Lota, Queensland
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Lota is an outer suburb of Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, Australia
Australia
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. It is 17 km east of the CBD.

Most of the land of Lota was originally owned by William Duckett White, who settled in 1862. The suburb is named after Duckett White's house 'Lota House', which was named after the family home of his wife, Jane, on Cork Harbour, County Cork, Ireland.

Transport

Lota railway station
Lota railway station, Brisbane
Lota Station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.It is in a transition precinct between Zone 4 and Zone 5 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.-History:...

 provides access to regular Citytrain
CityTrain
Citytrain is the brand name of urban, suburban and inter-urban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia. Its network, centering in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, is approximately in route length...

 services to Brisbane and Cleveland
Cleveland, Queensland
Cleveland is a suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the council seat for the Redland City local government area...

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