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Springfield, Queensland
Springfield is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Springfield had a population of 6,772 people. Springfield is in proximity of the nearby suburbs Springfield Lakes and Springfield Central. History Springfield was built as part of Greater Springfield, which was Australia's largest master-planned community at the time of its construction. In 2007 a larger master-planned community at nearby Ripley was announced. In the Springfield had a population of 6,772 people. Education Woodcrest State College is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at 38 Nev Smith Drive (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1694 students with 140 teachers (131 full-time equivalent) and 78 non-teaching staff (56 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Springfield Anglican College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls which opened on 1 July 1998. Its primary (Prep-6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones. Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mean time. Now, Western Australia uses Western Standard Time; South Australia and the Northern Territory use Central Standard Time; while New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory use Eastern Standard Time. Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: South Australia, New South Wales, Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment And Reporting Authority
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is the independent statutory authority responsible for the development of a national curriculum, a national assessment program, and a national data collection and reporting program that supports learning for Australian students. ACARA's work is carried out in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including teachers, principals, governments, State and Territory education authorities, professional education associations, community groups and the general public. It was established in 2008 by an Act of the Australian Federal Parliament. The authority is also responsible for the My School website and NAPLAN The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a series of tests focused on basic skills that are administered to Australian students in year 3, 5, 7 and 9. These standardised tests assess students' reading, writing, l ... testing. Progress of the development of each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra Railway Station, Brisbane
Darra railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Darra. History A stop at "nine miles forty four chain" from Central was established when the line between Ipswich and Brisbane was built in 1874. Service on the line were operating in 1875. No stops at the site were recorded in 1876 or 1877, probably because the stop was not staffed until the following year when passengers were first recorded at Darra station. The name Darra is most probably derived from a Scottish railway town as some of the engineers who were responsible for naming stops were Scottish. A siding at Darra was constructed in 1885 to enable the loading of firewood for Hicks & Gray. In 1954, four platforms were built at the station but only three were used. On 17 November 1979, the Darra to Ipswich line was electrified. Construction of the Springfield line In 2010, the station was upgraded with two additional platforms and a new ticket office built as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Railway Line
} The Ipswich and Rosewood line refers to the section of the Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line to Toowoomba that has a regular suburban rail transport, rail service, extending southwest from the Brisbane central business district. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. History Main Line The Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line railway from Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich to Brisbane was opened in 1876, as part of an extension of the first railway line from Ipswich to Bigge's Camp (now Grandchester, Queensland, Grandchester) on 31 July 1865. Originally built as single track, the section was duplicated from 1885 to 1887, indicating how quickly the traffic volume grew on the line. The Albert Bridge, Brisbane, Albert Bridge was built to accommodate two tracks in 1876, though only one was laid at the time. The line west of Ipswich was duplicated to Wulkuraka, Queensland, Wulkuraka in 1902 and to Grandchester (past Rosewood, Queensland, Rosewood) in 1913. The sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Railway Line
Springfield railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia that branches from the Ipswich/Rosewood line after Darra railway station. Construction of the line started on , and it opened on 2 December 2013. The line was developed along with the widening of the nearby Centenary Motorway. The line speed is rated for speeds of up to in most sections. However, only the interurban multiple unit 100 and 120 series and New Generation Rollingstock trains can run at the full speed of the line. The current timetable is based on a top speed of between Richlands and Springfield stations, which is faster than the Centenary Motorway that runs alongside. Services on this line are the busiest on the Brisbane network. Construction and opening Construction of the first stage of the line, to Richlands, started on , with the first sleeper being laid at Darra on the Ipswich line. The line was developed along with the widening of the nearby Centenary Motorway from two to fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centenary Motorway, Brisbane
The M5 (Centenary Motorway) is a motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It starts as a two-lane arterial road at Yamanto, Queensland, Yamanto, travelling to Springfield, Queensland, Springfield, where it becomes a two-lane highway and travels across the M2 Logan Motorway at Ellen Grove, Queensland, Ellen Grove (formerly Metroad 4 / M4) and ends at Chapel Hill, Queensland, Kenmore where it changes its name to the M5 Western Freeway (Brisbane), Western Freeway. It features eight interchanges, the major ones being with the M7 Ipswich Motorway (formerly Metroad 2 / M2) in Darra, Queensland, Darra and another at Sinnamon Park, Queensland, Sinnamon Park. The Centenary Freeway links traffic from the west to the north of Brisbane. In October 2012, it was announced that the planned bikeway from Springfield to the existing bikeway along the Motorway would not proceed. Instead the existing two lane road would be expanded by two lanes. Recent Motorway designation Almo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Central Business District
Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD" or "the city". It is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River, historically known as ''Meanjin'', ''Mianjin'' or ''Meeanjin'' in the local Aboriginal Australian dialect. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as Gardens Point, slopes upward to the north-west where the city is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill to the north. The CBD is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley. To the west the CBD is bounded by Petrie Terrace, which in 2010 was reinstated as a suburb (after being made a locality of Brisbane City in the 1970s). In the the suburb of Brisbane City had a population of 9,460 people. Geography The Brisbane central business district is ... [...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] |
Queensland Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne Gaythorne is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gaythorne had a population of 3,023 people. Geography Gaythorne is located seven kilometres north-west of the Brisbane central business district. It is bounded to ... () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Australia Libraries in Brisbane Family hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodcrest State College
Woodcrest State College is a coeducational public Prep–Year 12 school located in the City of Ipswich suburb of Springfield in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 1600 students each year, with an official count of 1745 students in 2021. Between 1998 to 2022, Pat Murphy was the Executive Principal of Woodcrest State College. Since 2022, Woodcrest State College's role of Executive Principal has been held by Jeff Jones. The school also consists of two Heads of School, one Business Services Manager, two Guidance Officers and 91 teaching staff. Sporting houses Woodcrest State College includes the following four sporting houses with their respective colours: Facilities Facilities at Woodcrest State College include: * Primary Resource Centre (Prep–Year 6 library facility) * Secondary Resource Centre (Year 7–Year 12 library facility) * The Hangar; a technology hub located in the Secondary School precinct * The Nest; a catering facility * Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redbank Plains, Queensland
Redbank Plains is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Redbank Plains had a population of 19,299 people. Geography Redbank Plains is by road from the Ipswich CBD and approximately from the Brisbane CBD. Redbank Plains is North West from Springfield Central. History The history of the name is not recorded, but the neighboring suburb of Redbank was named by Major Edmund Lockyer in September 1925 due to the red soil on the bank of the Brisbane River. A school (name unknown) was opened in 1868 by the Roman Catholic Church. On 17 January 1870 it became Redbank Plains Non Vested School. In 1873 a new school was built and on 9 Feb 1874 it opened as Redbank Plains State School. A Primitive Methodist church opened at 382 Redbank Plains Road () on Sunday 26 December 1875. At January 2010 the church (then known as the Redbank Plains Uniting Church) was still extant. In April 2011 the church was damaged by a fire (suspected to be arson); at that time th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Staines
Graham Stuart Staines (18 January 1941 – 23 January 1999) was an Australian Christian missionary, who along with his two sons, Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6), was burnt to death in India by members of a Hindu fundamentalist group named Bajrang Dal. In 2003, Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh was convicted of leading the murderers and was sentenced to life in prison. Staines had been working in Odisha since 1965 as part of an evangelical missionary organisation named "Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home" caring for people who had leprosy and looking after the tribal people in the area who lived in abject poverty. However, some Hindu groups alleged that during this time he had lured or forcibly coerced many Hindus into believing in the Christian faith. The Wadhwa Commission found that although some tribals had been baptised at the camps, there was no evidence of forced conversions. Staines's widow Gladys also denies forced conversions ever happened. Gladys continued to live and work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
