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'''Coorparoo''' is a southern [[suburb]] of [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. Its distance from the city is approximately four [[kilometre]]s. Surrounding suburbs include [[Camp Hill, Queensland|Camp Hill]], [[Greenslopes, Queensland|Greenslopes]], [[Holland Park, Queensland|Holland Park]], [[Norman Park, Queensland|Norman Park]] and [[Seven Hills, Queensland|Seven Hills]].
There has been some discussion over the origin of the name. Some believe it comes from the [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] name for a [[stream|creek]] that passes through the suburb and into [[Norman Creek]] near the (now) [[Coorparoo railway station, Brisbane|Coorparoo railway station]]. For thousands of years Aborigines lived on the fertile land on the banks of the [[Brisbane River]], hunting and fishing.
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