Eagle Farm Railway Station, post closure, 1995
Before the Railways
Situated 6.83 miles or 11 km north-east from Brisbane General Post Office and the name according to known survey records; by the Queensland Lands Department Its name is said to be derived from the Aboriginal word "Binkinba", meaning "place of tortoises" and originally referring to the area that is now known as New Farm .
The area was originally settled for farming and extended over the site now covered by the Brisbane Airport as well as further afield to Nudgee and Cribb Island. A school, initially called the Boggy Creek School, was opened in 1875, later named Myrtle School and eventually Pinkenba. A Hotel, the Myrtle, was opened in 1896 to cater for local workers and residents.