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Woorim
Woorim is a town and suburb of Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woorim had a population of 1,829 people. Geography Woorim is on the south-eastern corner of Bribie Island, bounded by the Coral Sea to the east and Moreton Bay to the south. Bald Point is on the southern beach (). Most of the north and west of the locality is within the Bribie Island National Park which extends into neighbouring Bongaree and Welsby. First Avenue connects Woorim to Bongaree and from there across the Bribie Island Bridge to the mainland. The Bribie Island Research Centre of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is an aquaculture research facility at 144 North Street (). Erosion of the beach at Woorim is an ongoing issue with long term recession trends of the shoreline observed. In September 2007 Caboolture Shire Council (now amalgamated into the Moreton Bay Regional Council) published a Shoreline Erosion Management Plan in response. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bribie Island
Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island. Bribie Island is long, and at its widest. Archibald Meston believed that the name of the island came from a corruption of a mainland word for it, ''Boorabee'' meaning ''koala''. However, the correct Joondaburri name for the island is in fact ''Yarun''. Bribie Island hugs the coastline and tapers to a long spit at its most northern point near Caloundra, and is separated from the mainland by Pumicestone Passage. The ocean side of the island is somewhat sheltered from prevailing winds by Moreton Island and associated sand banks and has only a small surf break. The lee side is calm, with white sandy beaches in the south. Most of the island is uninhabited national park () and forestry plantations. The southern end of the island has been intensively urbanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bribie Island Second World War Fortifications
The Bribie Island Second World War Fortifications are heritage-listed fortifications at Woorim and Bribie Island North on Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1939 to 1943 and were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 20 July 1993. History The Bribie Island Fortifications were constructed from 1939 to 1943 as part of the systems of defence of southeast Queensland during the Second World War, and to provide artillery training for Australian soldiers for overseas service. Other fortifications were also apparent throughout Moreton Bay during the war, at Caloundra and on Moreton Island at Cowan Cowan Point and Rous, which together with the existing installations at Fort Lytton, provided a coordinated series of defensive batteries for the region. As events in Europe and Asia in the 1930s moved the world towards war, various sectors of Australia's defence, including coastal fortifications, were examined. There was an increased emphasis on defence r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bribie Island Fortifications
The Bribie Island Second World War Fortifications are heritage-listed fortifications at Woorim and Bribie Island North on Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1939 to 1943 and were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 20 July 1993. History The Bribie Island Fortifications were constructed from 1939 to 1943 as part of the systems of defence of southeast Queensland during the Second World War, and to provide artillery training for Australian soldiers for overseas service. Other fortifications were also apparent throughout Moreton Bay during the war, at Caloundra and on Moreton Island at Cowan Cowan Point and Rous, which together with the existing installations at Fort Lytton, provided a coordinated series of defensive batteries for the region. As events in Europe and Asia in the 1930s moved the world towards war, various sectors of Australia's defence, including coastal fortifications, were examined. There was an increased emphasis on defence rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongaree, Queensland
Bongaree is a suburb of Bribie Island in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the western side of Bribie Island, adjacent to the Pumicestone Passage. In the , Bongaree has a population of 6,947 people. Geography Bongaree is on the south-western corner of Bribie Island and sits at the northern end of Moreton Bay. The Bribie Island Bridge links the most north-westerly point of Bongaree () across the Pumicestone Passage to Sandstone Point on the mainland and is the only bridge to a Moreton Bay Island. History The suburb is named after the Aboriginal explorer Bungaree who accompanied Matthew Flinders on a number of his voyages of exploration of the Australian coastline. In 1891, a school opened at the Bribie Island Aboriginal Mission. A provisional school opened in 1908 but closed in 1909. In 1923, first Methodist church services were held under a gum tree at the site of the current bowls club. In 1924 land was purchased in Banya Street and in 1929 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Beach, Queensland
Banksia Beach is a town and suburb on Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the suburb of Banksia Beach had a population of 5,995 people. Geography Banksia Beach is on the eastern coast of Bribie Island, separated from mainland Queensland by the Pumicestone Channel. The western part of the suburb is within the Bribie Island National Park. Apart from that the land use is almost entirely residential. The areas closest to the coast are developed as canal estates, while the northern part of the suburb is residential housing intermingled with the Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club. History The name ''Banksia Beach'' was the name of the estate subdivision assigned by the land developer Jock McIlwain. It was named as a township by the Qld Place Names Board on 23 November 1972. The name refers to the plant genus ''Banksia'', which grows in the area. Historically Dux Creek flows into the Pumicestone Channel at with: * Banksia Beach to the north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsby, Queensland
Welsby is a coastal locality on Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Welsby had a population of 5 people. Geography Welsby is the central part of Bribie Island. The Pumicestone Channel (also known as Pumicestone Passage) is its western coastal border and the Coral Sea is its eastern coastal border. Almost all of Welsby is within the Bribie Island National Park or the Bribie Island State Forest. Apart from these protected areas, the remaining land is a very narrow strip along the west coast beside the Pumicestone Channel. Welsby has the following points: * Gallagher Point () * Mission Point () *Offshore are the following marine passages: Welsby has the following passages: * Gallagher Gutter () close to the western shore extending into White Patch to the south * Pumicestone Channel () further offshore on the western side extending from Moreton Bay at Bongaree on the south-westernmost part of Bribie Island through Welsby to the very northernmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellara, Queensland
Bellara is a suburb of Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bellara had a population of 3,225 people. Geography Bellara is on the western side of Bribie Island, adjacent to the Pumicestone Channel () which separates the island from the mainland Queensland. Bribie Island Bridge connects Bellara and Bongaree () to Sandstone Point on the mainland. There is a long sandy beach called Sylvan Beach () along the coast of the suburb extending north to Banksia Beach and south to Bongaree. History The name ''Bellara'' was approved by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 July 1961. It is an Aboriginal word meaning ''good''. In the , Bellara recorded a population of 3,157 people, 51.4% female and 48.6% male. The median age of the Bellara population was 54 years, 17 years above the national median of 37. 77.2% of people living in Bellara were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bribie Island National Park
Bribie Island is an Australian national park in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, 68 kilometres (42 miles) north of Brisbane. The park covers approximately one third of Bribie Island. The tidal wetlands and areas of water around the islands are protected within the Moreton Bay Marine Park. Visitors are attracted to the park for angling, boating and the views of the nearby Glass House Mountains. This is a great place for bird watchers and lovers of spring wildflowers. The average altitude of the terrain is 10 meters. Access The beach is accessible by 4WD from Woorim on the east side of the island. However, in order to drive in the national park, one must first acquire a ''Vehicle Permit'' from either the Bongaree Caravan Park or the national parks website. There is also an ''Inland Track'' which goes from White Patch in Banksia Beach to the top of the Ocean Beach camping area. Camping There are several camping grounds in the Bribie Island Nation Park. These include: Povert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Bay Regional Council
The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture. With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585, Moreton Bay Region is the third largest local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, both of which are also amalgamated entities. History '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and Moreton Bay Region, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore''.'' Prior to 2008, the new Moreton Bay Region was an entire area of three previous and distinct local g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Bay Region
The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture. With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585, Moreton Bay Region is the third largest local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, both of which are also amalgamated entities. History '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and Moreton Bay Region, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore''.'' Prior to 2008, the new Moreton Bay Region was an entire area of three previous and distinct local g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboolture, Queensland
Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfield and Caboolture South. Geography Caboolture is an urban centre or satellite city approximately north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. Caboolture is now considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, and it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter railway service along the North Coast railway line. The urban extent of the town of Caboolture is not formally defined but is generally regarded as including the following suburbs: * Bellmere * Caboolture (as a suburb) * Caboolture South * Morayfield (northern section, west of Bruce Highway) * Upper Caboolture History Indigenous history '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboolture Shire Council
The Shire of Caboolture was a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Australian state of Queensland on the northern urban fringe of the capital, Brisbane, and south of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast. The Shire covered an area of , of which approximately one-quarter was urban, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the City of Redcliffe and Shire of Pine Rivers to form the Moreton Bay Region. History Caboolture Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. It was centred on Caboolture, Queensland, Caboolture, which was at that time a small logging town, and initially covered all of Moreton Bay and much of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast, but by 1890 had shrunk considerably with the separate incorporation of the Pine Division (21 January 1888), Redcliffe Division (5 April 1888) and Maroochy Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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