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Wulkuraka
Wulkuraka is a western suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wulkuraka had a population of 1,234 people. Geography The Main Line railway enters the suburb from the east ( Sadliers Crossing) and exits to the west ( Karrabin). The suburb is served by Wulkuraka railway station (). To the west of the railway station is the Wulkuraka Maintenance Centre () where Queensland Rail maintain their New Generation Rollingstock. History The name ''Wulkuraka'' is from a Ugarapul word meaning either ''red flowering gum tree'' or ''plenty of kookaburras''. The Brisbane Valley railway line once joined the Main Line railway from the north at Wulkuraka. In the , Wulkuraka had a population of 1,234 people. Heritage listings Wulkuraka has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * The Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge, over the Bremer River between Dixon Street, Wulkuraka, and Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing () * The Sandstone Railway Culvert () Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wulkuraka Railway Station
Wulkuraka railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Wulkuraka. History Wulkuraka station opened as Brisbane Valley Junction in the 1880s, being the junction station for the Brisbane Valley railway line from 1884 until 1989. It was renamed Wulkuraka in 1905. The station has undergone an extensive refurbishment in conjunction with the construction of the New Generation Rollingstock depot, west of the station. Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge The Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed truss bridge built in 1902 to the east of Wulkuraka station across the Bremer River. Depot A maintenance depot for the New Generation Rollingstock trains lies west of the station. Services Wulkuraka is served by City network services from Rosewood to Ipswich. Most services terminate at Ipswich although some peak-hour services continue to Bowen Hills and Caboolture Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandstone Railway Culvert, Wulkuraka
The Sandstone Railway Culvert is a heritage-listed railway culvert at Wulkuraka, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 June 2005. History The separate colony of Queensland was established in 1859. The few inhabitants of the new colony looked to intensify economic exploitation of the land and increase the size of the population. The building of railways was seen to facilitate both of these aims and as such was given a high priority by the new Queensland government. Consequently, the Southern and Western Railway Bill was introduced to parliament in August 1863 and the government appointed Abram Fitzgibbon, an Irish engineer with international experience in railway construction, as Chief Engineer (later Commissioner for Railways). Fitzgibbon's first task was the construction of a railway between Ipswich and Toowoomba. Planning for the new railway meant serious economic and geographic challenges had to be ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge
Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge at over Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, Wulkuraka, Queensland, Australia on the Main Line (this section is now the Ipswich and Rosewood railway line. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 November 2008. History The Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge, which crosses east-west over the Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, Wulkuraka, is a steel truss, concrete and timber bridge designed by Chief Engineer Henry Charles Stanley. Dating from 1902, it is the second bridge to cross the Bremer River at this site. In the early 1860s the colonial Queensland Government decided to establish a railway as a means of developing the colony. It was argued that rail would reduce freight costs and save travel time for passengers considering the very poor state of Queensland roads. Priority was initially given to creating a rail li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Generation Rollingstock
The New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) is a class of individually-propelled carriages ("electric multiple units") manufactured by Bombardier Transportation in Savli, India for the Queensland Rail City network that entered service between December 2017 and December 2019. They are Queensland Rail's largest fleet of electric trains. History In January 2014, the Queensland Government awarded a contract for 75 six-carriage electric multiple units to the Qtectic consortium of Aberdeen Asset Management, Bombardier Transportation, Itochu and John Laing under a 32-year public private partnership. They are the first QR electric multiple units not manufactured in Maryborough by Downer Rail (formerly Walkers). The NGRs were built in Savli, India.New Generation Rollingstock Department of Transport & Main Roads T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadliers Crossing
Sadliers Crossing is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sadliers Crossing had a population of 1,366 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the west and south-west by the Bremer River. The Main Line railway enters the suburb from the south-east (Ipswich CBD) and exits to the west (Wulkuraka) with Thomas Street railway station serving the suburb (). History The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner Thomas Sadlier. In 1901, Blair Methodist Church opened at 29 Burnett Street (). Circa 1977 it became Blair Uniting Church. It closed circa 1980. As at February 2022, the church building is still extant but in private ownership. Blair State School opened on 26 March 1917. Unlike most Queensland state schools which are named for the suburb/locality that they serve, Blair State School was named honour of Sir James Blair who was instrumental in the establishment of the school. Mater Dei Catholic Church opened in a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadliers Crossing, Queensland
Sadliers Crossing is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sadliers Crossing had a population of 1,366 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the west and south-west by the Bremer River. The Main Line railway enters the suburb from the south-east (Ipswich CBD) and exits to the west (Wulkuraka) with Thomas Street railway station serving the suburb (). History The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner Thomas Sadlier. In 1901, Blair Methodist Church opened at 29 Burnett Street (). Circa 1977 it became Blair Uniting Church. It closed circa 1980. As at February 2022, the church building is still extant but in private ownership. Blair State School opened on 26 March 1917. Unlike most Queensland state schools which are named for the suburb/locality that they serve, Blair State School was named honour of Sir James Blair who was instrumental in the establishment of the school. Mater Dei Catholic Church opened in a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge Side At Wulkuraka, Queensland
Sadliers Crossing is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sadliers Crossing had a population of 1,366 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the west and south-west by the Bremer River. The Main Line railway enters the suburb from the south-east (Ipswich CBD) and exits to the west (Wulkuraka) with Thomas Street railway station serving the suburb (). History The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner Thomas Sadlier. In 1901, Blair Methodist Church opened at 29 Burnett Street (). Circa 1977 it became Blair Uniting Church. It closed circa 1980. As at February 2022, the church building is still extant but in private ownership. Blair State School opened on 26 March 1917. Unlike most Queensland state schools which are named for the suburb/locality that they serve, Blair State School was named honour of Sir James Blair who was instrumental in the establishment of the school. Mater Dei Catholic Church opened in a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt, Queensland
Leichhardt is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Leichhardt had a population of 3,912 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the south-west by the Bremer River, to the south by the Old Toowoomba Road, and to the north-east by the Bremer River again. Ipswich Golf Course occupies in the south-west of the suburb adjacent to the river. History The Ipswich Golf Club opened in 1898 as a membership-based organisation. It went into receivership in 2013 and was purchased by Terry Morris (founder of Sirromet Wines) and Dean Merrell. St Mark's Anglican Church opened circa 1935. Its closure on 15 November 1998 by Assistant Bishop Ray Smith. The suburb name was assigned following a request by local residents to the City of Ipswich in 1953. It is named after Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, an explorer and naturalist from Prussia (now known as Germany). He led major expeditions throughout Australia. Leichhardt Methodist Church was offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Line Railway, Queensland
The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gauge main line constructed in the world. The section of the line from the end of Murphys Creek railway station to the Ruthven Street overbridge, Harlaxton is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The Murphys Creek Railway Complex, the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Lockyer), the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Murphys Creek) and Swansons Rail Bridge are also heritage listed. History The section from Ipswich (a city about from Brisbane) to Grandchester (originally Bigge's Camp) was the first section of railway line opened in Queensland, on 31 July 1865. Queensland Railways (QR) was the first operator in the world to adopt narrow gauge (in this case ) for a main line, and this remains the system wide gauge within Queensland tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalfalls, Queensland
Coalfalls is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coalfalls had a population of 943 people. History The origin of the suburb name comes from James Blair's house, Coalfalls, which in turn probably takes its name from the sighting of coal seams Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron fro ... in this area, most notably along the banks of the Bremer River. In the , Coalfalls had a population of 943 people. Education There are no schools in Coalfalls. The nearest government primary school is Blair State School in neighbouring Sadliers Crossing to the south. Then nearest government secondary school is Ipswich State High School in neighbouring Brassall to the north. References External links * {{Ipswich City Suburbs of Ipswich, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karrabin, Queensland
Karrabin is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Karrabin had a population of 423 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north by the Warrego Highway. The Rosewood railway line enters the locality from the south-west ( Wulkaraka) and exits to the west ( Walloon) with Karrabin railway station serving the locality (). The land use is a mixture of rural residential and grazing on native vegetation. History The origin of the suburb name is from the Bundjalung Aboriginal language meaning red gum. Karrabin State School opened on 4 July 1932 and closed on 15 June 1958. West Moreton Anglican College opened on 1994. At the , Karrabin had a population of 474 people, 48.5% female and 51.5% male. The median/average age of the Karrabin population is 39 years of age, 2 years above the Australian average. 86.9% of people living in Karrabin were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Valley Railway Line
The Brisbane Valley railway line was a railway connection in Queensland, Australia connecting Ipswich, west of Brisbane, to the upper Brisbane River valley. Progressively opened between 1884 and 1913, the railway provided a vital transport link between Ipswich and Yarraman and forged development and prosperity along its path. The line acquired its serpentine reputation because it did not take a straight course when faced with a hill or gully."Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways" by John Kerr 1990 Boolarong Press, Brisbane The line branched from the main western line to Toowoomba at Wulkuraka a short distance west of Ipswich and struck a north-westerly route towards Fernvale and Lowood before continuing on via Toogoolawah and Blackbutt to Yarraman. It became one of the few branch lines to accommodate passenger and mixed trains and the introduction in 1928 of rail motor services ensured that it retained an important passenger traffic role. Passenger s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
