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Strathpine
Strathpine is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Strathpine had a population of 9,503 people. It is home to the Pine Rivers District offices of the Moreton Bay Region, as well as many businesses. The area is home to Strathpine Centre, a medium-sized urban shopping centre. Geography Gympie Road enters the suburb from the south-east ( Bald Hills) and exits to the north ( Lawnton). The North Coast railway line runs parallel to and west of Gympie Road. The suburb is served by two railway stations: * Bray Park railway station () * Strathpine railway station () History Strathpine is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country. The area now known as Strathpine was originally developed in the 1860s as an addition to the North Pine settlement (now known as Petrie) during the Gympie gold rush. In the late 19th century, the area was known for sugar and rum production, with several sugar mills and distilleries in the area. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathpine Centre
Strathpine Centre is an urban shopping centre located in Strathpine, a suburb in Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane. The centre was built and opened in 1983 by The Westfield Group. It is anchored by Big W and Target discount department stores and Woolworths, Coles and ALDI supermarkets. The centre has a food court anchored by fast food chains such as McDonald's, KFC and Subway . There is also an 8-screen multiplex cinema (operated by Event Cinemas), bowling alley, gaming arcade and a gym on an upper mezzanine level. Most of the centre is single level with a rooftop carpark. It has a bus station with services to Chermside, Toombul, Redcliffe and local services to surrounding suburbs. Strathpine Centre is about a 10-minute walk to Strathpine Railway Station, with services to Redcliffe and Springfield Central via Brisbane. Strathpine Centre has approximately 165 specialty stores mostly within the categories of clothing, general merchandise, homewares and cosmetics. Prior to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Pine Rivers
The Shire of Pine Rivers was a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1888 until 2008, when it amalgamated with councils further north and east to form the Moreton Bay Region. The suburbs formerly within Pine Rivers are generally regarded as part of Greater Brisbane, both in a planning context and for statistical purposes. Geography The Shire is named for three rivers contained within it: the Pine River, which empties into Bramble Bay, and its tributaries, the North Pine River and South Pine River. Two large artificial reservoirs, Lake Samsonvale and Lake Kurwongbah, formed its centre. The western half of the shire consisted of the sparsely populated foothills of the D'Aguilar Range, the land being mostly forested or used for grazing cattle and horses. Hays Inlet and Saltwater Creek formed the eastern boundary of the Shire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathpine Railway Station
Strathpine railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Strathpine in the Moreton Bay Region. In 2001, a third platform opened as part of the addition of a third track from Bald Hills to Lawnton. Services Strathpine is served by all City network services from Kippa-Ring to Roma Street, many continuing to Springfield Central Services by platform Transport links Thompsons Bus Service operates one route via Strathpine station: *670: Strathpine Centre to Warner Warner can refer to: People * Warner (writer) * Warner (given name) * Warner (surname) Fictional characters * Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, stars of the animated television series ''Animaniacs'' * Aaron Warner, a character in '' Shatter Me ... References External links *Strathpine stationQueensland RailStrathpine stationQueensland's Railways on the Internet {{Queensland Rail railway stations, Redcliffe Peninsula=y, state=collapsed Railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendale, Queensland
Brendale is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brendale had a population of 2,758 people. Geography Brendale is north of Brisbane, the state capital, located immediately south of Strathpine on the South Pine River. Brendale is mostly an industrial suburb, although several parks exist within it. It contains a Powerlink 275/110 kV electrical transmission substation called South Pine Substation, as well as a waste treatment plant. History Brendale is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country. The origin of the suburb's name is from the name given to a horse stud, established by the property developer, property marketer and business owner William (Bill) Bowden in the early 1960s. Wantima Country Club opened on 14 February 1969 with a 6-hole golf course. In the , Brendale recorded a population of 1,847 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Brendale population was 34 years, 3 years below the national m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bray Park Railway Station
Bray Park railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. Despite the name, Bray Park railway station is located in the north of the suburb of Strathpine in the Moreton Bay Region (immediately to the south of the suburb of Bray Park). Strathpine railway station is in the south of Strathpine. History In September 1985, the Queensland Government provided funding to build Bray Park station in the state budget. In 2001, a third platform opened as part of the addition of a third track from Bald Hills to Lawnton. Services Bray Park is served by all City network services from Kippa-Ring to Central, many continuing to Springfield Central Services by platform Transport links Thompsons Bus Service operate four routes via Bray Park station: *671: Westfield Strathpine to Warner Warner can refer to: People * Warner (writer) * Warner (given name) * Warner (surname) Fictional characters * Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, stars of the animated telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bray Park, Queensland
Bray Park is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bray Park had a population of 10,246 people. Geography Bray Park is bounded by Four Mile Creek in the south, the North Coast railway line in the east, Francis Road in the north, and Old North Road in the west. There is no railway station within Bray Park. However, Bray Park railway station is just south of the suburb in neighbouring Strathpine, providing passengers services on the Redcliffe Peninsula Line of the Queensland Rail City network. History The suburb was named on 1 April 1970 after John Sanders Bray, a former Pine Rivers Shire councillor from May 1946 to March 1973. He was shire chairman from 1950 to 1973 (the longest serving chairman of the shire). His father Thomas Nathaniel Bray moved to the district in 1900 and established a dairy farm on Gympie Road that John Bray later took over. Bray Park State School opened on 30 January 1973. In 1981 a special education unit was open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawnton, Queensland
Lawnton is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lawnton had a population of 5,658 people. Geography Lawnton is bounded on the north and north-east by the North Pine River, to the south-east by the South Pine River and Four Mile Creek. Gympie Road passes through the centre of the suburb in a south-north direction. The Caboolture railway line ( North Coast railway line) enters the suburb from the north ( Petrie) and exits to the south ( Strathpine) with the suburb served by Lawnton railway station (). History The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner, the blacksmith Stephen Lawn. The property was acquired by Queensland Rail and was named Lawnton. On Saturday 25 August 1888, Lady Musgrave, wife of the Queensland Governor Anthony Musgrave laid the foundation stone for St Thomas’ Anglican church at North Pine (as the area was previously known). It was located on the corner of Station Road and Todds Road () on land donated b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bald Hills, Queensland
Bald Hills is the northernmost suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the Bald Hills had a population of 6,502 people. Geography Bald Hills is a largely residential suburb. It is mostly surrounded by bushland, but in the last few years some of the bush areas have been cleared to make way for new residential areas. It also borders onto the Bald Hills Flats – a large flood plain on the western side of the suburb that is used for cattle grazing. The South Pine River flows through the flood plain and forms the western border of the suburb. The South Pine River converges with the North Pine River and the combined flow, Pine River, forms the northern border. Along the banks of Pine River within Bald Hills is a large environmental park called the Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve. The Pine River empties into Bramble Bay, between Redcliffe and Brighton. The Bruce Highway goes between Bald Hills to Woree in Cairns and is long.The most prominent structur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Road, Brisbane
Gympie Road is a major road in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The road forms part of the main road route from the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD) to the northern suburbs, Sunshine Coast and east coast of Queensland. Gympie Road is designated A3 from Lutwyche Road, Kedron to the Gympie Arterial Road, Bald Hills. The road then continues as State Route 58 to Dayboro Road, Petrie. Gympie Road is named after the town of Gympie, north of the Sunshine Coast. Landmarks Gympie Road is lined with many shops, fast food outlets, restaurants, car yards, factories, motels, caravan parks, parks and schools including: * Kedron Park Hotel (est. 1881) * Kedron Brook * Lutwyche Cemetery (est. 1878) * Top Taste * Edinburgh Castle Hotel (est. 1868) * Westfield Chermside * Marchant Park * Bunnings Warehouse * Bald Hills Primary School * St Paul's School * Pine Rivers Park * Strathpine Centre * Pine Rivers State High School * Strathpine Primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Bay Region
The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture. With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585, Moreton Bay Region is the third largest local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, both of which are also amalgamated entities. History '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and Moreton Bay Region, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore''.'' Prior to 2008, the new Moreton Bay Region was an entire area of three previous and distinct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Dickson
The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. Dickson includes the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Petrie, Strathpine, Albany Creek, Ferny Hills, Everton Hills, Murrumba Downs and parts of Kallangur. The electorate also includes Lake Samsonvale and Lake Kurwongbah and covers 724 square kilometres. History The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian ministry. 1993 election There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. The seat had been carved out of most of the Brisbane portion of the Sunshine Coast-based seat of Fisher, making it a natural choice for that seat's Labor MP, Michael Lavarch, to transfer ahead of the 1993 election. However, one of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrie, Queensland
Petrie is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Petrie had a population of 8,674 people. Geography The southern boundary of the suburb is marked by the North Pine River. Petrie is a suburban village with new housing developments on land which was previously used for pine plantations and agriculture. Petrie railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast. There are also commuter rail services to Kippa-Ring (Redcllife) via the newly built Redcliffe branch railway line. The Gympie Road, Dayboro Road and Anzac Avenue junction, and surrounding area encompass the town centre which includes establishments, such as retail, commerce, accommodation, cosmetology, health, education, sport and mechanical industries and establishments. There are also police, fire brigade and ambulance establishments in the town centre. The Moreton Bay campus of the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
