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Riverview, Queensland
Riverview is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Riverview had a population of 3,067 people. Geography Riverview is approximately from Brisbane CBD. It is bounded to the north-east by the Brisbane River. The Ipswich Motorway passes through the suburb from east (Redbank, Queensland, Redbank) to south-west (Dinmore, Queensland, Dinmore). The Riverview–Moggill Ferry Road (Riverview Road) runs from the Warrego Highway to Moggill Ferry Road (Moggill Sub–Arterial Road) within Riverview. River Road (Queensland) runs from the Warrego Highway in Riverview to the Cunningham Highway in . The Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line railway from Brisbane to Ipswich and beyond also passes through the suburb from east (Redbank) to south-west (Dinmore) to the north of the motorway. The suburb is served by Riverview railway station, Brisbane, Riverview railway station on Station Road (). ... [...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] |
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, sixth-largest subnational entity; it List of countries and dependencies by area, is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its Tropical climate, tropical and Humid subtropical climate, sub-tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of Greater Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council. The LGAs in the other mainland state capitals (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide) are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities. However, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), accounting for just under half its population. As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia. The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million. Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined. In 2016–2017, the council administered a budget of over $3 billion, by far the largest budget compare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moggill Road
Moggill Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It commences at High Street at Toowong and terminates at the Moggill Ferry in Moggill, Queensland, Moggill. It is part of State Route 33. The road carried an average of 39,305 vehicles per day between July and December 2014. It passes through the Brisbane suburbs of Toowong, Queensland, Toowong, Taringa, Queensland, Taringa, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Indooroopilly, Chapel Hill, Queensland, Chapel Hill, Kenmore, Queensland, Kenmore, Pullenvale, Queensland, Pullenvale, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland, Pinjarra Hills, Bellbowrie, Queensland, Bellbowrie and Moggill, Queensland, Moggill. It stretches . $14 million worth of road works started in 2010, $32 million in 2009, following a further $27 million completed in 2008. History The original Mogg-hill Road was a dirt track running from the convict settlement along the route known as Coronation Drive, through the village of Toowong and on to the ferry at Mogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosewood, Queensland
Rosewood is a rural town and locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Rosewood had a population of 3,263 people. Geography Rosewood is in the Bremer Valley, south-west of the Brisbane CBD, and from Ipswich. Part of the town's border is marked by the Bremer River to the south, and the decommissioned Marburg branch railway line on the Little Liverpool Range to the north. Perrys Knob is a hill (), rising above sea level. It takes its name from the Perry family who owned land containing the know and its western slopes. The Main Line railway enters the locality from the east ( Thagoona) and exits to the west ( Lanefield). The locality had a number of railway stations (from west to east): * Rosewood railway station, serving the town () * Yarrowlea railway station, now abandoned () There were two railway stations on the now-closed Marburg branch railway line (from north to south): * Perrys Knob railway station, now disamantled () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Rail City Network
Railways in South East Queensland consist of a large passenger and freight rail network centred on Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Suburban and interurban passenger rail services are operated by Queensland Rail, which also operates long-distance services connecting Brisbane to the rest of the state. Aurizon and Pacific National are private companies which operate freight services. The passenger rail network in South East Queensland is known as the Citytrain network. Queensland Rail operates ten suburban and two interurban lines in South East Queensland, all of which are electrified. Centred in the Brisbane central business district, the network extends as far as Gympie in the north, Varsity Lakes in the south, Rosewood in the west, and Cleveland in the east to Moreton Bay. Each line is ascribed a colour and name on all Queensland Rail signage and marketing collateral including timetables, posters and maps. There are 154 stations on the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ... families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Queensland Libraries in Brisbane Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverview Railway Station, Brisbane
Riverview may refer to: Places Australia * Riverview, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Riverview, Queensland, a suburb of Ipswich Canada * Riverview, Alberta * Riverview, Edmonton, Alberta * Riverview, New Brunswick ** Riverview (electoral district), New Brunswick * Riverview, Ottawa, Ontario * Riverview, St. Catharines, Ontario * Riverview Hospital (Coquitlam), Coquitlam, British Columbia United States * Riverview, Alabama, a community * Riverview, Arkansas, a List of places in Arkansas: R, place in Arkansas * Riverview Lake, Mesa, Arizona * Riverview, Colorado, a List of places in Colorado: P–S, place in Colorado * Riverview, Delaware * Riverview, Florida (other) * Riverview, Indiana * Riverview, Kentucky (other) * Riverview, Maryland (other) * Riverview, Newaygo County, Michigan * Riverview, Michigan, in Wayne County * Riverview, Mississippi * Riverview, Missouri (other) * Riverview Colony, Montana, a Hutterite community * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, an urban agglomeration with a population of over 4 million. The Brisbane central business district, central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Brisbane's metropolitan area sprawls over the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Moreton Bay penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, Queensland, Redcliff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Line Railway, Queensland
The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gauge main line constructed in the world. The section of the line from the end of Murphys Creek railway station to the Ruthven Street overbridge, Harlaxton is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The Murphys Creek Railway Complex, the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Lockyer), the Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge (Murphys Creek) and Swansons Rail Bridge are also heritage listed. History The section from Ipswich (a city about from Brisbane) to Grandchester (originally Bigge's Camp) was the first section of railway line opened in Queensland, on 31 July 1865. Queensland Railways (QR) was the first operator in the world to adopt narrow gauge (in this case ) for a main line, and this remains the system wide gauge within Queensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunningham Highway
The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway located in South East Queensland, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 Highway shield, shield between Ipswich and north of Warwick, Queensland, Warwick at its junction with the New England Highway at Glengallan, Queensland, Glengallan where both the Cunningham and the New England head south concurrency (road), concurrently to Warwick. Thereafter, the Cunningham carries the National Highway 42 shield to its south-western terminus with the Leichhardt Highway at Goondiwindi. The majority of the Cunningham Highway is a single carriageway with freeway standard and 6-lane arterial road standard towards its north-eastern terminus, near Ipswich. State-controlled road The Cunningham Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into four sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Road (Queensland)
Warrego Highway state-controlled roads presents information about how the Warrego Highway is described for administrative and funding purposes by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, and about the state-controlled roads that intersect with it. Overview The Warrego Highway runs from to in Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled road, divided into seven sections for administrative and funding purposes. Six of the seven sections (numbers 18A to 18F) are part of the National Highway, while section 18G is a regional road. The sections are: * 18A – Ipswich to Toowoomba * 18B – Toowoomba to Dalby * 18C – Dalby to Miles * 18D – Miles to Roma * 18E – Roma to Mitchell * 18F – Mitchell to Morven * 18G – Morven to Charleville Intersecting state-controlled roads (Section 18A) The following state-controlled roads intersect with section 18A: * Riverview–Moggill Ferry Road * River Road (Queensland) * Mount Crosby Road * Ipswich–Warrego Highway Conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
