Woodend, Queensland
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Woodend is an inner-city suburb of Ipswich
, Queensland
, Australia
. Its northern border is defined by the meandering course of the Bremer River.
The origin of the suburb name is from the name given to the residence of Arthur Macalister
, a Scottish migrant who became the second Premier of Queensland.
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its northern border is defined by the meandering course of the Bremer River.
The origin of the suburb name is from the name given to the residence of Arthur Macalister
Arthur Macalister
Arthur Macalister, CMG was three times Premier of Queensland, Australia.-Early life:Macalister was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Macalister, a cabinet maker, and his wife Mary, née Scoullar. Macalister was educated in Glasgow and emigrated to Australia with his wife Elizabeth Wallace née...
, a Scottish migrant who became the second Premier of Queensland.
Education
- Saint Edmund's College
- Saint Mary's College
- St Mary's Primary
- Ipswich Grammar SchoolIpswich Grammar SchoolIpswich Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, located in Ipswich, a city situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia...
, established in 1863, first school to open as a result of the Grammar Schools ActGrammar Schools ActThe Grammar Schools Act 1860 was passed by Queensland's first parliament in 1860 and allowed for the establishment of a grammar school in any town where £1000 could be raised locally. Between the years 1863 and 1892, ten grammar schools were opened under the auspices of the Act...
of 1860