19-652: Racecourse Road is a road in the suburb of Hamilton in the City of Brisbane , Queensland, Australia. It is a dining, shopping and entertainment precinct in Brisbane , that connects Kingsford Smith Drive and the Eagle Farm Racecourse . Racecourse Road extends for 900 metres (3,000 ft) from Kingsford Smith Drive in Hamilton in the south to Eagle Farm Racecourse in Ascot in
38-580: 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
57-652: A standing committee of ANZLIC in 2002. ICSM was established by the Prime Minister, State Premiers, and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in 1988. Since that time the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand have joined ICSM. The Australian Defence forces are also represented on ICSM. Members are senior representatives of surveying and mapping agencies. Prior to 1988 a similar body,
76-728: Is located the road's southern end at Bretts Wharf . Access to the City network train services is provided since 1882 by the Eagle Farm railway station . The first taxi company in Brisbane, the Ascot Taxi Service, was founded by Edmund Beckham and Edward Videan in 1919 and it operated from the Ascot Garage on Racecourse Road. Racecourse Road is home to more than 130 businesses. These include 30 restaurants and cafes, including several Thai restaurants and many ethnic and Western cuisines, including
95-435: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ANZLIC , or The Spatial Information Council , is the peak intergovernmental organisation providing leadership in
114-987: 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
133-594: The Australian armed forces. The Front Row Theatre conducts its season in the old Hamilton Town Hall . When the member for the electoral district of Clayfield , Tim Nicholls ( LNP ), was councillor for the Brisbane City Council, he had an office in Racecourse Road until the 2006 Queensland election when he defeated Liddy Clark ( ALP ) who also had her office on Racecourse Road. The current councillor for
152-667: The Hamilton ward, David McLachlan , now occupies the office Nicholls used when he was councillor. Annual events include the street carnival in June, spring and winter racing carnivals on the two racecourses, the Pink Poincinia Project for breast cancer awareness which decorates the trees with pink ornaments and figures. St Augustine's Anglican Church starts its Christmas celebrations with a community carols concert. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
171-549: The National Mapping Council (NMC), had coordinated cooperative Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory mapping programs since 1945. Although the NMC had been an effective forum, the changing operational environment of the late 1980s led to the cessation of the NMC and the formation of ICSM to cover both surveying and mapping issues, as they related to Government activities, to ensure continued cooperation in these activities on
190-799: The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and sacked from government. ANZLIC, under Watkins, was the driver of the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda. Elizabeth O'Keeffe , Victoria ANZLIC delegate (Land Victoria), represented ANZLIC on the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda Steering Group. Warren Entsch , then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, officially welcomed
209-552: The Opposition claimed O’Keeffe had been sacked. Her Minister, Sherryl Garbutt denied that O'Keeffe had been sacked. The same day, O’Keeffe issued an internal memo, copied to all DNRE staff, dismissing the Opposition claims and advising she had instructed her lawyers to seek an unconditional retraction and apology from the Opposition and media. Also, she advised she would take legal action on any further claims. The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ( ICSM ), became
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#1732851518062228-545: The Spatial Information Council. Warwick Watkins was the longest serving Chairman of ANZLIC, 2000–2011, until he was dismissed from the NSW Public Service. ANZLIC chair appointments are typically only for two years, but Watkins held the chair for more than eleven. Drew Clarke immediately replaced Watkins as Chair of ANZLIC and remained as Chair until mid 2015. Watkins was found guilty of corruption by
247-416: The adjacent streets east of Racecourse Road in Hamilton and Ascot, while accommodation on Racecourse Road itself is now overwhelmingly in small blocks of apartments. St Augustine 's Anglican Church, whose car park is accessed from Racecourse Road, was built in 1919. It is a two-storey brick building with a chapel and a columbarium beneath. Different sections of the building commemorate different sections of
266-605: The collection, management and use of spatial information in Australia and New Zealand. It supports the establishment of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in the region and has published geospatial metadata standards. ANZLIC started in 1986 as the Australian Land Information Council ( ALIC ) and it became the Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council ( ANZLIC ) in 1991. ANZLIC, now refers to itself as
285-600: The establishment of a steering group to drive the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda in November 2000. The Action Agenda was released in September 2001. O’Keeffe, herself, was reportedly removed from her Land Victoria role, and consequentially as Victorian representative to ANZLIC, arising from an investigation into attempt fraud of a government trust fund. On 12 July 2002, the prominent Melbourne newspaper, The Age , reported that O’Keeffe had resigned and further reported that
304-438: 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
323-458: 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,
342-624: The north. At its southern end, it connects to Portside Wharf and the Hamilton Harbour precinct, at its northern end to the Doomben Racecourse . The road is well known for the poinciana trees lining the footpaths along its full length. Racecourse Road was serviced by a Brisbane tram line from 1899 until 1969 when all Brisbane tram services were abandoned. It is now serviced by four stops of Brisbane bus lines 300 and 305, as well as lines 301, 302 and 303. Translink 's CityCat terminal
361-516: The noted Baguette restaurant, Tatiana Grigorieva 's gelateria Milany, supermarkets and a convenience store opposite the Hamilton Hotel pub. Other shops include florists and a dozen boutiques and fashion shops, 5 bank branches, a post office, several dental and medical practices, numerous real estate agents, two news agents, hairdressers, and a Brisbane City library. Some of the most expensive houses in Brisbane are located on large blocks of land in
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