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The Stradbroke Handicap is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1,400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane in June during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [2] It is one of the highlight races on the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival with total prize money of A$1,500,000
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The houses have been thus dubbed 'Moreton Mantarays', 'Peel Pirates', 'Saint Helena Spartans', 'Stradbroke Superheroes', 'Macleay Magpies', and 'Russell Raiders'. Then, in late 2024, as part of their legacy gift to the college, the year 12 graduates reworked each of the houses' mascots to better represent Oceanian wildlife.
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North Stradbroke Island (Jandai: Minjerribah [1]), colloquially Straddie or North Straddie, [2] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the centre of Brisbane.
Blue Lake is a lake located on North Stradbroke Island in the Australian state of Queensland about 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of the state capital of Brisbane. [citation needed] The lake which is known as a "window lake" [1] and is just under 10 metres (33 ft) deep when full. Water from the lake overflows into the Eighteen Mile Swamp.
Dates Notes Art, Not Apart [2] Canberra: 2010: March: Multi-Arts Festival AusFest (Australian Independent Music Festival) [3] Canberra & Queanbeyan: 2006: January: Australian and international Indie performers, arts and dance (previously in Melbourne, Adelaide & Brisbane) Australia Day Live [4] Lawns of Parliament House, Canberra: 1999: 25 January
The Queensland Aboriginal Protection Association established the mission on the island and known as Minjerribah by the local Aboriginal people, the Quandamooka.In October 1892, an area of 20 hectares (49 acres) was reserved for a mission station at Moongalba, near the northern tip of what is now North Stradbroke Island (after the original single island was divided into two by wave action).