Swanbank is an industrial
locality
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in the
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a local government area in Queensland, Australia, located within the southwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area, including the urban area surrounding the city of Ipswich and surrounding rural areas.
Geography
The Ci ...
,
Queensland
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, Australia.
In the Swanbank had a population of 0 people.
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Geography
The predominant land usage in Swanbank is industrial, including the Swanbank Power Station (). There are both current and historic mines in the area. The south-west of the locality is used for grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...
on native vegetation.
History
Early settler James Foote
James Foote (1829 - 1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a mayor of the Borough of Ipswich.
Early life
James Foote was born on 2 March 1829 in either Frampton Cotterell, G ...
named the locality after his wife's birthplace Swanbank in Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotl ...
, Scotland.Scottish Place Names - Brisbane, Australia
Previous names for this area were Logan Lagoon and Josey's Lagoon.
On 31 July 1972, the
Box Flat Mine experienced an explosion which took the lives of 18 men and led to the closure of the mine.
In the Swanbank had a population of 0 people.
Heritage
Swanbank railway station is used by a heritage and railway preservation society. The heritage train trips are operated by
Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway
The Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway is located near Ipswich, Queensland, Australia and runs through the former West Moreton pioneering coal fields. It was first opened in 1881 by colliery proprietor and politician Lewis Thomas (1832-1913) as a ...
who have steam train rides around Swanbank rail loop which was used to service the coal needs of Swanbank power station.
References
External links
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Queensland pioneer steam railway
{{Ipswich City
City of Ipswich
Localities in Queensland