Sadliers Crossing is a suburb of

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Sadliers Crossing had a population of 1,366 people.

Geography

The suburb is bounded to the west and south-west by the Bremer River. The

Main Line railway The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gau ...

enters the suburb from the south-east (

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) and exits to the west (

Wulkuraka Wulkuraka is a western suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wulkuraka had a population of 1,234 people. Geography The Main Line railway enters the suburb from the east ( Sadliers Crossing) and exits to the ...

) with

Thomas Street railway station Thomas Street railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Sadliers Crossing. The station was approved was 1913, and opened for traffic on 20 April 1914. Services Thomas Street is ser ...

serving the suburb ().

History

The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner Thomas Sadlier. In 1901, Blair Methodist Church opened at 29 Burnett Street (). Circa 1977 it became Blair Uniting Church. It closed circa 1980. As at February 2022, the church building is still extant but in private ownership. Blair State School opened on 26 March 1917. Unlike most Queensland state schools which are named for the suburb/locality that they serve, Blair State School was named honour of Sir

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who was instrumental in the establishment of the school. Mater Dei Catholic Church opened in a converted house in 1964. In the , Sadliers Crossing had a population of 1,366 people.

Heritage listings

Sadliers Crossing has a number of

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sites, including: * over Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street,

Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge at over Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, Wulkuraka, Queensland, Australia on the Main Line (this section is now the Ipswich and Ros ...

Education

Blair State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls in Cribb Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 391 students with 29 teachers (26 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program. There are no secondary schools in Sadliers Crossing. The nearest government secondary schools are

Ipswich State High School Ipswich State High School is a state secondary school in the suburb of Brassall, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, established in 1963, On the site of the original Brassall State High School. Simon Riley is the current principal since 2005. The ...

Brassall Brassall is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brassall had a population of 10,898 people. Geography Brassall has a southern boundary partially marked by the Bremer River and a western alignment along Ironpot C ...

to the north and

Bremer State High School , established = 1959 , principal = Ross Bailey , type = Public, co-educational, secondary, day school , city = Ipswich , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinate ...

to the south-east.

Amenities

Mater Dei Catholic Church is on the northern corner of Rowland Terrace and Ferrett Street in a converted house (). Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is at 5 Ferrett Street (). There are a number of parks in the area: * Gladstone Road Reserve () * Noel Bale Park () * Reals Park () * Stephenson Street Park () * Thomas Street Reserve ()

Transport

Thomas Street Railway Station Thomas Street railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Sadliers Crossing. The station was approved was 1913, and opened for traffic on 20 April 1914. Services Thomas Street is ser ...

provides

Queensland Rail City network The Queensland Rail Citytrain network, provides urban, suburban and interurban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia. History The first railway in Queensland did not run to Brisbane, but ran from Ipswich t ...

services to

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and

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via Ipswich.

References

External links

* {{Ipswich City Suburbs of Ipswich, Queensland