Ormiston is a coastal residential

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in the City of Redland,

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, Australia. In the , Ormiston had a population of 5,793 people.

Geography

Ormiston is adjacent to the localities of

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and

Wellington Point Wellington Point is a residential locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wellington Point had a population of 12,350 people. The suburb is a popular seaside destination within the Brisbane metropolitan area and is nota ...

. The southern half is bisected by the

Cleveland railway line The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending east-southeast from Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. History Following the opening of the Wooloongabba ...

with the locality served by Ormiston railway station (). Empire Point lies on the coast () adjacent to Tolston Terrace. The border in the west roughly aligns with Hillards Creek ().

History

Pre settlement

The Koobenpul lived on the mainland coastal strip stretching from Talwarrapin (Redland Bay) to the mouth of the Mairwar (

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 Go ...

), including the area now known as Ormiston. Canoe trees and a bora ring from pre-settlement days still remain along Hilliards Creek.

Post settlement

Originally part of the township of Cleveland, early industry included a brickworks established by James Maskell on the eastern bank of Hilliards Creek in 1852 and fellmongery (wool scour) owned by a

Thomas Blacket Stephens Thomas Blacket Stephens (5 January 1819 – 26 August 1877) was a wealthy Brisbane businessman and newspaper proprietor who also served as an alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council,Brisbane City Council Archives a Member of the Legis ...

until the early 1860s. Joseph Clark raised cattle in the district from 1855 until he relinquished the lease in 1858. Land around Ormiston was bought in 1853 by Captain

Louis Hope Louis Hope (19 October 1817 – 15 August 1894) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early years Hope was born in Linlithgow, Scotland in 1817 to General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, and his wife Louisa Dorothea (né ...

, a Scottish aristocrat and a founder of the Queensland

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industry. Hope built Ormiston House from 1858 and 1865 as the centre of a sugar estate. Ormiston House is one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in Queensland. Ormiston Fellmongery remnants

The property was originally called Woojanness, but was renamed Ormiston after the Hope's family ancestral village of

Ormiston, Scotland Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston, located on the north bank of the River Tyne at an elevation of about . The village was the first planned village in Scotland, founded in 17 ...

. It has an ornamental garden that dates from the building of the house. Hope continued with his plantation until 1875, until he lost a dispute over access to his sugar mill and decided to dismantle it. Since the 1960s the house has been a museum. Although the house was called Ormiston, the area around it was still known as Cleveland for many years. When the railway came through the area in 1889, the new railway station and the area around it also became known as

Ormiston Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston, located on the north bank of the River Tyne at an elevation of about . The village was the first planned village in Scotland, founded in 1735 ...

. Cleveland West State School opened on 13 April 1872. It was renamed Ormiston State School circa 1900. Ormiston College opened on 27 January 1988. In the , Ormiston recorded a population of 5,641 people, 52.4% female and 47.6% male. The median age of the Ormiston population was 44 years, 7 years above the national median of 37. 67.3% of people living in Ormiston were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 9.9%, New Zealand 5.5%, South Africa 3.3%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 0.8%. 90.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% German, 0.6% Afrikaans, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Greek. In the , Ormiston had a population of 5,793 people.

Heritage listings

Ormiston has a number of

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sites, including: * 11-13 Empire Vistas: Empire Point foreshore * 56 Hilliard Street: Old Bridge over Hilliards Creek * Sturgeon Street ():

Ormiston Fellmongery Ormiston Fellmongery is a heritage-listed archaeological site of a former wool scour and fellmongery at Sturgeon Street, Ormiston, City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Fellmonger Park. It was added to the Queensland Heri ...

* 277-295 Wellington Street ():

Ormiston House Estate Ormiston House Estate is a heritage-listed plantation at Wellington Street, Ormiston, City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Ormiston H ...

* 209-213 Wellington Street (): St Andrews Church

Education

Ormiston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 82-110 Gordon Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 608 students with 45 teachers (38 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program.

Ormiston College Ormiston College, located in Redland City, Queensland, Australia, is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational Christian school, for students from prep to year 12. The school also has an Early Learning Centre for children between 15 mo ...

is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 97 Dundas Street West (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,279 students with 95 teachers (94 full-time equivalent) and 62 non-teaching staff (47 full-time equivalent). There is no government secondary school in Ormiston. The nearest government secondary school is Cleveland District State High School in neighbouring Cleveland to the south.

Amenities

Ormiston is home to the Redlands Christian Reformed Church. Ormison has the Ormiston Redbacks Swim Club (amateur swimming club), the Redlands Softball League and the Redlands Boxing Club.

Attractions

Ormiston House is open to visitors with tours and events.

Transport

Ormiston railway station provides access to regular

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services to Brisbane and

Notable residents

* John Cameron, built and occupied the house Doobawah in Ormiston *

, established the Ormiston Estate

References

External links

* {{Redland City Suburbs of Redland City Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland