Lake Manchester is both a lake in the

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and the surrounding locality which is split between the

and

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, Australia. It is west of the CBD. In the , Lake Manchester had a population of 17 people.

Geography

The locality is mostly undeveloped mountainous terrain of the south west D'Aguilar Range. The north of the suburb is part of the D'Aguilar National Park and most of the southern parts belong to the Brisbane State Forest. The western part of the locality in Somerset Region is rural land, predominantly used for

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on native vegetation.

History

Noogoora Provisional School opened in 1900. It must have subsequently closed as residents were requesting it be reopened in 1911. It became a State School on 1 December 1914. It was renamed Cabbage Tree State School circa 1916-1917. It closed circa 1919. It was on the southern side of Lake Manchester Road (approx ). The name ''Noogoora'' is associated with a large farm of with a frontage to the

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in the area. Cabbage Tree Creek is flows near the school and is a tributary of the Brisbane River (). The locality is named after the lake which was created by the Lake Manchester Dam constructed between 1912 and 1916. It is named after civil engineer, Ernest James Theodore Manchester, who was the President of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board from 1909 to 1928. It impounds Cabbage Tree Creek.

Demographics

In the , Lake Manchester had a population of 23 people. In the , Lake Manchester had a population of 17 people.

Education

There are no schools in Lake Manchester. The nearest government primary school is Mount Crosby State School in Mount Crosby to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Ipswich State High School in Brassall,

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, to the south.

References

{{Somerset Region Suburbs of the City of Brisbane Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland