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Encyclopedia > Capalaba, Queensland

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Capalaba (/kaˈpɐlabaː/) is a suburb in the Redland Shire, located 27°31′22.78″S, 153°11′33.72″E approximately half an hour drive east from the centre of Brisbane. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Redland Shire Council logo; the koala is the mascot of the Redlands Redland Shire is a Local Government Area of South East Queensland, spread along the southern coast of Moreton Bay covering 537 square kilometres. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of 1. ...


The name probably comes from the words kappella (meaning ring tailed or scrub possum) and ba (meaning place), in the Yuggera language (Yugarabul dialect). Binomial name Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) The Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) is an Australian marsupial. ... The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding Tasmania. ...


The suburb has two large shopping and commercial centre's with a mall and bus station, and light industrial zones surrounded by residential streets and bushland. Surrounding suburbs include Alexandra Hills, Burbank and Chandler, both of which lie on the eastern border of Brisbane. The Capalaba Bus Station, at Capalaba, Queensland, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. ... Alexandra Hills is a thriving community of 17,342 (ABS) located in Redland Shire, Queensland, south east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Burbank is a large suburb in south east Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Chandler is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia 14 km south-east of the CBD. Chandler was named after Sir John Beale Chandler and is a rural suburb and not yet heavily developed or subdivided. ...


There are several major schools in Capalaba also. Coolnwynpin State Primary (Grades Prep-7), Capalaba College (Grades Prep-12) and St Lukes Catholic School form the basis for the extensive primary eductaion network in Capalaba.


The two shopping centres mentioned above, are Capalaba Central (http://www.capalabacentral.com.au/ Capalaba Central Homepage) and Capalaba Park (htpp://www.capalabapark.com.au/ Capalaba Park Homepage). Together they offer hundreds of shopping facilites, including Woolworths, Coles, K-Mart, Bi-Lo and an array of fast-food stores. A multi-cinema movie-theatre can be found at Capalaba Central. The Redland Shire Library and Council Chambers and the bus interchange station can also be found on the Capalaba Central premises. Capalaba Park is located directly opposite Capalaba Central. F.W. Woolworth Company the original USA based chain of high street shops. ... The name Coles has many meanings: Coles in business: Coles Supermarkets is a supermarket chain in Australia Coles Myer, owner of the Coles supermarket chain. ... new Kmart logo Kmart Corporation was a US based corporation until it merged with Sears Holdings in November 2004. ... BI-LO is the name of several different supermarket chains around the world: BI-LO (Australia) BI-LO (United States) Bilo is also The retarded brother of Sacha Baron Cohens character Borat. ...


See also

I Like Pie Redland Shire Council logo; the koala is the mascot of the Redlands Redland Shire is a Local Government Area of South East Queensland, spread along the southern coast of Moreton Bay covering 537 square kilometres. ... The South East Queensland region. ...


External links

  • Redland Shire Council Homepage
  • Redlands Tourism

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Capalaba, Queensland - Travelmate (221 words)
Capalaba, one-time staging post on the horse-drawn coach run from Ipswich to Cleveland, has become a focal point for environmentalists with the opening in 1997 of the Redlands Indigescapes Centre - Australia’s first native plant arboretum.
Capalaba’s showcase historic home, The Pines, which was built on what is now Old Cleveland Road in the 1860s, was a base for US secret communications in World War II.
Capalaba is a core centre in the Redland Shire which flanks Moreton Bay to the south of Brisbane.
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The 3rd largest city in down under is flank by 2 popular coasts, Sunshine Coast to the north and Gold Coast to the south.
And for those who are less outdoor type, there is the Queensland Culture Centre.
Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Museum, Queensland Conservatorium of Music and Queensland Performing Arts Complex are all located there.
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