20-526: Download coordinates as: Browns Plains is a suburb in the City of Logan , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Browns Plains had a population of 6,632 people. Browns Plains is generally used as a name for both the Browns Plains suburb and the former estates which all utilise the 4118 Postcode Hillcrest , Forestdale , Regents Park and Heritage Park . Browns Plains has been identified in
40-655: A special education program. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 551 students with 45 teachers (42 full-time equivalent) and 30 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent). In 2022, the school had 620 students with 48 teachers (43 full-time equivalent) and 35 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent). Browns Plains State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls in Ivor Street ( 27°40′12″S 153°03′14″E / 27.6699°S 153.0540°E / -27.6699; 153.0540 ( Browns Plains State High School ) ). It includes
60-422: A special education program. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 988 students with 88 teachers (84 full-time equivalent) and 47 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent). In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 1,083 students with 91 teachers (89 full-time equivalent) and 53 non-teaching staff (39 full-time equivalent). Browns Plains consists of numerous commercial facilities on Browns Plains Road, including
80-484: A dedicated one-stop-shop. Big W's name reflects the complementary relationship it has with Woolworths Supermarkets and the W stands for Woolworths. The separation of Big W and Woolworths supermarkets was largely completed by 1989, although a few Woolworths Variety stores continued to operate into the 90s (such as the one in Rundle Mall , Adelaide ). In 2012, Big W sponsored the then-current remake of The Price
100-601: 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
120-542: A supermarket food range". These stores were ultimately converted to supermarkets in the 1980s. The Big W name was resurrected with a new store in Tamworth in 1976, which was the first Big W discount department store to open, with the successful discount department store format that continues today. Woolworths Limited developed the Big W brand to provide Australian shoppers with a broad range of general merchandise products in
140-480: Is Right . In August 2022, Big W opened its first small format store in Town Hall, Sydney . In November 2023, the company launched Big W Market, an online marketplace for third-party businesses to sell their products. Ever since its modern format stores in 1976, Big W stores featured garden centres similar to Kmart and Target . These facilities continued to be added throughout its store portfolio throughout
160-532: Is a division of the Woolworths Group and as of 2024 operated 179 stores, with around 18,000 employees across mainland Australia and Tasmania . Big W stocks clothing, health and beauty, garden, manchester, kitchenware, toys, pet items, office items, books, televisions, gaming consoles, video games, some furniture items, snack food and small electrical household appliances both on their website and in retail stores. The first Big W store opened in 1964 at
180-428: 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. Big W Big W (stylised as BIG W ) is an Australian chain of discount department stores , which was founded in regional New South Wales in 1964. The company
200-1006: 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
220-731: The Grand Plaza Shopping Centre , which opened in 1994 and was extended 13 years later. Grand Plaza has 170 specialty stores, Big W , Target, Kmart, Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and an Event Cinema complex. The Logan City Council operate the Logan West public library at 69 Grand Plaza Drive. There are a number of parks in the suburb, including: Browns Plains Grand Plaza is a terminus for Brisbane City bus services, making it an important transport hub connecting Logan City and Brisbane City bus services. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
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#1732779924267240-624: The South East Queensland Regional Plan as an outer city regional centre. The suburb's western boundary is marked by the Mount Lindesay Highway . Scrubby Creek, a tributary of Slacks Creek, which is itself a tributary of the Logan River , is the main waterway in the area. The names Browns Plains became in use as a place name in 1840. The district was mostly used for growing tobacco until
260-603: The 1950s . The first Cobb and Co coach services were running through Browns Plains as early as 1863. Brown's Plains Provisional School opened circa 1878 open on site of Waller Park, only to close due to effects of major drought in 1902. A new post office was opened in 1980 and the name reverted to Browns Plains. St Bernardine's Catholic School opened on 27 January 1982; it is now within the neighbouring suburb of Regents Park . Browns Plains State School opened on 24 January 1983. Browns Plains State High School opened on 29 January 1985. The new Logan West Library, which replaced
280-723: The 1980s and early 2000s until they started being added to only a select few stores in the mid-late 2000s, until being retired completely in the late 2010s. However, unlike its competition, Big W still keeps their garden centres active to most of their stores built with them. Big W were the second company in Australia to use self-checkouts , which were introduced in 2003 on a trial basis in two of Sydney's major stores and began expanding throughout Australia in late 2005. In August 2014, Big W launched its first party store at Rouse Hill Town Centre in New South Wales and its second at
300-623: The Jesmond shopping centre in Newcastle . The original stores were full line department stores similar to a Myer and David Jones . At that time Woolworths still operated several hundred Woolworths Variety stores, which were the original Woolworths stores and carried a small range of general merchandise products. In 1970 the Big W name ceased to be used and the stores were converted to what were then known as Woolworths Family Centres that had "a very large range of general merchandise as well as
320-438: 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
340-514: 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,
360-655: The national average of 66.7%. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 9.2%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.8%, India 1.6% and China 1.3%. 69.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.8% Mandarin, 1.5% Samoan, 1.3% Hindi and 1.2% Urdu. In the 2021 census , Browns Plains had a population of 6,632 people. Browns Plains State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at 1-29 Mayfair Drive ( 27°40′04″S 153°03′16″E / 27.6677°S 153.0545°E / -27.6677; 153.0545 ( Browns Plains State School ) ). It includes
380-571: The newly refurbished Macquarie Centre , also in New South Wales. There are currently 176 stores across Australia. In 2022, Big W started phasing out its photo printing service citing declining demand and a growth in online photo ordering. In 2007, Big W began trialling optometry services in South Australia and since then, these services had been added to selected stores in Queensland , Victoria , New South Wales , Tasmania and
400-481: The old one near the Greenbank RSL, opened in 2003. In the 2011 census , Browns Plains had a population of 5,574 people. In the 2016 census , Browns Plains recorded a population of 6,309 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Browns Plains population was 32 years, six years below the national median of 38. 59.8% of people living in Browns Plains were born in Australia, slightly lower than
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