Kelvin Grove, Queensland

Brisbane Skyline from Brisbane suburb of Kelvin Grove

Kelvin Grove is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located 3 kilometres out from the CBD. This hilly suburb takes its name from Kelvin Grove in Glasgow. It is primarily residential with tree-lined streets and some commercial and light industrial activities along its main thoroughfare, Kelvin Grove Road. It is also the location of one of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) campuses.

According to the 2001 Census there were 4,113 people living in the suburb with a median age of 29.

In common with many inner suburbs of Brisbane, the suburb has a mixture of traditional "Queenslander" homes, some post-war worker's cottages and more modern apartment blocks.

Kelvin Grove was part of the Shire of Ithaca (later the Town of Ithaca) before the town was amalgamated into the City of Greater Brisbane in 1925.

In 1901 electric trams commenced operations along Kelvin Grove Road, running to the city. The tram service ceased in December 1968 and since that time diesel buses, operated by the Brisbane City Council have served the suburb. Electric trolley-buses, also operated by the Brisbane City Council connected the suburb with Fortitude Valley between 1953 and 1969.

Kelvin Grove Campus of QUT

The Kelvin Grove campus is situated on a hill top where it overlooks the Brisbane central business district and the surrounding areas.Travel from the city of Brisbane to the Kelvin Grove campus is very quick with the establishment of the northern suburban Busway and the integration of a major bus station at the University.

Faculties

QUT Kelvin Grove Campus

Kelvin Grove Campus is home to the faculties of Health, Education and Creative Industries. It offers studies at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.

The faculties of Health and Education house different Schools of studies;

;Faculty of Health
* School of Public Health
* School of Optometry
* School of Human Movement Studies
* School of Nursing
* School of Psychology and Counselling

;Faculty of Education
* School of Early Childhood
* School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education
* School of Learning and Professional Studies
* School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

;Creative Industries

The Faculty of Health also has two of the toughest and most competitive professional degree courses to gain entry into amongst the many undergraduate degree courses offered by the faculties on campus, namely the Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition & Dietetics) from the School of Public Health and the Bachelor of Applied Science (Optometry) from the School of Optometry. These two undergraduate courses has a yearly entry Overall Position (OP) rank of 1 - 2 and a Rank cut-off of 97 - 99 in addition to no OP Guarantee.

External links

*Kelvin Grove Campus Map