Kangaroo Point, Queensland
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- For the suburb in Sydney see Kangaroo Point, New South Wales
Kangaroo Point is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kangaroo Point is a popular recreation spot, conveniently close to the city and the South Bank Parklands. The suburb is serviced by the South-East Busway transit line.
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Geography
Kangaroo Point is located on a peninsula formed of harder rhyolite rock which the Brisbane River flows around. On the northern tip of the peninsula the Story Bridge connects it to the central business disrtict and the suburb of Fortitude Valley. In the suburb of Woolloongabba is located to the south. The six-laned Main Street runs from Story Bridge to Woolloongabba.
Demographics
The suburb is mostly residential, with the traditional Queenslander houses gradually being replaced by multi-storey or highrise developments.
History
Before British settlement, Kangaroo Point was home to the Coorparoo Indigenous Australian tribe.
Stone was quarried from the Cliffs and used as building material.
There is a Maritime museum in the old naval wharf buildings.
Kangaroo Point Cliffs
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The Kangaroo Point Cliffs, situated on the east bank of the city bend of the Brisbane River north of the Maritime Museum, opposite the Queensland University of Technology, are also a popular picnic and abseiling site. The Kangaroo Point Cliffs are not natural. They were created by a quarrying operation which mined the volcanic rock or rhyolite lava flows which form the cliffs. These lavas were deposited in the Tertiary period about 30 million years ago and filled up an ancient river valley. They currently form the banks of the Brisbane River.Template:Queensland-geo-stub