Victoria Park, Brisbane
| Victoria Park | |
|---|---|
| Native name Barrambin (Yagara) | |
Victoria Park in 2008 | |
| Location | Spring Hill and Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′17″S 153°01′29″E / 27.4546°S 153.0248°E |
| Settlement | 1840s |
| Owner | Brisbane City Council |
| Type | State heritage (built, landscape) |
| Designated | 3 December 2007 |
| Reference no. | 602493 |
| Significant period | 1870s (fabric) 1870s–ongoing (historical use) |
Victoria Park, also known by its Turrbal name of Barrambin, is a heritage-listed park located in Spring Hill and Herston in Brisbane, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 December 2007. The site was formerly a public golf course that opened in November 1931, before it was converted back into a public park in June 2021 as part of ongoing urban renewal. In March 2025, it was announced that a 63,000 seat stadium will be constructed at Victoria Park for the 2032 Summer Olympics. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the track, field and athletics events.
Prior to colonisation, Victoria Park was a traditional meeting place of local groups and the site of cultural gatherings with approximately 400 people residing on the land. A British settlement was formed on part of the land in the 1840s, named York's Hollow, which was initially co-existent with Aboriginal camps before it gradually grew and displaced the local Turrbal groups. Several killings of Aboriginal people and burning of camps also occurred throughout the 1850s and 1860s, as well as individual killings of Aboriginal Elders.