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Lake Manchester, Queensland

Lake Manchester, Queensland
FieldValue
typesuburb
nameLake Manchester
cityBrisbane
stateqld
imageGrazing cattle, off Waverley Road, Lake Manchester, 2022 01.jpg
captionWaverley Road, Lake Manchester, 2022
coordinates
local_mapyes
zoom10
pop17
pop_year
pop_footnotes
postcode4306
area94.2
timezoneAEST
utc+10:00
dist121.7
dir1N
location1Ipswich CBD
dist243.8
dir2W
location2Brisbane CBD
dist376.2
dir3SE
location3Esk
lgaCity of Brisbane
(Pullenvale Ward),
lga2Somerset Region
stategovMoggill
stategov2Lockyer
fedgovRyan
fedgov2Blair
near-nwBanks Creek
near-nJollys Lookout
Highvale
near-neEnoggera Reservoir
near-wBanks Creek
near-eUpper Brookfield
near-swKholo
near-sKholo
near-seKholo

(Pullenvale Ward), | near-nw = Banks Creek | near-n = Jollys Lookout Highvale | near-ne = Enoggera Reservoir | near-w = Banks Creek | near-e = Upper Brookfield | near-sw = Kholo | near-s = Kholo | near-se = Kholo

** Lake Manchester ** is both a lake in the City of Brisbane and the surrounding locality which is split between the City of Brisbane and Somerset Region in Queensland, Australia. It is 30 km west of the CBD. In the , Lake Manchester had a population of 17 people.

Geography

Cattle grazing in the west of the locality, 2022

The locality is mostly undeveloped mountainous terrain of the south west D'Aguilar Range. The north of the suburb is part of the D'Aguilar National Park and most of the southern parts belong to the Brisbane State Forest.

The western part of the locality in Somerset Region is rural land, predominantly used for grazing on native vegetation.

History

Dam wall under construction, 1916

Noogoora Provisional School opened in 1900. It must have subsequently closed as residents were requesting it be reopened in 1911. It became a State School on 1 December 1914. It was renamed Cabbage Tree State School circa 1916-1917. It closed circa 1919. It was on the southern side of Lake Manchester Road (approx ). The name Noogoora is associated with a large farm of 1425 acre with a 3 mile frontage to the Brisbane River in the area. Cabbage Tree Creek is flows near the school and is a tributary of the Brisbane River ().

The locality is named after the lake which was created by the Lake Manchester Dam constructed between 1912 and 1916. It is named after civil engineer, Ernest James Theodore Manchester, who was the President of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board from 1909 to 1928. It impounds Cabbage Tree Creek.

Demographics

In the , Lake Manchester had a population of 23 people.

In the , Lake Manchester had a population of 17 people.

Education

There are no schools in Lake Manchester. The nearest government primary school is Mount Crosby State School in Karara Downs to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Ipswich State High School in Brassall, Ipswich, to the south.

References

References

  1. "Pullenvale Ward".
  2. {{cite QPN. 20760. Lake Manchester
  3. {{cite QPN. 41384. Lake Manchester
  4. {{cite QPN. 48320. Lake Manchester
  5. {{Queensland Globe
  6. {{Cite QSA Item. 11553. Noogoora State School - returns - school. 18 September 2020
  7. (20 May 1902). "Forthcoming Events.". [[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser]].
  8. (1 July 1911). "RE-OPENING NOOGOORA SCHOOL.". [[Queensland Times]].
  9. (9 October 1916). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT.". [[Queensland Times]].
  10. "Queensland schools past and present". [[Queensland Family History Society]].
  11. (1928). "Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 3 west". [[Queensland Government]].
  12. (30 July 1868). "Classified Advertising". [[The Brisbane Courier]].
  13. {{Cite QPN. 5611. Cabbage Tree Creek. watercourse in the City of Brisbane
  14. {{Census 2016 AUS
  15. {{Census 2021 AUS
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