Salisbury Park Renamed

Coopers Plains – First Crossroad of Brisbane

The Coopers Plains History Group is proud to announce the renaming of Lillian Avenue Park at 309 Lillian Avenue to
SALISBURY QUARRY PARK.

In the 1930s, Beaudesert Road and Boundary Road in Coopers Plains were the only sealed bitumen roads in these outer communities.  Salisbury expanded east along Lillian Avenue. At the time, all roads were constructed by hand with picks and shovels.  Archie Hastie and Bob Cordingley were dray men who used drays to cart gravel from a quarry on this site to where the road gangs were working.  It was slow and somewhat tedious work but eventually, due to their efforts, basic roads connected the small communities of Salisbury, Coopers Plains and Rocklea.

Cr Steve Griffith’s Moorooka Ward eNewsletter (September) stated:

Thank you to everyone who supported the petition to rename Lillian Avenue Park in Salisbury. I’m pleased to share that Council supported renaming the park to Salisbury Quarry Park, recognising the site’s historical significance and its role in shaping our local suburbs.

This name reflects the quarry’s contribution to road construction in the 1930s, when dray men like Archie Hastie and Bob Cordingley carted gravel from the site to help connect Salisbury, Coopers Plains and Rocklea.

Thanks again to the Coopers Plains History Group for their research and support.

Photo Event

On Thursday 23rd of October at 9:30 in the morning there will be a short gathering with Cr Steve Griffiths, the History Group and petitioners to mark the new name with a photo-taking opportunity. All petitioners have been invited to attend by post card.