Moggill
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Moggill Brisbane, Queensland |
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 Moggill
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| Coordinates | 27°35′S 152°52′E / 27.583°S 152.867°ECoordinates: 27°35′S 152°52′E / 27.583°S 152.867°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 3,606 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4070 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 19 km (12 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
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City of Brisbane (Pullenvale Ward) |
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| State electorate(s) | Moggill | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Ryan | ||||||||||||
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Moggill is a suburb in the west of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the Brisbane CBD. It comprises a mixture of small-lot and acreage residential homes along with a small number of remaining farms. Moggill is located in the Parish of Moggill within the County of Stanley, Queensland.
The Brisbane River and Moggill Creek were rich in resources and evidence of Aboriginal occupation includes Bora grounds near the Moggill Pony Club and O'Brien Road. Another Bora ring is located at the end of Riversleigh Road.
John Oxley the first European visitor, named it Termination Plains when he landed in the Priors Pocket area in 1823. In 1848 a profitable coal mine owned by John Williams commenced operation. In 1846 the first paddle steamer service from Brisbane to Ipswich began, travelling along the Brisbane and Bremer rivers past Moggill. At least eight steamers operated between 1846 and 1875, the trip taking four to seven hours. Previously a row boat operated by convicts would take around 12 hours from Brisbane to Ipswich and punts flowing with the tide would take several days. In 1849 The Moreton Bay Courier noted that land near "Moghill Creek" might be soon put up for sale, with settlers who arrived on The Fortitude given some assistance to help with a purchase. The first survey of Moggill was in 1851, with a township planned in the vicinity of Weekes Rd, however it was later established near the present school. A cemetery was established in 1865. The Moggill State School opened on 12 February 1866, with 53 students enrolled, and an average attendance of 31-24 boys and 13 girls. The school began as a as a two-room schoolhouse and remaining that way until 1970 when the population of the area started expanding rapidly.
In 1868 the Moggill Methodist Church was built at the corner of Moggill Road and Kangaroo Gully Road. Originally it was it had neither lining or ceiling, and had a shingle roof and cedar window frames. The church remains on the grounds of the Moggill Uniting Church.
In 1877 Moggill and the Moggill residents were described thus in The Queensland Times newspaper:
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