Redbank, Queensland

Redbank
City of Ipswich, Queensland
Population 1,605 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s) 4301
Location 29 km (18 mi) from Brisbane
LGA(s) City of Ipswich
State electorate(s) Electoral district of Bundamba
Federal Division(s) Oxley
Suburbs around Redbank:
Moggill Moggill Moggill
Riverview Redbank Goodna
Collingwood Park Redbank Plains Goodna

Redbank is a suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of Brisbane CBD, the capital of Queensland. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 1,605.[1]

The origin of the suburb name is from a description of the area provided by Major Edmund Lockyer whilst exploring in a boat along the Brisbane River.[2]

The Redbank - Bundamba Loop Line comprised a series of railway sidings serving coal mines in the area.[3]

Transport

Redbank railway station provides access to regular Citytrain services to Brisbane CBD, Ipswich and Rosewood. The Redbank train station has a Queensland Police Service Rail Squad stationed on platform 2. Near the ticket office.

The Redbank Railway Workshops has been operating in the suburb since 1958.

Education

Shopping

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Redbank (Ipswich City) (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Place name details
  3. ↑ The Redbank - Bundamba Loop Line Kerr, J.D. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin June, 1968 pp129-147
  4. ↑ http://redbankss.eq.edu.au/wcms/
  5. ↑ http://www.libraries.slq.qld.gov.au/home/services/ipswich/redbank_plaza_library

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Coordinates: 27°36′S 152°52′E / 27.600°S 152.867°E / -27.600; 152.867


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