Wacol
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town, suburb
A suburb of Brisbane. Postcode - 4076. Named and bounded by Minister for Survey and Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs 11 August 1975. Boundary altered by the Minister for Natural Resources and Minister for Mines, 11 July 2003. Suburb name derived from railway station name used by Railways Department from 8 July 1927, replacing Wolston (used from 8 October 1874). The name was changed to Wacol because of the confusion with the Brisbane suburb of Wilston. The origins of the name Wacol have links with the weighbridge, which weighed all the coal from the West Moreton field from 1914. The chief railway business at this station was to weigh coal - hence the name Wacol.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacol,_Queensland
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 27°35'15"S 152°55'11"E
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- Greenbank 6.5 km
- Kholo 22 km
- Jimboomba 22 km
- Enoggera Reservoir 24 km
- Pine Mountain 26 km
- Eagle Farm 31 km
- Pimpama QLD 4209 40 km
- Morayfield 56 km
- Caboolture 63 km
- Gailes Golf Course 1.4 km
- Wolston and Brisbane Womens Correctional Centre 1.6 km
- The Park Centre for Mental Health 1.7 km
- Pooh Corner 1.7 km
- Wolston Park Golf Club 2.2 km
- Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops 4.4 km
- Bellbowrie Neighbourhood Watch 4.7 km
- Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies 6.7 km
- Greater Brisbane, QLD 25 km
- City of Ipswich 27 km