23-518: McLeod Country Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course located in Mount Ommaney , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. It was the first golf club in Australia to give women members equal rights to men, and is one of few golf clubs in the world managed entirely by female members. The idea of a golf club where women would have equal rights as the men had been mooted since around 1963. Some years later, it
46-737: A Border Police Station on Woogaroo Creek/ Brisbane River in early 1843. He travelled throughout the Moreton Bay area for his work, part of which involved local Aboriginal people . His border police were involved in the Battle of One Tree Hill . In March to April 1843 he undertook an exploration of the Bunya Country in the Wide Bay district. After first living at Eagle Farm then at Petrie's Bight, Simpson established his first cottage at Woogaroo (now Goodna ), situated between Brisbane and Ipswich on what
69-638: A population of 2,503 people. Mount Ommaney Special School is a special primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at 94 Capitol Drive ( 27°32′32″S 152°56′31″E / 27.5421°S 152.9419°E / -27.5421; 152.9419 ( Mount Ommaney Special School ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 87 students with 35 teachers (28 full-time equivalent) and 55 non-teaching staff (35 full-time equivalent). There are no regular schools in Mount Ommaney. The nearest primary schools are Jindalee State School to
92-495: Is a south-western riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The mountain of the same name is located within the locality ( 27°32′39″S 152°55′44″E / 27.5443°S 152.9290°E / -27.5443; 152.9290 ( Mount Ommany (mountain) ) ). In the 2021 census , Mount Ommaney had a population of 2,503 people. Mount Ommaney is 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) by road south-west of
115-502: Is in the west of the suburb and has a golf course of 18 holes. Alfresco dining on the verandah is available overlooking the course and across to the hill and creek. The suburb takes its name from the mountain, which in turn takes its name from John Mansell Ommaney, the nephew of Stephen Simpson , Commissioner for Crown Lands in the Moreton Bay District. Simpson had designated his nephew, John Ommaney as his heir. On 11 March 1856
138-461: Is named) as his heir. On 11 March 1856 the young man was riding from Wolston station and was thrown from his horse. The horse returned to Wolston and a search was undertaken. Ommaney was found on the ground insensible and, despite medical attention, died. His body was taken by steamer to be buried in the Church of England cemetery at Paddington . This may have affected Simpson's commitment to remaining in
161-656: Is opposite to the Mount Ommaney Hotel. The mountain is 82 metres (269 ft) above sea level. Homes on the top of the mountain generally have views either to the Brisbane CBD , the suburbs, the countryside on the opposite side of the river or the river itself. These houses tend to be very expensive as spare residential land is rare in Mount Ommaney. McLeod Country Golf Club ( 27°33′03″S 152°55′26″E / 27.5509°S 152.924°E / -27.5509; 152.924 ( McLeod Country Golf Club ) )
184-519: The Brisbane CBD . The Centenary Highway is the eastern boundary of the suburb. Mount Ommaney is located on the southern side of the Brisbane River (across from Pinjarra Hills ) and the majority of the properties are located on the hill itself. A relatively large section of Mount Ommaney is forest that is protected by the Brisbane City Council and will not be developed, this includes
207-544: The Centenary of Queensland ). Mount Ommaney Special School opened on 1 January 1992. Mount Ommaney Library opened in 1997 with a major refurbishment in 2015. In the 2011 census , the population of Mount Ommaney was 2,334, 54.3% female and 45.7% male. The median age of the Mount Ommaney population was 45 years of age, 8 years above the Australian median. 58% of people living in Mount Ommaney were born in Australia, compared to
230-695: The Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Mount Ommaney Library. Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre bus station serves routes to Brisbane City , surrounding Centenary Suburbs and Heathwood . Transport for Brisbane operates 13 routes that serve stops in Mount Ommaney: * Services are one way during each peak with the AM services towards the city and PM peak from the city. Stephen Simpson (doctor) Stephen Simpson (1793–1869)
253-614: The Queensland Legislative Council , Simpson attended only once before he travelled to England. He was granted a leave of absence from the Council until September 1864. However, Simpson never returned to Queensland and resigned from the Council on 3 February 1865. Simpson died on Thursday 11 March 1869 at 28 Bryanston Street, Portman Square , Marylebone , London. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article incorporates text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by
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#1732851068337276-798: The Wilmot and then arriving in Moreton Bay in July 1840. Stephen Simpson was appointed Commissioner for Crown Lands for the Moreton Bay District in 1842 when the area was first opened up for free settlement following the closure of the penal colony. He was a doctor of medicine, a Justice of the Peace , a police magistrate and a founding Member of the Queensland Legislative Council following separation from New South Wales . Simpson established
299-465: The Wolston Estate, consisting of 54 farms on an area of 3000 acres, offered for auction at Centennial Hall, Brisbane, on 16 October 1901. Wolston Estate is the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named. Only three of the farms sold at the original auction. In 1879, the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division
322-406: The area next to the river that was once a stone quarry. Many of the lots in Mount Ommaney are around or in excess of 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft). The Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre ( 27°32′57″S 152°56′20″E / 27.5491°S 152.9390°E / -27.5491; 152.9390 ( Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre ) ) is located on the outskirts of the suburb and
345-522: The colony and a few years later, he put the Wolston estate up for sale and returned to England. According to the auction notice which appeared in the Moreton Bay Courier of 3 January 1860 the estate was by then well established with 2,000 acres (8.1 km ) of fenced land, an extensive garden and orchards and 250 head of horses and 400 of cattle. Although appointed on 23 May 1860 as a life member of
368-422: The national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Vietnam 3.4%, Taiwan 3.3%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 2.8%. 68.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 6.4% Mandarin, 4.9% Vietnamese, 4.6% Cantonese, 1.8% Arabic, 1.4% Tamil. In the 2016 census , Mount Ommaney had a population of 2,360 people. In the 2021 census , Mount Ommaney had
391-597: The north in neighbouring Jindalee and Jamboree Heights State School to the south in neighbouring Jamboree Heights . The nearest secondary school is Centenary State High School in Jindalee. The Brisbane City Council operates a public library in the Mount Ommaney Centre at 171 Dandenong Road ( 27°32′53″S 152°56′16″E / 27.5481°S 152.9379°E / -27.5481; 152.9379 ( Mount Ommaney Library ) ). The Centenary sub-branch of
414-534: The young man, aged 20, was riding from Wolston House and was thrown from his horse. The horse returned to Wolston House and a search was undertaken. Ommaney was found on the ground insensible and, despite medical attention, died. His body was taken by steamer to be buried in the Church of England cemetery at Paddington . The western part of the original land holdings that became the Centenary Suburbs were part of
437-680: Was a doctor and civil servant in Queensland , Australia. He was a founding Member of the Queensland Legislative Council . Stephen Simpson was born on 29 July 1793 in Wolston , Warwickshire , England, the son of Thomas Simpson and his wife Anne (née Bank). From 1813 to 1817 he was a soldier with the 4th Light Dragoons . After that he studied medicine in Edinburgh . He became interested in homeopathy. Simpson immigrated to Queensland, arriving first in Sydney on
460-722: Was agreed on the provision that the buyers built the golf course. That one dollar note is now displayed in the foyer of the clubhouse. The initial nine-hole course was completed in 1972. The name McLeod was used to honour Miss Gertrude McLeod, who had devoted her life to promoting women's golf in Queensland. She was president of the Queensland Ladies Golf Union for 30 years and president of the Australian Ladies Golf Union for five years. Mount Ommaney, Queensland Download coordinates as: Mount Ommaney
483-592: Was created. In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division becoming a Shire in 1903 which contained the area of Wolston Estate. In 1925, the Shire of Sherwood was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane . Mount Ommaney was developed as part of the Hooker Centenary Project in 1959. It and the surrounding suburbs such as Jindalee are known as the Centenary Suburbs (1959 being
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#1732851068337506-402: Was made known to Hilda Reid and Kathleen Atherton, who were members at Ashgrove Golf Club, that Centenary Estates were offering land for the development of a golf course . They subsequently met with Mr Peter Lightfoot, general manager of Centenary Estates. On 20 September 1968, Atherton signed an agreement on behalf of McLeod Country Golf Club to purchase the land for the price of $ 1 ; the sale
529-561: Was to become the site of the Wolston Park Hospital . In 1851, when the opportunity to buy land in the area arose, he purchased 640 acres (2.6 km ) to the east of his first house on land overlooking the Brisbane River . There he constructed a two-room brick cottage over a sandstone basement. The house was shingled and had a detached kitchen. This cottage now forms the core of the heritage-listed Wolston House . Simpson had designated his nephew, John Ommaney (for whom Mount Ommaney
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