Hawthorne is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Hawthorne had a population of 5,090 people. Hawthorne is located 6.5 kilometres by road east of the CBD. There are two theories about the name of the suburb. One is that butcher William Baynes purchased land in the area in 1875 and named the area after Hawtho…Hawthorne is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Hawthorne had a population of 5,090 people. Hawthorne is located 6.5 kilometres by road east of the CBD. There are two theories about the name of the suburb. One is that butcher William Baynes purchased land in the area in 1875 and named the area after Hawthorn in Melbourne where he lived before his arrival in Queensland in 1859. An alternative theory is that Baynes planted many hawthorne bushes in the 1850s and 1860s.