enjoy a great location with an enviable view of Moreton Bay. Established in 1890, this subdivision consists of Grays Road, Mullens Street, Prospect Terrace, Hanlon Terrace (now Eldernell Terrace), Markwell Street, Perry Street, and Windermere Road.

There were two aboriginal camps in this Hamilton location. One was found on the hilltop whilst the other was situated on the northern side of the estate. The camps, however, were repeatedly destroyed by the police who conducted raids when the Aborigines attacked the settlers.

William Hemmant, a British-Australian politician who served the Legislative Assembly and was also assigned as Queensland Treasurer, owned the estate that became Eldernell Hill. The land comprised more than four acres, stretching over to what is now known as Kingsford Smith Drive.

During this time, there were only a few residents in Hamilton, which was still considered semi-rural. However, the location already had some of the finest homes in Queensland.

Eldernell, the Mansion

In 1869, Mr Hemmant had the heritage-listed Eldernell mansion constructed on the crest of the hill that overlooks the rest of Hamilton. It was designed by Brisbane architect James Cowlishaw for when Mr Hemmant’s family from Cambridgeshire, England moved to Brisbane. He named the home Eldernell for his wife Lucy’s hometown in England.

By 1890, Hemmant decided to subdivide his estate thus reducing the size of Eldernell’s land. However, it still has one of the most sizeable lots in Hamilton even today. It is a constant reminder of the status of Hamilton as an elite suburb.

Eldernell, the mansion, was renamed Bishopbourne in 1964 when it became the residence of Anglican Archbishop Philip Strong, who built the Chapel of the Good Shepherd on the grounds.

Public Auction of Eldernell Hill

Some 61 allotments were publicly auctioned for Eldernell Hill and most of the lots sold for an average of £175.

The advertisement for the public auction positioned Eldernell Hill as the “centre of the most fashionable and attractive suburb of Brisbane.” Even then, Hamilton was already a highly regarded place to live, with allotments costing two or three times more than the blocks of other suburbs nearby.

Eldernell Hill Hamilton — Photo Credit: State Library of Queensland

Today, more than 95 per cent of residents in the Eldernell Hill section are owner-occupiers with half of the residents living in the area for over 10 years.

Get to Know Katana, a Hamilton Landmark Since the 19th Century

Katana, a Colonial-style timber and tin house on Langside Road in Hamilton, was constructed in 1884 for James Robert Dickson Jr and his wife, Cordelia. It is one of the most historically significant properties on a street that exhibits the residential development of the suburb in the late 19th century.

Oliver Jonker Recently in History Katana

William Weekes and John Cooksley, both land speculators, used to own the land where Katana stood, until Mr Dickson Jr bought a parcel of the allotments when it was offered for development.

During this time, Hamilton was already characterised by large estates and beautiful homes but there were still plenty of lands that were still underdeveloped.

The vacant lands slowly turned into a precinct with some of the finest estates in Brisbane. Hamilton and its neighbouring suburb, Ascot, were slowly emerging as elite residential sites populated by the city’s prominent, moneyed families.

Who was James Dickson Jr?

The original owner of Katana, Mr James Dickson Jr, was one of six sons of the Honourable James Robert Dickson, a prominent businessman and politician.

The older Dickson, who originally hailed from Glasgow before moving to Queensland in 1862, briefly served as the 13th Queensland Premier. He also had the Toorak House built along Annie Street in Hamilton.

The younger Dickson worked in his father’s auction house on Queens Street and eventually took over the business when his father retired and travelled around Europe from 1888 to 1892.

It was believed that the Dicksons moved out of Katana around 1905 and sold the property to the next private owners. By the 1920s, the land was further subdivided and reduced but the house has remained intact all these years.

Photo Credit: Trove/National Library of Australia

Katana: Truly Special

Aside from being the home of a prominent Queensland family, Katana’s location offers many advantages that last up to today. It has a lovely view of the city and aside from the panoramic view, the home enjoys cooling breezes from the river. The house is also close to the city and its amenities.

Katana views — Photo Credit: Ray White Listing

The architecture of Katana is historically significant because it is a fine example of the type of construction of homes belonging to the upper-class and moneyed middle class in the Hamilton and Ascot area during the late 19th century, a time when both suburbs started to acquire their elite status.

The tin and timber residence was constructed in the Colonial style. The central feature of the house frontage is the front door and there is an arched frontispiece in the verandah roof right above the main entry.

The house has a symmetrical frontage and a separately roofed verandah encircling the structure.

Corrugated iron makes up both roofs, whilst the exterior walls are timber .

The main roof has a steep pitch and a short ridge. There is a brick chimney in the back. The underside of the gutter of the main roof has a decorative apron and the concave verandah roof is enclosed with a row of casement windows.

Katana indoors — *Photo Credit: Ray White Listing*

Katana currently has four bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was sold for $2.2 million in 2008 and then sold again for $2.52 million in 2020, after only 22 days on market.

Savvy Buyers Continue to Bet on the Hamilton Property Market

In 2021, Hamilton property values soared, with the median house price ending up just shy of the $2-million mark, as savvy buyers snapped up prime buys in this blue-chip suburb.

Hamilton Property Values: Houses

Figures from Property Market Updates revealed that Hamilton property values got even stronger, as the median house price increased by 18.03 per cent from January 2021 to December 2021. The median house price has gone up to $1,947,500 from $1,650,000 in the previous year.

Some 129 houses were sold for this period at an average of 65 days on market, with a fourth of the buyers coveting four-bedroom family homes.

Hamilton House Price Growth — Photo Credit: Property Market Updates

In October 2021, a vacant, run-down two-bedroom brick and tile house, standing in the middle of a big chunk of land at 1,138 square metres, sold within 72 hours for an astounding $4.6 million.

The house, completed in the early 1950s, has been eyed by investors for years due to its prestige location next to rows of beautiful mansions. The new owner of the sought-after site plans to knock down the old house and build two new modern homes.

Hamilton Property Values: Units

Hamilton’s unit market had a busy year with 462 properties sold within an average of 70 days on market. The median unit price grew to $555,000 from $500,000 in the previous year, ushering an 11 per cent growth from January 2021 to December 2021.

Hamilton Unit Price Growth — Photo Credit: Property Market Updates

Many first home buyers are snapping up real estate in Hamilton, especially at the rows of new apartment builds in the Portside and Northshore precincts to get their foot at the door of this blue-chip suburb.

Two-bedroom units attracted most buyers who are young professionals with some money to save to invest in a property. However, downsizers whose kids have settled in a home of their own are also moving into the Hamilton property market.

About Hamilton

Hamilton is an old-money suburb that has undergone a much-needed revamp in the last decade with the upgrades at Portside Wharf and Northshore. The revitalised precincts provide upscale residential opportunities, cafe and restaurant offerings, as well as an eclectic mix of retail shops.

The suburb keeps growing due to its fantastic location and good planning. Hamilton is both close to the CBD and to the airport, thus it’s an ideal place to live for many executives, high-level people in business, and professionals or specialists in high-profile industries.

Over the years, Hamilton has become a liveable cosmopolitan precinct but its potential to grow still hasn’t peaked. By 2023 the suburb is primed for a major transformation with the opening of the Athletes’ Village for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Post-Olympics, this precinct will be high in demand for the residential offering, retirement living, affordable housing, or build-to-rent and market accommodation.

“Hamilton is perfect for social people. Kingsford Smith Drive is a major road connecting the airport and the City. There are so many things to love about this busy road if you live on it as I do. It is easy to get to the city and the airport, Racecourse Road is close by for shopping and dining out, a hop skip and jump to the Portside Wharf for great bars and cinema and the river.”
Garry

“It’s all here on your doorstep! My car only comes out to go to work. Cycle and pedestrian paths along the river all the way to Powerhouse passing beautiful parks where you can relax and enjoy the views. Eat Street markets have reopened and thriving. There’s even a beach up near Hamilton reach where I take my dog for a run in the sand. Life is good at Hamilton on the river.”
Deborah