16-456: Download coordinates as: Raceview is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Raceview had a population of 9,699 people. The Cunningham Highway passes through the south-eastern corner of Raceview, entering from Blackstone and exiting to Flinders View . In 1828 during the convict era , there was a farm called Plough Station. The origin of
32-591: A special education program. Bethany Lutheran Primary School is a private primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 126 Cascade Street ( 27°38′14″S 152°46′35″E / 27.6373°S 152.7764°E / -27.6373; 152.7764 ( Bethany Lutheran Primary School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 278 students with 22 teachers (19 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Raceview. The nearest government secondary school
48-580: 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
64-513: A population of 9,721 people. In the 2021 census , Raceview had a population of 9,699 people. Raceview State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 96 Wildey Street ( 27°38′26″S 152°46′56″E / 27.6406°S 152.7823°E / -27.6406; 152.7823 ( Raceview State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 996 students with 69 teachers (63 full-time equivalent) and 45 non-teaching staff (29 full-time equivalent). It includes
80-511: Is Bremer State High School in neighbouring Ipswich CBD to the west. There is a shopping precinct on Raceview Road ( 27°38′04″S 152°46′29″E / 27.6344°S 152.7748°E / -27.6344; 152.7748 ( shopping precinct ) ). Raceview Post Office is located within that precinct ( 27°38′05″S 152°46′30″E / 27.6347°S 152.7750°E / -27.6347; 152.7750 ( Raceview Post Office ) ). Cascade Gardens Retirement Village
96-483: Is at 65 Briggs Road ( 27°38′26″S 152°45′36″E / 27.6405°S 152.7600°E / -27.6405; 152.7600 ( Ipswich Hockey ) ). Brothers Leagues Club Ipswich is at 20 Wildey Road ( 27°37′51″S 152°47′05″E / 27.6309°S 152.7848°E / -27.6309; 152.7848 ( sports centre ) ). There are a number of parks in the area: Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
112-411: Is at 67 Cascade Street ( 27°38′19″S 152°46′19″E / 27.6385°S 152.7719°E / -27.6385; 152.7719 ( Cascade Gardens Retirement Village ) ). Elim Retirement Village is at 123 Cemetery Road ( 27°38′02″S 152°46′44″E / 27.6339°S 152.7789°E / -27.6339; 152.7789 ( Elim Retirement Village ) ). Ipswich Hockey
128-987: 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
144-547: The Starline Drive-In Theatre opened on the southern side of Cascade Street between Whitehill Road and Raceview Street. It could accommodate 300 cars. It subsequently was converted to have two screens. It closed in 1996 and was demolished by 1977. The site is now the Cascade Gardens Retirement Village. Bethany Lutheran Primary School opened on 2 February 1982. In the 2016 census , Raceview had
160-527: The United States after the war. Mrs Rose Manson, who lived in nearby Salisbury Street, placed flowers on the graves every Sunday and wrote letters to their next-of-kin in the USA, reporting on the burial ceremonies and sending them photos of the cemetery. Many of the families wrote back to her, some sending seeds from their gardens, which she grew to provide flowers for the graves. She also sent cards on Mothers Day to
176-438: 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
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#1732859396822192-497: The mothers. After the war ended, Mrs Dave Moretz of Wichita , whose son Harry was among the graves Mrs Mason visited, launched a national campaign to raise money to bring Mrs Mason to the USA. In May 1947, Mrs Mason left Sydney on the Marine Phoenix for a six-month tour of all of the states of the USA. In November and December 1947, 1397 American war dead were exhumed from the cemetery, embalmed, placed in steel coffins, and taken on
208-509: 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,
224-556: The ship Gauchec Victory to the United States for permanent burial with military honours. All that remained of the former cemetery was a white memorial which was the base of the flagpole and part of the cemetery around that memorial was made into a park, called Manson Park in Mrs Manson's honour. In 1971, Major J. Watson of the United States Air Force placed a commemorative plaque in the park. In August 1947, Raceview Public Hall
240-445: The suburb name is from an early racecourse at the end of Grange Road, which later relocated to Bundamba . Raceview Provisional School opened on 20 August 1901. On 1 January 1909, it became Raceview State School. During World War II , American military personnel who died in or near Australia were buried in a 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) extension of Ipswich General Cemetery as a temporary arrangement until their bodies could be returned to
256-465: Was established on a site north of the Raceview State School (now 185 Cascade Street, 27°38′21″S 152°46′58″E / 27.6393°S 152.7827°E / -27.6393; 152.7827 ( Raceview Public Hall ) ) by relocating the former Glenville Hall from South Station Road, Booval . As at 2022, the building is still extant, but not in use as a public hall. In May 1959,
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