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The suburb of Willawong was officially created and named by the Queensland Places Names Board in 1970. Willawong is an Aboriginal word meaning the junction of two creeks. [3] [5] During the 1974 Brisbane flood, most of the suburb was inundated. [5] In 1983, local residents in Willawong and nearby suburbs began a campaign to stop sand mining in ...
Satellite image of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area. Centred on the City of Brisbane, it captures from the Redcliffe Peninsula in the north, D'Aguilar National Park to the west, east to Moreton and Stradbroke Islands, and Logan City in the south. Brisbane Central Business District seen from Mount Coot-tha Lookout This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland ...
The Moorooka Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Moorooka, Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Coopers Plains, Nathan, Pallara, Rocklea, Salisbury, Willawong, and parts of Durack and Oxley. [ 2 ] Councillors for Moorooka Ward
Despite its name, the Archerfield Wetlands is a 150-hectare (370-acre) greenspace precinct within the neighbouring suburbs of Durack, Willawong, Rocklea, and Oxley in the Oxley Creek corridor. It borders the Archerfield Airport. The main entry point to the wetlands is via the Archerfield Wetlands District Park at 455 Bowhill Road, Durack. The ...
Pallara State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 39 Ritchie Road (8] [9] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 500 students with 30 teachers (29 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). [10]
Allison Engine Testing Stands, 2015. The Allison Engine Testing Stands site is part of Brisbane's TradeCoast Central at the old Brisbane airport site in the suburb of Eagle Farm, where new and rebuilt World War II Allison V-12 in-line liquid cooled aero engines were tested in the open air prior to fitting into reassembled aircraft, notably the P38-Lightning, Curtis Kittyhawk and Bell Airacobra.
Map of Brisbane at time of amalgamation Story Bridge and Brisbane River, 2006 Brisbane City Hall in the 1930s Former council offices, 2010. The Government of Queensland created the City of Brisbane with a view to uniting the Brisbane metropolitan area under a single planning and governance structure.
Durack State School, 2000s. Durack State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 69 Inala Avenue (13] [14] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 593 students with 45 teachers (40 full-time equivalent) and 36 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent). [15]