The Chermside area was first settled by Europeans in the late 19th century.

Brisbane's tramway network finally reached the suburb on the 29 March 1947, and Chermside remained the northernmost point on the system until the line to Chermside was closed on 2 December 1968.

Originally named Downfall Creek, the suburb's name was change to Chermside in 1903 after the Governor of Queensland, Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside

Chermside State School ( then called Downfall Creek State School ) was opened on the 9 July 1900 and closed on 13 December 1996.

The early 1970s saw the opening of Queensland's first Kmart store in Chermside, which was situated next to a Coles supermarket.

A history of Chermside was published by a local teacher and part time historian Mr David R Teague in 1973.

Morgan briefly lost control of the Legislative Assembly in 1904 and Philp was called upon by Governor Sir Herbert Chermside to form a ministry, but could not secure sufficient support from among his colleagues.

Prior to December 1968 the eastern side of the suburb was served by frequent tram services along Bowen Bridge Road, with routes converging from Chermside, Kalinga ( until 1962 ), Stafford, and Grange.

In 1899, Murray was posted to South Africa as aide-de-camp to General Sir H. C. Chermside in South Africa.

Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside GCMG, CB ( 31 July 1850 – 24 September 1929 ) was a British soldier who served as Governor of Queensland in Australia from 1902 to 1904.

Chermside was born in the town of Wilton in Wiltshire in 1850.

In 1876, Chermside was sent to Turkey to work with the Turkish forces after Serbia and Montenegro declared war on the country in July.

In 1882, Chermside was promoted to Captain, and appointed to the British Army's intelligence staff in Egypt.

Although still a captain in the Royal Engineers, Chermside was brevetted major ( 1883 ), lieutenant-colonel ( 1884 ) and colonel ( 1887 ).

Herbert Chermside was the second son of the rector of Wilton, Reverend Richard Seymour Conway Chermside, and his wife, Emily Dawson.

His paternal grandfather was the military surgeon Sir Robert Chermside.

Chermside was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1886.

Prior to December 1968 the suburb was served by frequent tram services which converged along Lutwyche Road, from Chermside, Kalinga ( until 1962 ) and Stafford, with the Stafford line branching off at Bradshaw Street, Lutwyche.

Prior to December 1968 the suburb was served by frequent Brisbane City Council tram services along Lutwyche Road, with routes converging from Chermside, Kalinga ( until 1962 ), Stafford, and Grange the latter tram line branching off Lutwyche Road at Maygar street, on the border of Lutwyche and Windsor.

His only daughter, Clementine Maria, married Count Otto Stenbock, and after his death, Sir Herbert Chermside, a governor of Queensland.

He married Louisa, daughter of Sir RA Chermside, in 1846.

In 1882 he married Amy Chermside, the daughter of an Anglican vicar.

In 1899, Chermside returned to Britain, briefly commanding the Curragh Camp in Ireland before commanding the 14th brigade and the 3rd division in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

However, concerned by the parliamentary attitude to the role of governor, Chermside decided to resign in 1904, although he delayed the announcement until a political crisis had been dealt with by granting a dissolution of parliament to Premier Sir Arthur Morgan after several failed attempts to establish a stable government.

Lilley stretches from the upper-class riverside suburbs of Ascot, Hamilton and Clayfield in the south to the bayside suburbs of Sandgate and Brighton in the north, and as far west as Chermside and Kedron.

The route have made it easier for commuters travelling from Eight Mile Plains to get to Chermside and vice versa, without transferring at Cultural Centre.

Chermside Drive-In Shopping Centre started trading to the public in 1957, in Brisbane, Australia.

However, David Jones replaced the Myer store in Westfield Burwood in May 2007 and opened a new store at Westfield Chermside in August 2007 and a new store at QueensPlaza, Brisbane in February 2008.

Brisbane's tram network originally terminated just south of Aspley on Gympie Road at Chermside.

The expressway would travel along the eastern side of Lutwyche Road to Park Road at Kedron, take a northerly route to Chermside and through the eastern side of Aspley, before heading north-westerly through Carseldine to connect with the Bruce Highway north of Bald Hills.

This shopping centre services the residents of Aspley, as well as surrounding suburbs of Carseldine, Zillmere, Chermside West, Taigum, Bridgeman Downs and Albany Creek.

* Geebung Story: The Next Fifty Years-Being the history of Geebung ( with other name for three years ) and surrounding north side suburbs including Nundah, Albion, Zillmere, Virginia, Chermside and Sandgate.

Embracing Brisbane to the Pine River and beyond and to the bayside areas with an enormous amount of WW2 years of both Australian and American, including a previously unrecorded Chermside Camp map with story and photographs.

Chermside is a suburb on the north side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Chermside is a key destination along Queensland Transport's future Northern Busway.

Chermside is home to Queensland's largest shopping centre which contains a 3 story Myer and a 16 screen cinema complex.

In November 1868 Cobb & Co. stagecoaches began to travel through Chermside on the way to the goldfields at Gympie.

Another feature of the Chermside tram line were the rose gardens which bordered the reserved track portion of the line.

A picture of the Chermside tram line can be viewed at.

Bus terminal at Drive-In Shopping Centre, Chermside, ca.

Westfield Chermside first opened in May 1957 as The Chermside Drive-in Shopping Centre with an Allan & Stark's department store and a small arcade of a dozen shops, before becoming a Myer department store.

Both Kmart and Coles have been relocated in Westfield Chermside.