Rocklea | town, suburb

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A suburb of Brisbane. Postcode - 4106. Name and boundaries approved by Queensland Place Names Board 11 August 1975. Boundaries amended by Governor in Council 27 March 1992, with creation of new suburb of Tennyson. Boundaries adjusted by the Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister Assisting the Premier in North Queensland on 8 December 2006. Name originally derived from Rocky Waterholes Creek with the addition of lea=uncultivated field (Old English). Named after a string of waterholes, with a huge rocky outcrop overhanging them, which were near the current railway bridge. When the railway was being put through the area in 1884, it was thought that this name was too long for a station, and so it was shortened to Rocklea.