The Brisbane Lions train during the week at Giffin Park, also in Coorparoo. The Metropolitan Districts Netball Association are based at Wembley Park, on the corner of Burke Street and Robinson Street (). They have 12 netball courts. Faith Works Uniting Community is at 260 Cavendish Road (corner York Street, ). Attractions Coorparoo has a range of distinctive homes, buildings, and sites of interest, including: Spanish Mission Revival homes along Cavendish Road. This was a popular inter-war house style introduced from California. Ridgelands (1880s), built for the Blundell family Cardington (1880s) at the corner of Norfolk Street and Cavendish Road. This residence was built by Thomas Howling who had purchased the allotments from early settler George Harden. Barston Place (1880) on Norfolk Street, built for Scottish born James Burstall and named after his birthplace. Coorparoo Shire Hall (1892) at the corner of Cavendish Road and Halstead Street. The building is now owned by the Coorparoo School of Arts and Memorial Hall Association Inc. and is known as The School of Arts Hall. Restored Tram Post at the corner of Old Cleveland and Cavendish Roads. Hatherton (1886). This elite residence was built for Reuben Nicklin whose previous residence was called Langlands. Reuben and his wife Jane were drowned in the RMS Quetta disaster in 1890. The house has subsequently been extensively renovated and changed and is now known as the heritage-listed "Queen Alexandra Home" having been used as a Methodist Home for children, teaching classrooms for the local TAFE College and more recently as a community centre. Chatsworth (1888), built for William Evans who worked at Stewarts of Stones Corner. Chatsworth Road is named after this residence. Langlands (1883), built for Reuben Nicklin. This building is in the grounds of the present Villanova College and is the oldest surviving masonry residence in Coorparoo. Kirkland Avenue. A tree-lined street with views of the Brisbane CBD. This avenue was lined with larger Queenslander houses until the late 1960s when the Brisbane City Council allowed their demolition for blocks of units. Some of these units have been demolished and replaced with more modern blocks of units. References External links University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Coorparoo and Coorparoo Shire Coorparoo Uniting Church history – founded 1886 Suburbs of the City of Brisbane