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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 ...
2020 Queensland local elections: Moorooka Ward [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor: Steve Griffiths 10,416 49.9 −0.3 Liberal National: Warren Craze 5,234 25.1 −4.8 Greens: Claire Garton 4,209 20.2 +4.2 Independent: Brett Gillespie 1,000 4.8 +4.8 Total formal votes 20,859 Informal votes 727 Turnout: 21,586 Two-party-preferred result Labor ...
Mount Lindesay Highway is an Australian national highway located in Queensland.The highway runs southwest from Brisbane, where it leaves Ipswich Road in the suburb of Moorooka (as Beaudesert Road to the Logan Motorway), to the Queensland – New South Wales border and is 116 kilometres (72 mi) in length. [1]
In the 2011 census, Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 8,851 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male.The median age of the Upper Mount Gravatt population was 34 years, 3 years below the Australian median of 37. 59.4% of people living in Upper Mount Gravatt were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, China 3. ...
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]
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of Greater Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council . The LGAs in the other mainland state capitals ( Sydney , Melbourne , Perth and Adelaide ) are generally responsible only for the central business ...
In the 2011 census, Durack had a population of 6,177 people, 51.6% female and 48.4% male.The median age of the Durack population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 54.6% of people living in Durack were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 14.3%, New Zealand 3.9%, England 3.2%, Samoa 1.5% ...
Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane River. [6] Indooroopilly is connected to Chelmer on the southern bank of the river by four bridges, consisting (from east to west) of a pedestrian/cycling bridge (Jack Pesch Bridge), two rail bridges (Albert Bridge and Indooroopilly Railway Bridge), and one road bridge (Walter Taylor Bridge