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Fairfield, Queensland

Fairfield is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Fairfield had a population of 3,106 people.

Fairfield is located 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) south of the Brisbane CBD on the Brisbane River. The suburb is mainly residential with house and unit accommodation.

Fairfield is bounded to the north by the South Brisbane Cemetery, to the east by the Beenleigh railway line, to the south by Venner Road and to the west by the median of the Brisbane River.

Samuel Grimes and brother George Grimes immigrated to Queensland on the Chaseley in 1849, one of the ships chartered by Dr John Dunmore Lang. In 1857 they established an arrowroot farm called Fairfield in the area, providing the name for the suburb.

The Fairfield Baptist Church opened for worship on 24 December (Christmas Eve) 1865 followed by a celebratory luncheon on 26 December (Boxing Day) 1865 as a branch of the Vulture Street Baptist Church. Located on the south-western corner of Dudley Street and Lang Street (now Lagonda Street, 27°30′37″S 153°01′41″E / 27.5102°S 153.0280°E / -27.5102; 153.0280 (Fairfield Baptist Church (former))) approximately 14 mile (0.40 km) west of Ipswich Road, it was large enough to accommodate 90 to 100 people. In 1889 a new church was erected, with a stump-capping ceremony on Saturday 2 March 1889. By 1927 it was decided that the church needed a more prominent location, eventually culminating in the relocation of the church building to 470 Ipswich Road, Annerley, where it was refurbished before re-opening there as Annerley Baptist Church on Saturday 9 February 1935 by Reverend J.C. Farquhar.

In 1914 the Railside Estate was a subdivision of 28 residential lots for the land bounded by Bell Lane (now Bledisloe Street) to the north, the South Coast railway line to the east, Venner Road to the south, and Cross Street to the west. The estate was described as "within a stones throw from the Fairfield railway station".

Parts of Fairfield were flooded in the 1974 floods.

The Fairfield Library opened in 1988 with a major refurbishment in 2011.

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