Bellbowrie

Bellbowrie is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Bellbowrie is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Bellbowrie had a population of 5,462 people.Bellbowrieis on the northern side of the Brisbane River and lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) west-southwest of Brisbane's city centre. It is a rapidly developing semi-rural area due to Brisbane's growth heading in a westwards direction.

The name Bellbowrie is an Aboriginal word (possibly from the Hunter River area in New South Wales) meaning ''flowering gum'', possibly referring to the red gum. It was named on 4 November 1972 and bounded on 11 August 1975.The initial subdivisions in the area were commenced in the early 1970s.Development slowed in the aftermath of the 1974 Brisbane flood which saw much of the eastern, lower-lying areas of the suburb badly inundated with water.Since the construction of the Wivenhoe Dam in the 1980s the fear of floods was reduced and development increased.Many acreage owners are subdividing their properties and as a consequence, significant areas of bushland are being cleared.

The boundaries of the suburb were extended on 13 December 1990 to include land previously in Anstead.Several new housing estates began development in 2001 on land that used to be pineapple farms.In the 2011 Brisbane floods, the Brisbane River rose significantly and some small areas of Bellbowrie were flooded. However, of greater concern was the inundation of access roads to the area, isolating a number of suburbs including Bellbowrie including the loss of electricity and telecommunications and a shortage of food with the supermarket inundated. The Uniting Church acted as an evacuation centre for those whose homes were flooded and as a communal food bank which received supplies of necessities via helicopter.In the 2011 census Bellbowrie had a population of 5,413 people.In the 2016 census Bellbowrie had a population of 5,462 people.