Ascot, Queensland, is generally regarded to be one of the oldest and most prestigious Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. (The form of the word may tempt... suburbs of This article is about the Australian city. For other uses of Brisbane, see Brisbane (disambiguation). Brisbane by night Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The citys name is pronounced BRIZ-buhn, IPA: . The City of Brisbane has around 960,000 inhabitants, within a greater... Brisbane, Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australia. Located 7 A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). It is approximately equal to 0.621 miles, 1094 yards or 3281 feet. Slang terms for kilometre include klick (sometimes spelt click or klik... km from Brisbane, the suburb is well catered for in terms of public transport. Playing host to Eagle Farm Racecourse, Ascot is best known for its racing carnivals, and for Racecourse Road, with its cafes, restaurants, boutique shops and the gracious poinciana trees lining the street.

Historically, the land belonged to the Aboriginal Turrbal clan who occupied all the land on the north of the Brisbane river. In Events January 23 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. George Hamilton-Gordon is forced to resign as Prime Minister of Britain because of bad management of the campaigns in the Crimean War... 1855, pastoralist, James Sutherland, purchased a large portion of area including Ascot and its surrounds. And in 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events February 2 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 - In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. February 14 - Llanelli Conservative Association founded. March 2 – Robert Maclean... 1882 the railway line was extended to Ascot station for ease of access to the racecourse that had already been established (ABS).

The population in Ascot was 4,602 people in 2001 and the average house price for the 2002/2003 year was $575,500 (REIQ).