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Heron Island, 72 km (45 mi) off the coast off Gladstone in Queensland, has two time zones: the island resort follows DST all year round, whereas the Marine Research Centre and the Parks and Wildlife office on the island remain on Eastern Standard Time. Resort manager Alistair Cooray says no-one is sure how the time zone came about.
In December 2008, the Daylight Saving for South East Queensland (DS4SEQ) political Party was officially registered, advocating the implementation of a dual-time zone arrangement for daylight saving time in South East Queensland while the remainder of the state maintains standard time.
At the beginning of 2008, the Brisbane central business district contained 1.7 million square metres of office space. [36] High demand in the office market had pushed vacancy rates in the Brisbane CBD to 0.7% by January 2008, the lowest in Australia. [36] Premium grade office space was even less vacant with an occupancy rate of 99.9%.
Oxley is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [5] It is 14.8 kilometres (9.2 mi) from the Brisbane GPO by road. [6] The suburb contains a mix of residential and industrial land. [7] In the 2021 census, Oxley had a population of 9,100 people. [1]
Aerial View of the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. Much of the rock upon which Brisbane is located is the characteristic Brisbane tuff, a form of welded ignimbrite, [3] which is most prominently found at the Kangaroo Point Cliffs at Kangaroo Point and the New Farm Cliffs on the Petrie Bight reach of the Brisbane River.
A military map from 1922 shows only four houses in the area that is now Stretton. [citation needed] Stretton was gazetted as a suburb of Brisbane in 1972, and was named after George Stretton, a settler, postmaster and hotelier at Browns Plains in the 1870s. [5] [6] In 1989, there was controversy regarding the sale of land to Asian investors. [7]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Time zone: AEST : Location: 7.3 km ... St Lucia is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3]
The significant housing areas in East Brisbane were founded during the Brisbane property boom of the 1880s. For example, one such development was the Heathfield Estate , which was released in 1886. East Brisbane State School opened on 10 July 1899, [ 8 ] following the official opening ceremony on 8 July 1899. [ 9 ]