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Eight Mile Plains, Queensland
Eight Mile Plains is an outer southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eight Mile Plains had a population of 15,326 people. Geography Eight Mile Plains is by road south-southeast of the Brisbane CBD. Bulimba Creek forms the northern and western boundary of the suburb. The Gateway Motorway forms the north-eastern boundary and the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway forms the south-eastern boundary. The Brisbane Technology Park is an initiative of the Queensland Government developed to provide a catalytic environment for established and emerging knowledge-intensive, technology-based companies. History The name of the Aboriginal clan formerly occupying this area is uncertain. According to one source they are likely to have been the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains who spoke Turrbal. The Yerongpan of Oxley Creek are said to have claimed the area from Brisbane to Ipswich, Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Road, Brisbane
Logan Road, allocated state routes 95 and 30, is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs from Springwood in Logan City to Woolloongabba in Brisbane, with most of the route signed as state route 95. The route was formerly the main route to the Gold Coast from Brisbane, until the South East Freeway (now Pacific Motorway) was built. The road runs close to the Gabba and Greenslopes Private Hospital, Mount Gravatt, past Westfield Garden City and the Upper Mount Gravatt busway station. Logan Road provides the quickest access to Mount Gravatt from the south, as well as being the main access road for the Westfield Garden City Shopping Centre. At the road's southern extent it is crossed by both the Pacific Motorway and Gateway Motorway. At Underwood Kingston Road splits off to become a major road into central Logan City. History William Slack, a local cattle grazier, took his stock along a possible Aboriginal track which became known to the locals as Slacks Track. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland
Upper Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 10,800 people. Geography Upper Mount Gravatt is south of Mount Gravatt. It has increasingly become an important centre in the last 15 years. Logan Road and the Pacific Motorway run through the area, in addition to the South-East Busway. Together with Indooroopilly in the west, Chermside, on the north-side, and Carindale in the southeast the suburb has been described as a mini-Central business district (CBD). It contains the State Netball Centre, a major police district station and a regional Australian Taxation Office. Upper Mount Gravatt has long been one of the major centres outside the CBD, especially for those who reside on the south of the city. Westfield Mt Gravatt, a major shopping centre, is a regional "hub", containing services and popular restaurants, with a bus interchange and the Upper Mount Gravatt Busway Station immediat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnybank Hills, Queensland
Sunnybank Hills is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Sunnybank Hills had a population of 18,085 people. Geography Sunnybank Hills is about from Brisbane CBD, in Queensland, Australia. It is a large suburb, and adjoins the suburbs of Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Sunnybank, MacGregor, Algester, Acacia Ridge and Runcorn. Sunnybank Hills has numerous ridges and hills, with lower wetter areas in the north and east. These form the marshes near Sunnybank and Runcorn railway stationThere are many parks and greenspaces in the area. The soil is fertile and watered by numerous small creeks, including a large one that flows north–south across the suburb, and the suburb borders on the small wildfowl habitat and wetlands of neighbouring Calamvale Creek. History Sunnybank Hills was originally part of a much larger area known as Coopers Plains. In 1885, the railway line was extended from Yeerongpilly, and names had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coopers Plains, Queensland
Coopers Plains is a southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coopers Plains had a population of 5,675 people. Geography Coopers Plains is south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is home to the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital. History The locality was originally called Cowper's Plains. It was probably named by Patrick Logan after Dr Henry Cowper (Australian pioneer), Henry Cowper, Assistant Surgeon-in-Charge at the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1823 to 1832. A convict settlement was established at Cowper's Plains in 1828. The name was corrupted and by 1860 the area was known as Cooper's Plains. By 1877 it was known as Coopers Plains. The first post office opened in 1876. In October 1884, 275 allotments of "Flemington Estate" were advertised for sale by T. Howling& Co. A map advertising the sale states that the estate was close to the Coopers Plains Railway Station and that coaches passed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolloongabba
Woolloongabba ( ) is an inner southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woolloongabba had a population of 8,687 people. Geography Woolloongabba is located by road south of the Brisbane GPO. It contains the Brisbane Cricket Ground ('the Gabba') and the Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane), Princess Alexandra Hospital. It is crossed by several major roads including the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway, Logan Road, Brisbane, Logan Road and Ipswich Road, Brisbane, Ipswich Road. The suburb was once home to a large tram depot. Buranda is a neighbourhood in the south of the suburb (). The name ''Buranda'' comes from Yuggera language, Yuggera/Kabi language, Kabi/Bundjalung language, Bundjalung words ''buran'' meaning ''wind'' and ''da'' meaning ''place''. The Cleveland railway line enters the suburb from the west (Dutton Park, Queensland, Dutton Park) and exits to the east (Coorparoo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulimba Creek
Bulimba Creek, originally known as Doboy Creek or Doughboy Creek, is a perennial stream that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in suburban Brisbane in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Bulimba Creek catchment has it sources in the low plateaus and marshy parts of the suburbs of and Runcorn (west catchment) and Kuraby (east catchment) in the south of Brisbane. It then flows in a northerly direction through the suburbs of Mansfield, Mackenzie, Carindale, Murarrie and Lytton, before meeting the Brisbane River via the Aquarium Passage along the Lytton Reach. The creek has six tributaries: Mimosa Creek, Spring Creek, Salvin Creek, Phillips Creek, Tingalpa Creek and Lindum Creek. There are also a number of significant wetlands systems in the catchment, including Runcorn Wetlands in the upper catchment and Numgubbah, Tingalpa, Doboy and Lindum Wetlands in the lower catchment. The creek is currently impacted primarily by urban and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moggill Creek
Moggill Creek is a creek in Brisbane, the largest city in Queensland, Australia. The creek rises on the Taylor Range and runs in a south-easterly direction from the southern edge of Brisbane Forest Park in Kholo and Pullenvale, flowing through Upper Brookfield, Brookfield and joining the Brisbane River at Kenmore. Before entering the Brisbane River the creek is crossed by Moggill Road and winds through Rafting Ground Reserve. Aboriginal naming of Moggil Creek comes from their description of the large water-lizards that were hunted and eaten in the area. They called these lizards, "magil" (moggill) when they were disturbed and jumped into the water. There are various land uses within the Moggill catchment, including commercial and residential areas, grazing and natural bushland. Moggill Creek is an ephemeral creek: during a period of low rain it may not flow. In contrast to other waterways in the Brisbane area, Moggill Creek is considered to be relatively undisturbed. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan River
The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in South East Queensland that drains the southern ranges of the Scenic Rim and empties into Moreton Bay after navigating the City of Logan, a major suburban centre located south of Brisbane. The drainage basin, catchment is dominated by urban and agricultural land use. Near the mouth (river), river mouth are mangrove forests and a number of aquaculture farms. Course and features The river rises below Mount Ernest on the southern slopes of the Scenic Rim, part of the Great Dividing Range and forms in the Mount Barney National Park, near the QueenslandNew South Wales border, below Mount Lindesay (Queensland), Mount Lindesay. The river flows generally north by nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich () is an urban centre within the City of Ipswich in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated on the Bremer River (Queensland), Bremer River, it is approximately 40 km (25 mi) west of the Brisbane central business district. Ipswich is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage, and the city preserves and operates from many of its historical buildings, with more than 6000 heritage-listed sites and over 500 parks. Ipswich was founded in 1827 as a mining settlement, and soon developed into a major commercial and population centre. The Ipswich (suburb), Queensland, suburb of the same name serves as the city's central business district. In the , the population of the urban area of Ipswich was 115,913 people. History Early history Ipswich was tribally known as ''Coodjirar'' in the Yugararpul language. Known as the Ugarapul and Yuggerabul people are Australian Aboriginal languages of South-East Queensland.Ipswich City Council, Lockyer Valley Region, Lockyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxley Creek
The Oxley Creek ( Yagara: ''Benarrawa'') is a creek that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in suburban Brisbane in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Rising in the hills in Undullah in Logan City, water from the large catchment area flows into Oxley Creek as it flows through the western parts of Logan City and into the City of Brisbane. At , the Oxley Creek is Brisbane's longest creek and the only sand-based one in the city. The creek has been polluted from activities such as agriculture, extractive mining, industrial uses, unregulated land-filling activities, illegal dumping and wastewater treatment operations. Oxley Creek Transformation is a project designed to transform Oxley Creek into a green, lifestyle and leisure open space. Course and features The headwaters of Oxley Creek begin on the eastern slopes of an unnamed ridgeline in Undullah in Logan City, at the south-eastern extent of the Brisbane River's basin. From here, the creek flows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, state Legislative Assembly, with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the Constitution of Queensland, state constitution. Since Federation of Australia, federation in 1901, Queensland has been a States and territories of Australia, state of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the Australian Government, federal government. Queensland's system of government is influenced by the Westminster system and Federalism in Australia, Australia's federal system of government. Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads)
The Pacific Motorway is a motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, through the New South Wales–Queensland border at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Tweed Heads. The motorway starts at Coronation Drive, Brisbane, Coronation Drive at Milton, Queensland, Milton in Brisbane, The Brisbane city section of the motorway is often referred to by its former name, the Riverside Expressway. The motorway is about long, and features eight traffic lanes with a speed limit between the M6 Logan Motorway at Loganholme, Queensland, Loganholme and State Route 10 Smith Street Motorway, Gold Coast, Smith Street Motorway at Gaven, Queensland, Gaven and generally six or four lanes at on other sections. The motorway then passes through the major tourist region of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, the destination for most of the vehicular traffic from Brisbane. It passes attractions such as Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet'n'Wild Water World at Oxen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
