About West End

West End is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, West End had a population of 9,474 people.The Aboriginal name for the area is Kurilpa, which means place of the water rat. == Geography == Geographically, West End is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the west and the south.Hill End is a neighbourhood (27.4833°S 153.0000°E / -27.4833; 153.0000 (Hill End)) within West End in the south-west of the suburb near the Brisbane River.West End is adjacent to the suburbs of South Brisbane and Highgate Hill. These three suburbs make up a peninsula of the Brisbane River. == History == Before the arrival of Europeans in West End, there was an important habitual Aboriginal camp in the area around the upper part of Musgrave Park where Brisbane State High School now stands.