Archerfield is a mixed-use southern suburb in the

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, Australia. In the , Archerfield had a population of 544 people.

Geography

Archerfield is bounded by

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to the west and by Beaudesert Road to the east. Archerfield is a sparsely populated suburb, with most of the land being occupied by

Archerfield Airport Archerfield can refer to: *Archerfield, Queensland Archerfield is a mixed-use southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Archerfield had a population of 544 people. Geography Archerfield is bounded by Oxley Cree ...

in the centre and south-west of the suburb (). Most of the rest of the suburb is industrial except for two areas of residential use, one in the north of the suburb and one in the east.

History

Archerfield was named after the 14,000-acre Archerfield pastoral station, acquired in 1881 by Michael Durack b 1846 - 1894, an Australian pastoralist and pioneer.

originally served as the major airport for Brisbane. The old civil terminal is still in existence on the eastern side of the airfield. During

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the airfield served as a base for military flying operations in support of the war in the Pacific. On 8 August 1995 as southern

experienced a severe

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, a temperature of 0 degrees was recorded in Archerfield. On 4 January 2014, the suburb recorded a maximum temperature of 42.4 degrees, just under the record maximum set in 1940. In the the population of Archerfield was 510. The median age of the Archerfield population was 37 years of age, the same as the median nationally. 64.5% of people living in Archerfield were born in Australia, slightly less than the national average of 69.8%. The other top responses for country of birth were India 3%, England 2.4%, Philippines 2.2%, New Zealand 2.2%, Fiji 2%. 67.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 4.2% Vietnamese, 2.2% Samoan, 2% Hindi, 1.8% Gujarati, 1.8% Greek. In the , Archerfield had a population of 544 people.

Heritage listings

Archerfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Beatty Road (in front of Archerfield Airport): God's Acre Cemetery * 98-138 Kerry Road: Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex

Education

There are no schools in Archerfield. The nearest primary schools are Rocklea State School in neighbouring

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to the north, Coopers Plains State School in neighbouring

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to the east, and Acacia Ridge State School in neighbouring

Acacia Ridge Acacia Ridge is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Acacia Ridge had a population of 7,429 people. Geography Acacia Ridge is south of the central business district. It is within the local government are ...

to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Sunnybank State High School in Sunnybank to the east and Yeronga State High School in

Yeronga Yeronga is a southern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yeronga had a population of 6,535 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the west and north by the Brisbane River and to the south-east by ...

Geography

History

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Education

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