21-483: Download coordinates as: Shorncliffe is a coastal north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. It is on the shore of Bramble Bay , part of Moreton Bay . The suburb attracts visitors to its historic Shorncliffe pier , and Lovers Walk, a walking path along the coastline between Shorncliffe and neighbouring Sandgate . In the 2021 census , Shorncliffe had a population of 1,907 people. Shorncliffe
42-580: A larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and
63-526: A population of 1,907 people. Shorncliffe has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Shorncliffe State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Yundah Street ( 27°19′25″S 153°04′51″E / 27.3237°S 153.0809°E / -27.3237; 153.0809 ( Shorncliffe State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 345 students with 29 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). St Patrick's College
84-474: A walking track along the coastline between Shorncliffe and neighbouring Sandgate as well as Moora Park and Beach, which includes a dog off-leash beach. At times Shorncliffe has different festivals, including The Blue Water Festival whereby that start of the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race begins from the opening of The Cabbage Tree Creek. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
105-735: Is Sandgate District State High School in Deagon to the west. The Sandgate Golf Club is located in Allpass Parade. The Sandgate sub-branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Volunteer Marine Rescue Centre at 95 Allpass Parade. Shorncliffe is a popular Brisbane destination due to its coastline, the historical Shorncliffe pier , which is one of the longest recreational piers in Australia, Lovers Walk,
126-531: Is a Catholic primary and secondary (5-12) school for boys at 60 Park Parade ( 27°19′24″S 153°05′00″E / 27.3234°S 153.0834°E / -27.3234; 153.0834 ( St Patrick's College ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,325 students with 97 teachers (95 full-time equivalent) and 70 non-teaching staff (62 full-time equivalent). There is no government secondary school in Shorncliffe. The nearest government secondary school
147-644: Is situated in Brisbane's northeastern suburbs on Bramble Bay, part of Moreton Bay. Shorncliffe is bounded to the north, north-east and east by Bramble Bay and to the south-east, south, and south-west by Cabbage Tree Creek ( 27°19′54″S 153°05′00″E / 27.3316°S 153.0832°E / -27.3316; 153.0832 ( Cabbage Tree Creek ) ), which enters the bay at Cabbage Tree Point ( 27°19′43″S 153°05′16″E / 27.3286°S 153.0877°E / -27.3286; 153.0877 ( Cabbage Tree Head ) ). The only land boundary
168-598: Is to the neighbouring suburb of Sandgate and all land transport to Shorncliffe must go via Sandgate. Shorncliffe railway station in Railway Avenue ( 27°19′37″S 153°04′50″E / 27.3269°S 153.0806°E / -27.3269; 153.0806 ( Shorncliffe railway station ) ) is the terminus of the Shorncliffe railway line (originally known as the Sandgate railway line). Aboriginal people called
189-987: The Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
210-504: The area Warra , meaning an expanse of water . Cabbage Tree Creek appears on Robert Dixon's 1842 survey of Moreton Bay. The town was named Sandgate by James Burnett , an early surveyor in the region after the seaside town of Sandgate in Kent , England. Sandgate in Kent had a military camp, Shorncliffe Army Camp , on top of the cliffs adjacent to it. Burnett named the cliffs Shorncliffe after
231-466: The auction states the land available was subdivisions 1 to 14, of allotments 8, 9, 10 and part of 7, Sec. 3, Town of Sandgate. A Church of England was built in Signal Row on the corner of Yundah Street ( 27°19′24″S 153°04′50″E / 27.3234°S 153.0806°E / -27.3234; 153.0806 ( St Nicolas' Anglican Church (site) ) ), then the centre of the developing town. It
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#1732858321849252-576: The camp in Kent, due to the similarity of the cliffs. Historically Shorncliffe was regarded as a neighbourhood within Sandgate (which was initially as the independent Town of Sandgate and, from 1925, as a suburb within the City of Brisbane). On 11 August 1975, Shorncliffe became a separate suburb within the City of Brisbane. The first Shorncliffe pier was built in 1879. It was built by local hotel proprietor William Deagon to attract ferries coming from Brisbane to Sandgate to disembark passengers at Shorncliffe too. It
273-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
294-581: The golf course would be of lasting benefit. St Patrick's College opened on 21 January 1952. In June 1990, the Uniting Church in Australia congregations of Boondall , Brighton , Sandgate and Shorncliffe decided to amalgamate. Their new Sandgate Uniting Church in Deagon was opened in Sunday 20 November 1994. In March 2012, the Shorncliffe pier was closed for public safety after the discovery of damage done by marine borers and an engineering report revealed
315-509: The names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to,
336-422: The national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 5%, Scotland 0.8%, United States of America 0.7%, Ireland 0.7%. 92.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% German, 0.5% French, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Serbian. In the 2016 census , Shorncliffe had a population of 1,870 people. In the 2021 census , Shorncliffe had
357-524: The old court house beside the police station. It catered for children up to 8 years old. In 1928 it became Shorncliffe State School providing a full primary school service. The Sandgate Golf Club commenced in 1921 with the official opening of its 9-hole course on 25 November 1922, having obtained a 21-year lease of the site from the Sandgate Town Council for a nominal rental as the Council believed that
378-505: The pier could not be saved. The Brisbane City Council demolished it and replaced it with a new pier, designed to be almost identical to the old pier. The new pier opened on 25 March 2016. In the 2011 census , the population of Shorncliffe was 1,914, 49.3% female and 50.7% male. The median age of the Shorncliffe population was 41 years, 4 years above the Australian median. 78% of people living in Shorncliffe were born in Australia, compared to
399-610: Was enlarged which involved re-orienting the building on the block so the chancel was to the south rather than to the original east. In 1930 the undercroft was enclosed with bricks to form a church wall. The church closed in 1988. The Queensland Government purchased the church and incorporated it into Shorncliffe State School but subsequently demolished it due to extensive termite damage. Its stained glass windows were preserved and are now in St Margaret's Anglican Church at Sandgate. Shorncliffe Infants State School opened on 28 January 1919 in
420-441: Was opened and dedicated on Sunday 12 December 1880 by Bishop Matthew Hale . It was a timber church 35 by 20 feet (10.7 by 6.1 m) and able to accommodate 150 people. It was designed by architect FDG Stanley and built by contractors Woodward and Betts of Brisbane. In September 1886 it was announced that it would be dedicated to St Nicolas, the patron saint of sailors and sea-farers, a common practice in seaside towns. In 1887 it
441-476: Was replaced with a longer pier built from 1883 to 1884, which was further extended to facilitate docking at low tide. Although the last ferry to Shorncliffe was in 1928, it remained a popular with holidaymakers. In December 1879, allotments in the Town of Sandgate were auctioned by John Cameron. A map advertising the auction shows allotments bordered by Friday, Yundah and Kate Streets, now in Shorncliffe. A map advertising
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