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The first Coca-Cola bottling plant was built during the war In the early 1942, at 36-39 Balaclava street in Woolloongabba. It was initially designed to supply the demands of the newly arrived US military personnel, but later expanded production to the local Australian market. Today Australia Coca-Cola and the bottling partner offer more than 240 products including regular and low kilojoule soft drinks as well as waters, sports drinks, energy drinks, teas and flavoured milk. Its leading brands include Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, Sprite, Powerade, and Pump to name a few.

This shows that, back in the days Woolloongabba was involved in some economic exchanges, social interactions that focuses on pre modern economic sociology. Also, during that period of time US military was involved in a war so the priority was given to them however, as the time goes by the priority and opportunity was distributed equally to the community people. Therefore, the beverage was enjoyed commonly by the people and the consumption of Coca-cola in Australia have ranked second largest in the world followed by America.

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Woolloongabba had a substantial contribution to the history of transportation around Brisbane. The Woolloongabba Fiveways, which is the intersection of Stanley street, Main Street, Logan Road, and Ipswich Road was considered one of the busiest intersections back in 1980. The Woollongabba Rail Depot was located there, with about 24 goods trains crossing the intersection. A policeman was always in duty here to control the traffic, and they were even called the ‘local legends’!
Woolloongabba also, thus, has been a main transit centre, with easy transportation, making the people's lives even more fast-pace, independent, and convenient.

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South city square project has been designed for families and friends to meet. There will be a full line supermarket, specialty traders and a market hall that bring new-look shopping choices, along with retail and professional medical amenities.

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South City Square Master Plan Approval - Channel 10 News

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Previously known as the South Brisbane Public Hall and the Boggo Road Theatre, Princess Theatre was constructed in 1888 to respond to the suburb's rapid expansion. The theatre functioned as a venue for the general public to hire for events such as public meetings, lectures, balls, and performances. Today, Princess Theatre is listed as one of Queensland's heritage. This shows that, ever since the 1800's, Woolloongabba has been one of Brisbane's main areas for socialisation and holding important events. This pre-modern suburb has been home to Brisbane's entertainment, long throughout history, into the present Woolloongabba today.

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In 1896, the first cricket match was held on the site. Prior to this, cricket was played at the cricket ground located in the area then known as 'Green Hills', since at least the early 1860s. Since the opening of the stadium, it has now become one of Brisbane's main event hub, hosting events including atheltics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, soccer and pony and greyhound races. The fact that Woolloongabba was chosen as the cite for this stadium shows that it was a place where there was space to build up such a big stadium, but at the same time not an isolated and rural place. There is easy access from around the city and because of this stadium, this semi-urban suburb has become a place where people come together to celebrate sportsmanship, fandom, unity, and patriotism.

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The story of the Norman Hotel started in 1885 when Mr. Robert Heaslop purchased two lots of land in Woolloongabba. Mr. Heaslop's vision was to build a grand hotel on his land for a not insubstantial amount of £3,500. In the late 1880s, Queensland was beginning to develop its own distinctive architecture, reflected by John B. Nicolson's design of the Norman Hotel. Construction of the hotel by F. Steffens was completed in 1889 - the same year Central Station opened. With the exception of minor renovations and the construction of air raid shelters, the Norman Hotel remained relatively unchanged until the late 1980s. In 1987, the Cavill family of hoteliers purchased the Norman Hotel and some adjoining land, on which they built a beer garden and outdoor dining area. The air raid shelters and stables were also removed from the rear of the property and, in 1988, the now-famous steakhouse opened. With urbanisation going on around the area, the Cavills transformed the Norman Hotel into one of Brisbane's most iconic, destination pubs. In 2009, fire broke out and Norman Hotel was forced to close for a month for restoration. Early 2014 the hotel under went more refurbishment including refreshing the Beergarden which included alcove seating, split by garden walls, different dining spaces, new outdoor dining furniture, wagon wheel at entrance with herb garden, an iconic fig tree that stands proudly in the middle, and timber high bars to create more after work drinking spaces. To compliment this area the Front Bar had a general facelift as did Normans Bar. Today the third generation of the family operates the Norman Hotel.
Norman hotel, after the renovation in 2014, retained its outdoor dining area, with changes to the furniture adding a modern feel to it. This refreshing outdoor garden, the iconic fig tree standing the center, and the timber high bars created space to accommodate more people. This change and along with the growing urbanization of the area which has given independence to the public, has essentially given more people the opportunity to come together after work independently and has eventually increased what we now know as “public life”.

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On July 15th, 2016, my friends and I moved in to an apartment in Woolloongabba. We were one of the first residents at this newly opened student accomodation. I remember trying to look it up on google maps when I was back home in Thailand but it did not seem to exist. Regent Street, through Google maps, seemed to me as a rural suburb with old one storey houses. However, when I reached here, I saw various construction sites with high rise buildings in the building process, my apartment being one of the very first and newly opened ones. Unlike in Google maps, the Buranda area was slowly developing, transforming into a more developed residential areas, especially catering to students. The increase in these apartments, especially student accommodations, may have been because of the rise in the popularity of Brisbane as an educational base. Buranda itself is a well-known bus and train transit station, making it not only convenient for those traveling to the  university and the city centre, but also a fast-to-develop perimeter of residential life. This rapid transformation in the last year, I would suspect, may have had an impact on the lives of people living in the area. The now student friendly neighbourhood may have made the nearby shopping centres and cafes busier, livelier, and encourage an even further development regarding entertainment and leisure areas, such as the introduction of new restaurants and bars.
Suphawan, 2017

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Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba) in 1899

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Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba) in 1899

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A little experience working as a part-time waitress at the restaurant.
I was working behind the cashier when a regular customer, a well aged old man, walked up to pay his bills.
"Did you know, this place used to be the biggest chemist around here?" -- he said, nostalgically.
I then tried researching on the history of the property before it was renovated as a restaurant, but came up empty handed
However, I have analyze the changes of life style throughout the history if the story were to be true.
The space around the Moreton Rubber building have been utilized and developed into cafes, bars, and restaurant.
Thai rose, for example used to be the largest chemist warehouse in the area but as time passes, people's lifestyle become more modernized and the use of public spaces change to fits their lifestyle.
Local businesses such as chemist warehouse, become less popular as cities developed a more well-rounded shopping centre. People are choosing to shop in the city more, rather than supporting the local chemist, thus the local economy went spiral down hill.
The changes portrays how people prefers dining out, suggesting busier and more convenient lifestyle as people are less inclined to prepared a home cook meal at home.
Further, as people are becoming more independent, eating out also provide an opportunity for the growing individualistic community to socialized and connect with people.

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The old Moreton Rubber Building, built in 1890, is still standing. Which is considered as a miracle in this day and age where old buildings are getting wiped out and high rise tower being worshiped.

The Moreton Rubber Building, formerly the Taylor-Heaslop Building when the area was an early Brisbane commercial hotspot, has housed grocers shops and shoe importers and antique shops. Showing how the community was more packed with small local shops specifically for the community.

At this moment the building has a bewildering creative mix of businesses including jewellers, keen music fans and lovely brewed awakening distributing coffee to the faithful most mornings. The shift in consumer preference have oriented around the interest of the growing younger public while the attention for the senior's interest slowly fade with ware down two-story buildings.

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A little piece of history:
The hospital is built on the site of the 1883 Diamantina Orphanage, named after Diamantina Bowen, wife of the first Governor of Queensland. In 1901, it became Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases after several changes of function. In 1943, it became the South Brisbane Auxiliary Hospital and then the South Brisbane Hospital in 1956. After a major rebuilding programme it was renamed the Princess Alexandra Hospital in 1959. The Diamantina Museum, is the only original building left from the first hospital.