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Specialty Museum Attractions In Brisbane Region

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Brisbane is the capital and most populous city of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Its estimated population is 2.5 million as of 2018, while the South East Queensland region, which is centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million. The CBD stands in a peninsula on the Brisbane River, located 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the flood plain of the Brisbane river valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia’s most populous local government areas , including the City of Brisbane, which is t...
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Specialty Museum Attractions In Brisbane Region

  • 1. Bribie Island Seaside Museum Bongaree
    Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island. Bribie Island is 34 kilometres long, and 8 kilometres at its widest. Archibald Meston believed that the name of the island came from a corruption of a mainland word for it, Boorabee. meaning 'koala bear'. Bribie Island hugs the coastline and tapers to a long spit at its most northern point near Caloundra, and is separated from the mainland by Pumicestone Passage. The ocean side of the island is somewhat sheltered from prevailing winds by Moreton Island and associated sand banks and has only a small surf break. The lee side is calm, with white sandy beaches in the sout...
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  • 2. Rosewood Railway Museum Rosewood
    The Ipswich and Rosewood line refers to the section of the Main Line to Toowoomba that has a regular suburban rail service, extending southwest from the Brisbane central business district. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.
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  • 3. Grandchester Railway Station Grandchester
    Grandchester is a town in the Lockyer Valley region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 76 kilometres west of the Brisbane CBD and is within the boundaries of the City of Ipswich. The name derives from the old English name for bigge and camp , which was the initial name of the locality, and suggested by the wife of the Governor of the day when the railway opened. At the 2011 census, Grandchester had a population of 504.
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  • 4. The Workshops Rail Museum Ipswich
    The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland, Australia. The museum currently operates from its headquarters and general museum in South Brisbane with specialist museums located in Woolloongabba in Brisbane, North Ipswich in Ipswich, East Toowoomba in Toowoomba, and in Townsville City in Townsville.The museum is funded by the Queensland Government.
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  • 5. Queensland Museum & Sciencentre Brisbane
    The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland, Australia. The museum currently operates from its headquarters and general museum in South Brisbane with specialist museums located in Woolloongabba in Brisbane, North Ipswich in Ipswich, East Toowoomba in Toowoomba, and in Townsville City in Townsville.The museum is funded by the Queensland Government.
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  • 6. Museum of Brisbane Brisbane
    The Museum of Brisbane is a museum that explores contemporary and historic Brisbane, Australia, and its people through a program of art and social history exhibitions, workshops, talks, tours and children's activities. Located on the rooftop, level 3, of Brisbane City Hall in the city's CBD, the Museum and its staff are highly regarded for their innovation and contemporary international practice across the museum and gallery sector. The recipient of a number of ‚ major awards during its brief history, the Museum has been twice been awarded the top honour at the prestigious Museums and Galleries National Awards as well as multiple Queensland Museum and Gallery Achievement Awards, Museums Australia Multimedia and Publications Design Awards and National Trust of Queensland Awards.
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  • 7. Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre Gatton
    Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley local government area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 6,869.Over recent years, the rural tranquility of the Gatton area has started to be encroached on by the suburban sprawl of metropolitan Brisbane and Ipswich in the east and Toowoomba in the west. The Warrego Highway, which runs east–west through the Shire, has also experienced increasing strip development, with fuel outlets and commercial properties gradually spreading along the highway.
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  • 8. Redcliffe Museum Redcliffe
    Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the east north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately 28 kilometres north-north-east of the Brisbane CBD. It serves as the Central Business District for the Redcliffe Peninsula and its surrounding suburbs. Redcliffe is part of the statistical division of Brisbane. The town's name originates from Red Cliff Point named by the explorer Matthew Flinders, referring to the red cliffs at Woody Point. Redcliffe became Queensland's first colony in 1824; however, it was soon abandoned for Brisbane. Since the 1880s, Redcliffe has been a popular seaside resort location due to its proximity to Brisbane. It is served by a small general aviation airfield, Redcliffe Airport , located 2.5 nautical miles northwest of Redcliffe in the sub...
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  • 9. Redland Museum Cleveland
    The Redland Museum is the local history museum of South East Queensland's Redlands region, situated in the suburb of Cleveland. It specialises in preserving the Redlands' social history from 1842 to the present day.With over 14,000 items on display and in storage, the Museum regards itself as among the best in Queensland. Along with the large main building in Cleveland, Redland Museum operates a historical reference library, the adjacent functional blacksmith's shop, and a small outpost on nearby Russell Island.
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  • 10. Caboolture Warplane Museum Caboolture
    Caboolture is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, the town of Caboolture had an estimated population of 67,460. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfield and Caboolture South.
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  • 11. Queensland Maritime Museum Brisbane
    The Queensland Maritime Museum is located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River just south of the South Bank Parklands and Queensland Cultural Centre precinct of Brisbane, and close to the Goodwill Bridge. The museum was founded in 1971 and contains a two level exhibition building presenting historic sailing ship models together with merchant shipping from early cargo ships to modern container ships, tankers and cruise liners. It is housed in the building used for the “Pavilion of Promise” at World Expo 88, and the South Brisbane Dry Dock which was built in the 1870s and was 313 feet long and 60 feet wide. In 1887 the dock was extended to 430 feet due to the increasing size of vessels.The museum also includes a library that stocks documents, pictures and other relevant artifacts r...
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