South Ripley is a rural
locality
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and suburb of
Ipswich
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in the
City of Ipswich
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,
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, Australia.
South Ripley is part of the
Ecco Ripley urban development area. In the , South Ripley had a population of 4,069 people.
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Geography
As a locality, South Ripley is the valley created by Bundamba Creek, which runs in a north-south direction in the locality. Bundamba Lagoon is located in the south-east part of the locality.
History
South Ripley is situated in the Yugarabul
Turrbal is an Aboriginal Australian language of the Turrbal people of the Brisbane area of Queensland.
Alternate spellings include Turubul, Turrubal, Turrabul, Toorbal, and Tarabul.
Classification
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traditional Indigenous Australian
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country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions.
Bundamba Upper State School opened on 2 February 1874. In 1909, it was renamed Ripley State School. It closed in 1930 due to low student numbers.
Demographics
In the , South Ripley had a population of 344 people.
Amenities
The Ipswich City Council
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operates a fortnightly mobile library
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service which visits Providence Parade.
Education
Ripley Valley State School is a government primary (P-6) school for boys and girls at 110 Botany Drive (). In 2020, its first year of operation, the school had an enrolment of 336 students with 26 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).
Ripley Valley State Secondary College is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls on the corner of Providence Parade and Parkway Avenue (). In 2020, its first year of operation, the school had an enrolment of 154 students in Years 7 and 8 (the only years of school initially offered) with 15 teachers and 16 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).
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