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Archerfield, Queensland
Archerfield is a mixed-use southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Archerfield had a population of 533 people. Geography Archerfield is bounded by Oxley Creek 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 in the centre and south-west of the suburb (). Most of the rest of the suburb is industrial except for two residential areas, one in the north of the suburb and one in the east. Climate On 8 August 1995, as southern Queensland experienced a severe cold snap, 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. 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. The Grenier family of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Brisbane, Queensland
South Brisbane is an inner southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Brisbane had a population of 14,292 people. Geography South Brisbane is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the north-west, north, and east by the median of the river. It adjoins the suburbs of Woolloongabba to the east, Highgate Hill, Queensland, Highgate Hill to the south, and West End, Queensland, West End to the southwest. The river to the east of South Brisbane is the South Brisbane Reach.(). The suburb is directly connected to the Brisbane central business district, central business district across the river by the following bridges (upstream to downstream): * Go Between Bridge (toll road, ) * Merivale Bridge (rail, ) * William Jolly Bridge (road, ) * Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane, Kurilpa Bridge (pedestrian/cycling, ) * Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, Victoria Bridge (road, ) * Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane, Goodwill Bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. The largest local government in Australia by population, BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering . Brisbane City Council consists of the 26 councillors (elected or appointed to represent wards) and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane (currently Adrian Schrinner) (elected by the city as a whole). By resolution, the council may make local laws (previously known as ordinances). The Lord Mayor is responsible for the key executive functions, such as implementing policies, preparing the budget and directing senior employees. They are supported by the Civic Council (formally the Establishment and Coordination (E&C) Committee), whose members are drawn from the council and each chair one of the standing committees. The council's current CEO is Colin Jensen, supported by EO Ainsley Gold. Strategy Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxley, Queensland
Oxley is a south-western Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is from the Brisbane GPO by road. The suburb contains a mix of residential and industrial land. In the , Oxley had a population of 9,100 people. Geography Oxley is bounded to the north by the Brisbane River and Oxley Creek flows along the eastern edge. In the east the environment is shaped by flood plains which experience major flooding and flash-flooding. Western parts of the suburb are characterised by rolling hills with clay-laden soils. The suburb is traversed by the Ipswich Motorway connecting Oxley to Rocklea, Queensland, Rocklea to the east and Darra, Queensland, Darra to the west. Oxley Road connects Oxley to Corinda, Queensland, Corinda to the north and continues south across the Ipswich Motorway with the name Blunder Road to Durack, Queensland, Durack, Seventeen Mile Rocks Road connects Oxley to the west to Seventeen Mile Rocks, Queensland, Sevente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durack, Queensland
Durack is an outer south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Durack had a population of 7,788 people. Geography Durack is south-west of the Brisbane CBD. History Durack is named after Michael Durack, one of the landholders of the Archerfield pastoral station. It was given this name in 1976 following a naming competition in a local newspaper. Serviceton State School opened on 27 January 1959 with 252 students under head teacher Arthur Wentworth Alpen. On 1 January 2001, it was renamed Durack State School. Inala State High School opened on 30 January 1962. It closed on 15 December 1995 to amalgamate with Richlands State High School to create Glenala State High School on the Inala State High School site. Despite the name, Inala State High School was in Durack on the north-east corner of Glenala Road and Hampton Street (). Brisbane Muslim School opened in Buranda in 2002. In 2005, the school moved to Durack and was renamed Australian I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeronga, Queensland
Yeronga is a southern riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yeronga had a population of 7,062 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the west and north by the Brisbane River and to the south-east by Ipswich Road, Brisbane, Ipswich Road. A total of 16 streets in the Yeronga West area begin with the letter O, including Orvieto Road, Orsova Road and Oriana Crescent, locally known as the 'O zone'. Many of these streets appear to be named after ships and passenger liners owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Orient Line, which became part of P&O. They include , , ''USS Zeppelin (1914), Ormuz'' and . Some names were used for two or more ships over time. For example, the first was launched in 1911 and sunk by a torpedo in 1917, and the second was launched in 1924 and sunk in the Norwegian campaign in 1940. Four streets in Yeronga (including two forming a circuit) appear to have been named after pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnybank, Queensland
Sunnybank is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known for its many Asian shops and restaurants. In the , Sunnybank had a population of 8,892 people. History The Jagera (tribe), Jagera Indigenous Australians, Indigenous people were the first to inhabit the area well over 20,000 years ago. In 1885, the railway line was extended from Yeerongpilly, and names had to be given to the railway stations along the line. The name came from a property called Sunny Brae Estate owned by the Gillespie family, Sunnybank got its name when of land were taken over for the railway. ''Brae'' is Scottish for the English word ''bank'', so the area was named Sunnybank. The Town of Sunnybank was surveyed in 1886, with 50 town and suburban land parcels offered for sale in 1887. It was within the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division (later the Shire of Yeerongpilly), then outside the City of Brisbane, until parts of the Shire (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnybank State High School
Sunnybank State High School is a public co-educational secondary school located in the Brisbane suburb of Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an enrolment of 666 students and a teaching staff of 61, as of 2023. The school serves students from Year 7 to Year 12. History The school opened 29 January 1963, with an enrolment of 121 students. This figure grew to over 1,300 in the 1970s. In October 2020, a contractor released asbestos particles after penetrating the ceiling and walls of a classroom to install air-conditioning. On 24 November, a Workplace Health and Safety complaint was filed about the matter by a member of the public. Seven weeks after the incident, on 27 November, the school closed four contaminated blocks and sent a letter to parents informing them of the incident. The affected classrooms were ready for use in time for the beginning of the 2021 school year. Notable alumni *John-Paul Langbroek, poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex
Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex is a heritage-listed group of hangars at 98–138 Kerry Road, Archerfield Airport, Archerfield, Queensland, Archerfield, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They were built from February 1943 February to circa April 1944 by the Allied Works Council. They were also known as Hastings Deering (Australia) Ltd premises and Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd premises. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 August 1999. History The Archerfield Second World War Igloos Complex comprises three former igloo hangars and one associated igloo store. These structures are located on a site which had been part of the Archerfield Aerodrome during the Second World War, and each is a timber truss igloo structure with corrugated iron or ribbed metal sheet cladding. The igloos were constructed in 1943–44 by the Allied Works Council for the Department of Aircraft Production. The complex was used for military aircraft maintenance and repai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Acre Cemetery
God's Acre Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery in front of Archerfield Airport, along Beatty Road, between Kerry & Mortimer Roads, Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Grenier's Burial Ground, Coopers Plains Cemetery and Oxley Cemetery. History God's Acre Cemetery was established in 1859 by Thomas Grenier as a burial place when his son Volney Grenier, aged 16, was killed in a fall from his horse. Yeerongpilly Shire Council took control of the cemetery in 1924, and subsequently Brisbane City Council in 1925. The cemetery was surrounded by the Archerfield Airport from the late 1920s. The Federal Airports Corporation now owns the land, but is leased by the Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. The largest local government in Australia by population, BCC's jurisdiction includes 2 .... God's Acre Cemet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided. International *World Heritage Sites (see Lists of World Heritage Sites) – UNESCO, advised by the International Council on Monuments and Sites *Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) *Memory of the World Programme (UNESCO) * Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) – Food and Agriculture Organization * UNESCO Biosphere Reserve * European Heritage Label (EHL) are European sites which are considered milestones in the creation of Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Acre Cemetery, 2005
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