Lake Manchester, Queensland
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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.[2][3][4] It is Script error: No such module "convert". west of the CBD. In the Template:CensusAU, Lake Manchester had a population of 17 people.[1]
Geography
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.[5]
History
Noogoora Provisional School opened in 1900.[6][7] It must have subsequently closed as residents were requesting it be reopened in 1911.[8] It became a State School on 1 December 1914. It was renamed Cabbage Tree State School circa 1916-1917.[6][9] It closed circa 1919.[10] It was on the southern side of Lake Manchester Road (approx Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[11] The name Noogoora is associated with a large farm of Script error: No such module "convert". with a Script error: No such module "convert". frontage to the Brisbane River in the area.[12] Cabbage Tree Creek is flows near the school and is a tributary of the Brisbane River (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[13]
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.[4]
Demographics
In the Template:CensusAU, Lake Manchester had a population of 23 people.[14]
In the Template:CensusAU, Lake Manchester had a population of 17 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Lake Manchester. The nearest government primary school is Mount Crosby State School in Mount Crosby to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Ipswich State High School in Brassall, Ipswich, to the south.[5]
References
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