|
Karalee
Karalee is a rural residential suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Karalee had a population of 4352 people. Geography The suburb of Karalee is bordered by Brisbane River to the north and north-east and by the Bremer River to the south. History Karalee was first named by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 September 1973. The name ''Karalee'' is an Ugarapul word meaning 'pretty hill beside the water'. Karalee State School opened on 25 January 1985. Education Karalee State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 77 Arthur Summervilles Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 566 students with 35 teachers (32 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). The school includes a special education program. Karalee State School has three houses: Nowra, Kalara and Summerville. Amenities Karalee has one shopping village with a Woolworths, a Coles, a newsagent and other stores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barellan Point, Queensland
Barellan Point is a rural residential suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Barellan Point had a population of 1,159 people. Geography The suburb is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east and the Bremer River to the south. It includes two uninhabited islands in the Brisbane River: * Bedwell Island, island () * Finlay Island, island () but Findlay Island is now effectively attached to the mainland of Barellan Point History In February 1864 John Petrie appointed Irish engineer Joseph Brady to provide advice and designs for the navigational improvements on the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers between Brisbane and Ipswich. This includes the construction of a training wall at the south-eastern corner of Barrelan Point where the Bremer River flows into the Brisbane River to flow the channel to avoid the built-up of sandbanks. During World War II, the Barellan Point Landing Ground was built on an elevated level site by RAAF Base Amberley. It was also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karana Downs, Queensland
Karana Downs is a residential Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Karana Downs had a population of 3,862 people. Geography The locality is bordered by the Brisbane River to the south and east, and by Mount Crosby Road to the north and north-west. Many of the streets and parks in Karana Downs have Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal names. History Mount Crosby Provisional School opened on 30 January 1882 with 22 pupils under teacher Arthur Leigh. It closed on 31 December 1892, but soon reopened on 11 September 1893 as Mount Crosby State School under head teacher Samuel Rea. In 13 May 1948 Queensland Premier Ned Hanlon (politician), Ned Hanlon officially opened the first section of the Mount Crosby East Bank Water Treatment Plant. The modern locality of Karana Downs was developed from parts of the areas of Kholo, Queensland, Kholo, Lake Manchester, Queensland, Lake Manchester, and Mount Crosby, Queensland, Mount C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuwar, Queensland
Chuwar is a town and suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich and a locality of the City of Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Chuwar had a population of 2,244 people. Geography Chuwar is north of the Ipswich central business district, west of Brisbane by road. The suburb is known for its leafy streets and solid brick homes which line Allawah Road, Lansdowne Way and Brodzig Road. History The town takes its name from the parish, which in turn was named in October 1848 by surveyor James Warner. The origin of the name was not recorded by Warner but it has been suggested that it was the Ugarapul name for the district or a corruption of it. On Friday 23 June 1876, the Kholo Bridge across the Brisbane River to Kholo () was officially opened. Due to a period of heavy rain, the river was swollen and the deck of the new bridge was below the surface of the river. Determined to have a first official crossing of the bridge, a group of men pull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Tivoli, Queensland
North Tivoli is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Tivoli had a population of 96 people. Geography The northern boundary of North Tivoli follows the Warrego Highway. The Bremer River marks the southern border. Most of the suburb is used for industrial purposes; the eastern half of the suburb is occupied by a single business, producing blended landscaping soils and compost. History In the , North Tivoli had a population of 96 people. Education There are no schools in North Tivoli. The nearest primary school is Tivoli State School in Tivoli. The nearest secondary school is Ipswich State High School Ipswich State High School is a state secondary school in the suburb of Brassall, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, established in 1963, On the site of the original Brassall State High School. Simon Riley is the current principal since 2005. The ... in Brassall. References {{Ipswich City Suburbs of Ipswich, Queensland [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a local government area in Queensland, Australia, located within the southwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area, including the urban area surrounding the city of Ipswich and surrounding rural areas. Geography The City of Ipswich is centrally located in the South East Queensland region of Australia. Ipswich governs the outer western portion of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane CBD. To the east is the City of Brisbane local government area, and to the west are the rural and agricultural areas of the Brisbane, Lockyer and Fassifern Valleys. History Ipswich is the second-oldest local government area in Queensland, after Brisbane. On 16 November 1859, after the enactment of the Municipalities Act of 1858 in New South Wales, a petition containing 91 signatures was received by the Governor of New South Wales seeking to have Ipswich, which at the time had 3,000 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich City Council
The City of Ipswich is a local government area in Queensland, Australia, located within the southwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area, including the urban area surrounding the city of Ipswich and surrounding rural areas. Geography The City of Ipswich is centrally located in the South East Queensland region of Australia. Ipswich governs the outer western portion of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane CBD. To the east is the City of Brisbane local government area, and to the west are the rural and agricultural areas of the Brisbane, Lockyer and Fassifern Valleys. History Ipswich is the second-oldest local government area in Queensland, after Brisbane. On 16 November 1859, after the enactment of the Municipalities Act of 1858 in New South Wales, a petition containing 91 signatures was received by the Governor of New South Wales seeking to have Ipswich, which at the time had 3,000 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundamba, Queensland
Bundamba is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Bundamba had a population of 6,514 people. Geography The Bremer River forms the western part of the suburb's northern boundary. The Warrego Highway enters the suburb at its north-eastern corner ( Riverview) and then forms the eastern part of the suburb's northern boundary before crossing the river to the north (Karalee). The suburb is mostly bounded to west by Bundamba Creek, which becomes a tributary of the Bremer River at the suburb's north-western corner (). Ipswich Racecourse (formerly known as Bundamba Racecourse) is in the south-west of the suburb at 219 Brisbane Road (). Brisbane Road enters the suburb from the east (Ebbw Vale) and exits to the west ( Booval). The Main Line railway runs just to the north of Brisbane Road, entering the east ( Dinmore), forming part of the eastern boundary with Ebbw Vale, then traverses the suburb exiting to the west ( North Booval / Booval). The sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anstead, Queensland
Anstead is an outer western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Anstead had a population of 1,509 people. Geography Anstead is located by road south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bounded to the west by the northern bank of Dalys Reach () of the Brisbane River. The Moggill Conservation Park occupies the north of the suburb. Historically a rural area, it is now predominantly rural residential with small areas of land in the west of the suburb being either undeveloped or used for grazing on native vegetation. History Anstead is named after the original land owner John Anstead, a timber getter and quarry master in the 1860s. Anstead was officially gazetted in 1975, prior to which it was part of the suburb of Moggill. In the , Anstead had a population of 1,509 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Anstead population was 41 years, 3 years above the national median of 38. 72.3% of people were born in Australia. The next mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. The river is a tidal estuary and the water is brackish from its mouth through the majority of the Brisbane metropolitan area westward to the Mount Crosby Weir. The river is wide and navigable throughout the Brisbane metropolitan area. The river travels from Mount Stanley. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam, forming Lake Wivenhoe, the main water supply for Brisbane. The waterway is a habitat for the rare Queensland lungfish, Brisbane River cod (extinct), and bull sharks. Early travellers along the waterway admired the natural beauty, abundant fish and rich vegetation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverview, Queensland
Riverview is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Riverview had a population of 3,073 people and an unemployment rate of 15.7%, compared to the Australian unemployment rate of 6.9%. Geography Riverview is approximately from Brisbane CBD. It is bounded to the north-east by the Brisbane River. The Ipswich Motorway passes through the suburb from east (Redbank) to south-west ( Dinmore). The Main Line railway from Brisbane to Ipswich and beyond also passes through the suburb from east (Redband) to south-west (Dinmore) to the north of the motorway. The suburb is served by Riverview railway station on Station Road (). History The suburb takes its name from its railway station, which in turn was named for views of the Brisbane River from the railway station. St. Andrew's Anglican church at 33 Brisbane Road () was dedicated on 14 April 1956 by Reverend Kestell Cornish, Rector Parish of Ipswich. Its closure was approved in September 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Crosby, Queensland
Mount Crosby is a semi-rural outer western locality in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Crosby had a population of 1,832 people. Geography The locality of Mount Crosby is bounded to the south-west and south by the Brisbane River (known by locals as the "Devil's elbow"), to the south-east by Mount Crosby Road and a second section of the Brisbane River, and to the north by Lake Manchester Road and Swensons Road. It is south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Mount Crosby has the following mountains: * Holts Hill () above sea level * Mount Crosby (also known as Mount Belle Vue) () above sea level Colleges Crossing () is a historic ford on the Brisbane River, now replaced by a low-level bridge. History The Jagera Aboriginal people inhabited areas in Mount Crosby and they had ceremonial grounds on the slopes of Mount Elphinstone and at Bellbowrie. John Oxley explored the Brisbane River in September 1824. He and Lieutenant Butler climbed the mountain (now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich CBD
Ipswich () is the central suburb and central business district of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Ipswich CBD (central business district). In the , the suburb had a population of 2,459 people. Geography The suburb is situated on the Bremer River. The suburb of Ipswich has a number of distinct areas. The Ipswich central business district is in the north with the Bremer River forming the northern boundary. Limestone Hill and its parklands are to the east (). Denmark Hill with its exclusive residential area and conservation park is to the west (). A mixture of health, educations and residential areas make up the south. The Ipswich CBD is centred on Brisbane and Limestone Streets, and the Ipswich Mall, and includes major supermarkets and chain stores, specialties stores and the many government agencies. Most street parking is controlled by parking meters in business hours. History In 1860 a Baptist Church opened in Ipswich. On M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
