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Moggill Road
Moggill Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It commences at High Street at Toowong and terminates at the Moggill Ferry in Moggill, Queensland, Moggill. It is part of State Route 33. The road carried an average of 39,305 vehicles per day between July and December 2014. It passes through the Brisbane suburbs of Toowong, Queensland, Toowong, Taringa, Queensland, Taringa, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Indooroopilly, Chapel Hill, Queensland, Chapel Hill, Kenmore, Queensland, Kenmore, Pullenvale, Queensland, Pullenvale, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland, Pinjarra Hills, Bellbowrie, Queensland, Bellbowrie and Moggill, Queensland, Moggill. It stretches . $14 million worth of road works started in 2010, $32 million in 2009, following a further $27 million completed in 2008. History The original Mogg-hill Road was a dirt track running from the convict settlement along the route known as Coronation Drive, through the village of Toowong and on to the ferry at Mogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moggill Ferry
The Moggill Ferry is a cable ferry crossing the Brisbane River between the suburbs of Moggill, Queensland, Moggill in Brisbane and Riverview, Queensland, Riverview in Ipswich, both in Queensland, Australia. The iconic ferry is owned by Stradbroke Ferries and can carry up to 20 vehicles per crossing. During floods the ferry is often out of service and alternative routes need to be taken by motorists. The ferry is guided across the river by a steel cable which can sometimes lead to boating accidents for the unwary. History A ferry service began operations at the site in 1878 when Cobb & Co coaches provided service between Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich and Brisbane. During the 2010–2011 Queensland floods the ferry broke free from its cable guidelines. The suggestion to sink the wayward ferry was raised during the flood crises until the captain and former skipper managed to secure the vessel to the banks of the Brisbane River with ropes. See also *Ferry transport in Queensland * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cart
A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. Over time, the word "cart" has expanded to mean nearly any small conveyance, including shopping carts, golf carts, go-karts, and Side by Side (UTV), UTVs, without regard to number of wheels, load carried, or means of propulsion. History The history of the cart is closely tied to the Wheel#History, history of the wheel. Carts have been mentioned in literature as far back as the second millennium B.C. The first people to use the cart may have been Mesopotamians. Handcarts pushed by humans have been used around the world. Carts were often used for judicial punishments, both to transport the condemned – a public humiliation in itself (in Ancient Rome defeated leaders were often carried in the vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anstead, Queensland
Anstead is an outer western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Anstead had a population of 1,522 people. Geography Anstead is located by road south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bounded to the west by the northern bank of Dalys Reach () of the Brisbane River. The Moggill Conservation Park occupies the north of the suburb. Historically a rural area, it is now predominantly rural residential with small areas of land in the west of the suburb being either undeveloped or used for grazing on native vegetation. Mount Crosby Road runs through from west to east. History Anstead is named after the original land owner John Anstead, a timber getter and quarry master in the 1860s. Anstead was officially gazetted in 1975, prior to which it was part of the suburb of Moggill. Demographics In the , Anstead had a population of 1,509 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Anstead population was 41 years, 3 years above the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenmore Hills, Queensland
Kenmore Hills is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,448 people. Geography Kenmore Hills is by road by the Brisbane CBD. Although the northern part of the suburb is on the foothills of Mount Coot-tha, there is only one named peak in the suburb: Carver Hill in the south-east () at above sea level. History Kenmore Hills originally formed part of Brookfield, but in 1969 the name was changed to Kenmore Hills, based on the neighbouring suburb of Kenmore. In 1932, Father Robert Bartlett Bates, the rector of All Saints Anglican Church at Wickham Terrace purchased a house at 139 Brookfield Road () to establish St John's Home for Aged Men, which subsequently relocated to West Toowong (where it continues to operate as St John's Residential Aged Care Home). On 12 May 1934, the Anglican Church opened St Christopher's Lodge, a home for boys. It was officially opened by James Francis Maxwell, the Member of the Queens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindalee, Queensland
Jindalee is a south-western residential suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Jindalee had a population of 5,320 people. Geography Jindalee is by road south-west of the Brisbane CBD, and is a part of the Centenary suburbs. It is bordered by the Brisbane River to the north. The Centenary Motorway enters the suburb from the north (Kenmore), crossing the river on the Centenary Bridge (), and forms the south-eastern boundary of the suburb before exiting on the south-east corner of the suburb into Mount Ommaney / Sinnamon Park. The older part of the suburb is to the west of the motorway and is predominantly residential in character with individual houses. The Jindalee Golf Course is immediately west of the motorway (). To the east of the motorway are two large retail centres, separated by Sinnamon Road (). Also to the east of the motorway is a more recent townhouse estate between the retail precinct and the river (). The north-western boundary with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelmer, Queensland
Chelmer is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Chelmer had a population of 3,325 people. Geography Chelmer is by road from Brisbane GPO. Chelmer is zoned as a residential area, and consists of low-density housing. It has many fine Queenslanders, characterised by wooden verandahs, wide stairways and roofing of galvanized iron, but in recent years solid brick homes have been built also. Chelmer is located on a bend of the Brisbane River, between the Chelmer Reach () and the Indooroopilly Reach (), with all sides except south bounded by the median of the river. There are four bridges across the Brisbane River from Chelmer to Indooroopilly to the north (from west to east): * Walter Taylor Bridge, a road bridge () * Indooroopilly Railway Bridge, a rail bridge () * Albert Bridge, a rail bridge () * Jack Pesch Bridge, for pedestrians and cyclists () Chelmer railway station is a railway station on the Main Line railway (). There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Lucia, Queensland
St Lucia is a riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The University of Queensland is the main attraction of St Lucia, with the university and its residential colleges covering a large proportion of the suburb. According to the , St Lucia had a population of 12,220 people. Geography St Lucia is located by road southwest of the General Post Office, Brisbane, Brisbane GPO. The suburb sits on a peninsula, bounded on the north, east and south by the Thalweg, median in a bend of the Brisbane River. The eastern third of the suburb is occupied by the main campus of the University of Queensland. The flatter area on the northern side is primarily medium to high density residential, including some high-rise apartments on the riverfront. The more hilly area in the centre and south is mainly low-density, family-occupied residential. The south-west is occupied by the St Lucia Golf Links. Ironside is a neighbourhood within the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auchenflower, Queensland
Auchenflower is an inner western riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Auchenflower had a population of 6,053 people. Geography Auchenflower is located west of the Brisbane CBD bordering the Brisbane River. The area features a hilly terrain and pockets of green spaces, offering residents scenic views and recreational opportunities. History The area was formerly populated by rural estates, one of which was named ''Auchenflower'' by Thomas McIlwraith circa 1880. The name ''Auchenflower'' is a Gaelic language, Gaelic word meaning ''field of flowers'', namely ''Achadh nan Flùr''. Between 1900 and 1962 Auchenflower was served by trams running along Milton Road from Toowong. The services were withdrawn after the disastrous Paddington tram depot fire. In June 1887, the Torwood Estate was available for sale on the ground by R. J. Cottell, Auctioneer. The location was advertised as "Torwood adjoins Baroona, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Drive, Brisbane
Coronation Drive, popularly known as Coro Drive, is a road in Brisbane, Queensland, which connects the Central Business District to the suburb of Toowong. It follows the Brisbane River from the Riverside Expressway, through the suburbs of Milton and Auchenflower, until it terminates in Toowong at Benson Road and High Street. Coronation Drive is six lanes wide for the majority of its length, with the Bicentennial Bike Path also for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The road is one of the busiest in Brisbane, carrying an average of 75,560 vehicles per day between July and December 2014. History Coronation Drive started out as a rough track that developed along the river during the 1840s. It was initially called Moggill Road (because it was the road to Moggill), then later (1870s) it became known as the River Road. In 1937 the River Road was renamed Coronation Drive in honour of the coronation of King George VI, a suggestion made by Archbishop James Duhig. On 13 May 1937, the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Times
''Brisbane Times'' is an online newspaper for Brisbane and Queensland, Australia. It is owned and run by Nine Publishing, publishers of ''The Age'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and other mastheads. As of 2024, the editor is Sean Parnell. History The ''Brisbane Times'' was launched as part of Fairfax Media on 7 March 2007 by then-Queensland Premier Peter Beattie. The founding managing editor was Mitchell Murphy. The publication started with 14 journalists in an attempt by Fairfax to break into the South East Queensland market, competing against the website of News Corporation's incumbent '' The Courier-Mail''. As of 20 November 2018, ''Brisbane Times'' has started a subscription model. Viewers are limited to approximately 25 article views per month before being faced with a news paywall. Web traffic According to third-party web analytics providers Alexa and SimilarWeb, the ''Brisbane Times'' is the 191st and 250th most visited website in Australia respectively, as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karana Downs, Queensland
Karana Downs is a residential locality in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Karana Downs had a population of 3,800 people. Geography The locality is bordered by the Brisbane River to the south and east, and by Mount Crosby Road to the north and north-west. Many of the streets and parks in Karana Downs have Aboriginal names. History Mount Crosby Provisional School opened on 30 January 1882 with 22 pupils under teacher Arthur Leigh. It closed on 31 December 1892, but soon reopened on 11 September 1893 as Mount Crosby State School under head teacher Samuel Rea. In 13 May 1948, Queensland Premier Ned Hanlon officially opened the first section of the Mount Crosby East Bank Water Treatment Plant. The modern locality of Karana Downs was developed from parts of the areas of Kholo, Lake Manchester, and Mount Crosby with of land being divided in 1973. The name ''Karana Downs'' was proposed by the developer; it has been suggested that ''Karana'' is an Abor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullen Pullen Creek
Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin. Retrieved 20 January 2014 "Pullen" is likely an occupational name, arising from the Old French word ''poulain (other)">poulain''. There are several variants of "Pullen", including Pullin, Pullins, Pulleyn, Pullan and Pullein, the latter being the earliest recorded version (1166). The surname is shared by these notable people: * Alex Pullin (1987–2020), Australian snowboarder * Andrew John Pullan (1963–2012), New Zealand mathematician * Benjamin Pulleyne, also spelt Pullan (died 1861), Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster * Cecil Pullan (1910–1970), Indian-born English cricket player * Cyril Pullin (1893–1973), English inventor, engineer and motorcycle race driver * Deborah Pullen (1963–2010), New Zealand female international football (soccer) player * Don Pullen (1941–1995), American jazz musician * Frank Pullen (1915–1992), English businessperson and racehorse owner * Harriet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
