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Brisbane suburb names with Aboriginal names show that some Australian Aboriginal languages are still preserved today, in the form of placenames. Similarly, F. J. Watson explains the meanings of Queensland suburb names. [1] The map demonstrates a non-exhaustive list of some of the names in the Brisbane area.
The Jagera Aboriginal people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River; Runcorn would have been in the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains, Queensland. [citation needed] Originally a part of Coopers Plains, the area was designated the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve (later the Eight Mile Plains Agricultural Reserve ...
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 ...
Of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population. The median age for the suburb is 31 while the most prominent age group is the 20–24-year-olds who make up 12.4 per cent of the suburb. 63.2% of people were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%.
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 suburb has traditionally been home to Brisbane's largest Greek Australian community, with an estimated 75% of Brisbane's Greek population living in West End by 1980. [53] The most common ancestries in West End are English 20.6%, Australian 16.8%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.0% and Greek 5.2%.
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]
The suburb name was officially recognised on 11 August 1975. [6] The name is derived from an Aboriginal word for lawyer cane. The word Taghum was used as alternative to cabbage in Cabbage Tree Creek. [6] Zillmere North State School opened on 29 January 1957 on a 12-hectare (30-acre) site. In 1993, it was renamed Taigum State School. [7] [8]