Brisbane’s new Cross River Rail train station at Albert Street will be called … Albert Street.
After a round of public consultation, the decision was made to keep the current working name for the city’s first new train station for 120 years in place.
Queensland Transport Minister Bart Mellish said there had been hundreds of detailed submissions supporting a name that included Meanjin.
Minister Mellish said Meanjin was a name often used to recognise Brisbane’s First Nation’s heritage and given the permanence of a train station name, it was important that any review be sensitive to the views of Traditional Owner groups.
He said that consultation with Traditional Owners had identified that there were differences in opinion over the spelling, provenance and pronunciation of any indigenous name for Brisbane, and until such time as that could be clarified the Government felt it would be inappropriate to take the idea forward.
“Recognising this sensitivity, the station name will be left as Albert Street for now.”
Minister Mellish said the consultation also showed there was support for re-naming Central Station, with Anzac Square put forward as the most supported option.
He said some initial consultation had occurred with the Veterans community on the Anzac Square proposal, but this needed further discussion with Queensland veterans and approval from the Federal Government for the use of the term Anzac.
