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Ormiston, Queensland
Ormiston is a coastal residential locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Ormiston had a population of 6,379 people.
Ormiston is adjacent to the localities of Cleveland and Wellington Point. The southern half is bisected by the Cleveland railway line with the locality served by Ormiston railway station (27°30′53″S 153°15′21″E / 27.5146°S 153.2558°E).
Empire Point lies on the coast (27°30′01″S 153°15′47″E / 27.5004°S 153.2630°E) adjacent to Tolston Terrace.
The border in the west roughly aligns with Hillards Creek (27°29′30″S 153°15′27″E / 27.4918°S 153.2574°E).
The Koobenpul lived on the mainland coastal strip stretching from Talwarrapin (Redland Bay) to the mouth of the Mairwar (Brisbane River), including the area now known as Ormiston. Canoe trees and a bora ring from pre-settlement days still remain along Hilliards Creek.
Originally part of the township of Cleveland, early industry included a brickworks established by James Maskell on the eastern bank of Hilliards Creek in 1852 and fellmongery (wool scour) owned by a Thomas Blacket Stephens until the early 1860s. Joseph Clark raised cattle in the district from 1855 until he relinquished the lease in 1858.
Land around Ormiston was bought in 1853 by Captain Louis Hope, a Scottish aristocrat and a founder of the Queensland sugar industry. Hope built Ormiston House from 1858 and 1865 as the centre of a 325-acre (1.32 km2) sugar estate. Ormiston House is one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in Queensland.
The property was originally called Woojanness, but was renamed Ormiston after the Hope's family ancestral village of Ormiston, Scotland. It has an ornamental garden that dates from the building of the house. Hope continued with his plantation until 1875, until he lost a dispute over access to his sugar mill and decided to dismantle it. Since the 1960s the house has been a museum. Although the house was called Ormiston, the area around it was still known as Cleveland for many years. When the railway came through the area in 1889, the new railway station and the area around it also became known as Ormiston.
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Ormiston, Queensland
Ormiston is a coastal residential locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Ormiston had a population of 6,379 people.
Ormiston is adjacent to the localities of Cleveland and Wellington Point. The southern half is bisected by the Cleveland railway line with the locality served by Ormiston railway station (27°30′53″S 153°15′21″E / 27.5146°S 153.2558°E).
Empire Point lies on the coast (27°30′01″S 153°15′47″E / 27.5004°S 153.2630°E) adjacent to Tolston Terrace.
The border in the west roughly aligns with Hillards Creek (27°29′30″S 153°15′27″E / 27.4918°S 153.2574°E).
The Koobenpul lived on the mainland coastal strip stretching from Talwarrapin (Redland Bay) to the mouth of the Mairwar (Brisbane River), including the area now known as Ormiston. Canoe trees and a bora ring from pre-settlement days still remain along Hilliards Creek.
Originally part of the township of Cleveland, early industry included a brickworks established by James Maskell on the eastern bank of Hilliards Creek in 1852 and fellmongery (wool scour) owned by a Thomas Blacket Stephens until the early 1860s. Joseph Clark raised cattle in the district from 1855 until he relinquished the lease in 1858.
Land around Ormiston was bought in 1853 by Captain Louis Hope, a Scottish aristocrat and a founder of the Queensland sugar industry. Hope built Ormiston House from 1858 and 1865 as the centre of a 325-acre (1.32 km2) sugar estate. Ormiston House is one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in Queensland.
The property was originally called Woojanness, but was renamed Ormiston after the Hope's family ancestral village of Ormiston, Scotland. It has an ornamental garden that dates from the building of the house. Hope continued with his plantation until 1875, until he lost a dispute over access to his sugar mill and decided to dismantle it. Since the 1960s the house has been a museum. Although the house was called Ormiston, the area around it was still known as Cleveland for many years. When the railway came through the area in 1889, the new railway station and the area around it also became known as Ormiston.
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