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The suburb Seventeen Mile Rocks is named after a collection of rocks of the same name ( 27.5375°S 152.9611°E) that marked a distance of 17 miles (27 km) from the mouth of the Brisbane River, as noted by John Oxley on 3 December 1823. They ran diagonally across the river from Counihan Road (see map).
Rocks Riverside Park is a park by the Brisbane River in Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The park was opened on 7 December 2003, and features industrial artefacts from its previous use by the Queensland Cement and Lime Company. Public art which draws upon the park's industrial heritage are also featured throughout, as is a ...
Runcorn is home to Souths United football club, who play in the Football Queensland Premier League. [citation needed] Runcorn is also the location of the playing fields of St Laurence's College, which is located in South Brisbane. There are eight fields which are used for various sports including cricket, football and rugby.
Gateway Motorway. The Gateway Motorway (M2 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major tolled motorway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which includes the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (former Gateway Bridge). The motorway is operated by toll road operator Transurban . It bypasses Brisbane in order to provide easier access between the ...
7 Mile House was built in 1876 in Brisbane, California on the second mile house route, the San Bruno Toll Road route, at the 1858 toll gate, and is the only active mile house in its original location. Egidio Micheli bought 7 Mile House in 1903 and sold to his brother-in-law, Palmiro Testa in 1910.
Seventeen Mile, Queensland. / -27.4580; 152.1708 ( Seventeen Mile (centre of locality)) Seventeen Mile is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Seventeen Mile had a population of 22 people. [1]
The motto of the City of Brisbane is Meliora sequimur, Latin for We aim for better things. The council's corporate slogan is Dedicated to a better Brisbane. The city's colours are blue and gold. Its corporate logo was introduced in 1982 in preparation for the Commonwealth Games hosted in Brisbane that year. It features a stylised version of ...
Eight Mile Plains busway station. / 27.57861°S 153.10194°E / -27.57861; 153.10194. Eight Mile Plains busway station is the southernmost station on the South East Busway in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Eight Mile Plains. It opened on 30 April 2001 when the busway was extended from Woolloongabba.