Dutton Park is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Dutton Park had a population of 2,134 people.
Development in the suburb was slow because of difficult terrain, and the fact that a large part of the area was surveyed for government reserves by H.C. Rawnsley in 1863.
The South Brisbane cemetery was reserved in 1866 and is Brisbane's oldest surviving municipal cemetery.
In 1884, a park was named after Charles Boydell Dutton, the Queensland Minister for Lands from 1883 to 1887 (and great-great-grandfather of Australian federal politician, Peter Dutton). This became known as "Dutton's Park", a name which was later applied to surrounding estates, a school (originally known as the "Jail School") and a railway station before becoming the name of the suburb around 1910
On 2 July 1883, the Boggo Road Gaol opened, firstly serving as a holding place for prisoners who were to be transported to St Helena Island but by 1989 housed over 300 prisoners. In 1903, a separate structure was opened adjacent to the main prison to house the female prisoners. After a Queensland Government inquiry into the living conditions of the inmates the female section of the prison was closed in 1989 with the male section closing in 1992 and later being demolished in 1996.
In 1884, the South Coast railway line was built, which included a station at Dutton Park.
Woolloongabba Mixed State School opened on 1 September 1884. It was split into Woolloongabba Girls and Infants State School and Woolloongabba Boys State School on 5 July 1885. In 1910, the schools were renamed to Dutton Park Girls and Infants State School and Dutton Park Boys State School. In 1935, the two schools were merged to form Dutton Park State School.
Between 1901 and 1969 the suburb was served by electric trams. Tram services operated along Gladstone Road and Annerley Road, with a connecting line to the Ipswich Road tram depot along Cornwall Street. J.S. Badger, owner of the Brisbane Tramway Company, developed the Dutton Park recreation reserve in order to increase patronage on the trams. For several years from 1908, open-air movie and variety shows known as 'Continentals' were held at the park, and proved enormously popular, drawing up to 5,000 people a night.
Between 1912 and 1927, a tram depot was located in Lang Street (now Tamar Street).
St Ita's Regional Primary School opened on 27 January 1919.
St Ita's Secondary School opened on 1932. In 1957, it was renamed St Ursula's College. It closed in 1957.
Dutton Park Opportunity School opened on 28 January 1936. In 1979 it was renamed Dutton Park Special School. On 16 December 1994, it ceased to operate as a separate school and became the special education unit of Dutton Park State School.
On 17 December 2006, the Eleanor Schonell Bridge was opened, linking the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland with southern Brisbane.
The Ecosciences Precinct in the Boggo Road Urban Village development opened in 2011.
Brisbane South State Secondary College opened on 1 January 2021 for an initial intake of Year 7 students. During planning, it was known as Inner City South State Secondary College. It was built in Dutton Park to ease pressure on Brisbane State High School in neighbouring South Brisbane.
In the 2016 census, Dutton Park had a population of 2,024 people. The median age of the Dutton Park population was 32 years, six years below the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population. 58.4% of people were born in Australia. 62.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek at 5.1%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.4% and Catholic 17.9%.
In the 2021 census, Dutton Park had a population of 2,134 people.
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