Gailes, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Gailes
City:Ipswich
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.6138°N 152.9102°W
Pop:1831
Postcode:4300
Area:1.3
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:7.5
Dir1:NW
Location1:Bellbird Park
Dist2:8.1
Dir2:N
Location2:Springfield
Dist3:18.0
Dir3:E
Location3:Ipswich CBD
Dist4:23.9
Dir4:SW
Location4:Brisbane CBD
Lga:City of Ipswich
Stategov:Jordan
Fedgov:Oxley
Near-Nw:Goodna
Near-N:Wacol
Near-Ne:Wacol
Near-W:Goodna
Near-E:Carole Park
Near-Sw:Goodna
Near-S:Camira
Near-Se:Carole Park

Gailes is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Gailes had a population of 1,831 people.

Geography

The suburb is bounded to the north by the Ipswich Motorway and the Main Line railway and to the west by Woogaroo Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River.[2]

The land use is predominantly residential with a small amount of undeveloped bushland in the south-west of the locality.

History

In 1823 explorer John Oxley named a local high point Dingo Hill which became the local name for the area.[3] This led to a local railway siding to also be named Dingo Hill.[4]

On 16 September 1925, the Dingo Hill railway siding was upgraded and renamedGailes railway station, after the Western Gailes Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland.[5] The suburb of Gailes takes its name from the railway station. The name Gailes means "overgrown by bog-myrth".

Suburban boundary changes in 1986 resulted in the Gailes railway station now being within the suburb of Wacol in City of Brisbane. Similarly the hill Dingo Hill is now within the neighbouring suburb of Camira.

In January 2011 Gailes was flooded during the 2011 Queensland floods.[6]

Demographics

In the, Gailes had a population of 1,646 people.

In the, Gailes had a population of 1,828 people.

In the, Gailes had a population of 1,831 people.

Transport

There is no railway station within the suburb of Gailes. The nearest railway stations are Goodna railway station and Gailes railway station, both of which provide regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane, Ipswich and Rosewood via Ipswich.

Education

There are no schools in Gailes. The nearest primary school is Camira State School in neighbouring Camira to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Bellbird Park State Secondary College in Bellbird Park to the south-west and Woodcrest State College in Springfield to the south.

Facilities

Gailes Post Office is at Gailes Shopping Centre, 65 Old Logan Road (-27.6111°N 152.9158°W).[7] [8]

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the area, including:

External links

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. 11 February 2021.
  3. 11 February 2021.
  4. Web site: 25 February 2010. It's official, Dingo Hill exists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210211022051/https://www.qt.com.au/news/its-official-dingo-hill-exists/475747/. 11 February 2021. 2021-02-11. Queensland Times. en.
  5. News: 19 September 1925. Dingo Hill. 5. The Telegraph. 16,475. Queensland, Australia. live. 11 February 2021. National Library of Australia. 11 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210211022001/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182274606.
  6. Web site: 2020-01-11. Looking back on the devastating Queensland floods of 2011. 2021-02-11. 7NEWS.com.au. en. 11 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210211022040/https://7news.com.au/news/qld/queensland-floods-of-2011-the-crisis-that-killed-33-people-and-devastated-communities-c-634419. live.
  7. Web site: 17 November 2020. Building areas - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f. 23 October 2020. 17 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  8. Web site: Gailes LPO. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210211022040/https://auspost.com.au/locate/post-office/qld/gailes/4300/gailes-lpo-437595. 11 February 2021. 2021-02-11. Australia Post. en.
  9. Web site: 20 November 2020. Land for public recreation - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009. 22 November 2020. 22 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.