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28-601: Strathpine Centre is an urban shopping centre located in Strathpine , a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay , north of Brisbane , in Queensland , Australia. The centre was built and opened in 1983 by The Westfield Group . It is anchored by Big W and Target discount department stores and Woolworths , Coles and ALDI supermarkets. The centre has a food court anchored by fast food chains such as KFC and Subway . There

56-726: A department store in Moreton Bay . The Strathpine bus station , at Strathpine , Queensland , is serviced by Translink bus routes. It is part of Strathpine Centre. It is in Zone 2 of the Translink integrated public transport system. The bus station was upgraded in 2023 to upgrade wheelchair accessibility and security. Bus routes to the Strathpine bus station are operated by Transport for Brisbane , Hornibrook Bus Lines and Thompsons Bus Service . The following bus routes service

84-532: Is also an 8-screen multiplex cinema (operated by Event Cinemas ), bowling alley, gaming arcade and a gym on an upper mezzanine level. Most of the centre is single level with a rooftop carpark. It has a bus station with services to Chermside , Toombul , Redcliffe and local services to surrounding suburbs. Strathpine Centre is about a 10-minute walk to Strathpine railway station , with services to Redcliffe and Springfield Central via Brisbane. Strathpine Centre has approximately 165 specialty stores mostly within

112-476: The 2011 census , Strathpine had a population of 9,278 people, 49.8% female and 50.2% male. The median age of the Strathpine population was 35 years, 2 years below the national median of 37. 76.7% of people living in Strathpine were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.4%, England 3.2%, Philippines 1.1%, Fiji 0.8%, India 0.7%. 87.9% of people spoke only English at home;

140-471: The 2021 census , Strathpine had a population of 10,647 people. Gympie Road enters the suburb from the south-east ( Bald Hills ) and exits to the north ( Lawnton ). The North Coast railway line runs parallel to and west of Gympie Road. The suburb is served by two railway stations: Strathpine is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country. The area now known as Strathpine

168-792: The Australian First Nations people who speak the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompasses a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the territories from Moreton Bay to the base of the Toowoomba ranges including the city of Brisbane . There is debate over whether the Turrbal people of the Brisbane area should be considered a subgroup of the Jagera or a separate people. Yuggera belongs to

196-702: The Durubalic subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan languages , and is sometimes treated as the language of the Brisbane area. However, Turrbal is also sometimes used as the name for the Brisbane language or the Yugerra dialects of the Brisbane area. The Australian English word "yakka" (loosely meaning "work", as in "hard yakka") came from the Yuggera language ( yaga , "strenuous work"). According to Tom Petrie , who provided several pages listing words and placenames in

224-681: The Federal Court of Australia , in Sandy on behalf of the Yugara People v State of Queensland (No 2) , rejected the claims on the basis that under traditional law, which was now lacking, none of the claimants would be considered to have such a land right. The decision was appealed before the full bench of the Federal Court, which on 25 July 2017 rejected both appeals, confirming the 2015 decision that native title does not exist in

252-874: The Pine River . From 1889 to 2008, Strathpine was the administrative centre of the Pine Rivers Shire Council (formerly known as the Pine Division and the Shire of Pine ). Although Pine Rivers Shire was amalgamated in 2008 into the Moreton Bay Region (known since 2023 as the City of Moreton Bay), council offices are still located in the suburb. Shortcut Provisional School opened circa 1894 and closed circa 1915. Strathpine State School opened on 16 January 1911. The population of

280-609: The Aboriginal people of Brisbane was Miguntyun. Ludwig Leichhardt recorded the name for the land holding area from Gardens Point to Breakfast Creek as Megandsin or Makandschin. The precise territorial boundaries of the Jagera are not clear. Norman Tindale defined the "Jagara" (Jagera) lands as encompassing the area around the Brisbane River from the Cleveland district west to the dividing range and north to

308-671: The Brisbane river and the Turrbal mostly living north. At the time of European settlement, the Jagera people comprised local groups each of which had a specific territory. The European names for the locality groups, sometimes called clans, of the Brisbane area include the Coorpooroo, Chepara, Yerongpan and others. Jagera territory adjoined that of the Wakka Wakka and the Gubbi Gubbi (also written Kabi Kabi or Gabi Gabi) to

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336-525: The Strathpine bus station: Strathpine, Queensland Download coordinates as: Strathpine is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. It is home to the Pine Rivers District offices of the City of Moreton Bay, as well as many businesses, administrative, and local, state and federal government offices. The area is home to Strathpine Centre , a medium-sized urban shopping centre, built by Westfield . In

364-413: The area boomed in the 1940s after the opening of 'Camp Strathpine', a large army camp and airfield which helped both Australian and American forces during World War II . Modern-day Spitfire Avenue occupies the area where one of three airfields constructed in the region during World War II had resided. Development slowly increased until the 1960s when Brisbane’s rapidly growing population expanded into

392-499: The area. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the property developer, property marketer and business owner William (Bill) Bowden marketed and developed numerous estates in the Strathpine area. Bill Bowden's marketing slogan was "Little Aspley - that's Strathpine", a reference to the nearby Brisbane suburb of Aspley . Most of the farms were sold off and the area quickly grew into a residential and commercial hub. Strathpine State High School opened on 28 January 1964, but on 5 March 1964

420-495: The categories of clothing, general merchandise, homewares and cosmetics. Prior to September 2015, Scentre Group owned and managed the centre as Westfield Strathpine until it was sold off in August 2015 along with three other centres for a total of $ 783 Million. The subsequent owner is 151 Property, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group while JLL is responsible for management of the centre. On 11 September 2015, management unveiled

448-536: The centre's new branding and identity going forward. After the closure of the Myer department store at Strathpine on Saturday 3 March 2007, the section of centre where Myer was located was closed off to allow for a redesign. A new mall was unveiled shortly thereafter and at the time of opening featured a Target discount department store, JB Hi-Fi and many other retail stores. A new 2 level Myer store opened in 2008 at Westfield North Lakes , ensuring that Myer still has

476-487: The greater Brisbane area. An Indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) was signed over the site of the historic 1843 Battle of One Tree Hill , now known as Table Top Mountain , when the warrior Multuggerah from the Ugarapul tribe and a group of men ambushed and won a battle with settlers in the area. The ILUA was signed between Toowoomba City Council and a body representing the "Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul people" as

504-416: The languages spoken in the area of Brisbane ( Mianjin ), yaggaar was the local word for "no". (The word for "no" in Aboriginal languages was often an ethnonymic marker of difference between Aboriginal groups.) Mianjin is a Yuggera/Turrbal word meaning "spike place" or "tulip wood". It was used for the area now covered by Gardens Point and the Brisbane central business district . The Yuggera word for

532-560: The modern city of Brisbane. According to Steele, the territory of the "Yuggera people" (Jagera) extended south to the Logan river , north almost to Caboolture and west to Toowoomba. However, he considered that Turrbal speakers covered much of Brisbane from the Logan river to the Pine river . Ford and Blake state that the Jagera and Turrbal were distinct peoples, the Jagera generally living south of

560-632: The next most common languages were 1.1% Samoan, 0.9% Hindi, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.3% Filipino. In the 2016 census , Strathpine had a population of 9,503 people. In the 2021 census , Strathpine had a population of 10,647 people. Strathpine has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Strathpine State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls in Don Court ( 27°17′38″S 152°59′25″E  /  27.2939°S 152.9902°E  / -27.2939; 152.9902  ( Strathpine State School ) ). In 2018,

588-528: The north of the suburb. They are on the Queensland Rail City network 's Caboolture and Redcliffe Peninsula railway lines with frequent services to Brisbane, Caboolture and Redcliffe . Strathpine Bus Station at Strathpine Centre has many services frequently departing to other surrounding suburbs, Redcliffe , Chermside and Warner . Yugara The Jagera people, also written Yagarr , Yaggera , Yuggera , and other variants, are

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616-550: The north, and that of the Yugambeh and the Bundjalung people to the south. Descendants of both the Jagera (Yugara) and the Turrbal consider themselves traditional custodians of the land over which much of Brisbane is built. Native claim applications were lodged respectively by the Turrbal in 1998 and the Jagera in 2011, and the two separate claims were combined in 2013. In January 2015, Justice Christopher Jessup for

644-442: The school had an enrolment of 1,281 students with 109 teachers (101 full-time equivalent) and 44 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. The Moreton Bay City Council operates a public library at 1 Station Road. The Pine Rivers Park is at 125 Gympie Road. Strathpine has two railway stations: Strathpine railway station in the south of the suburb and Bray Park railway station in

672-468: The school had an enrolment of 434 students with 32 teachers (29 full-time equivalent) and 24 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Strathpine West State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 16-20 Garbala Drive ( 27°18′22″S 152°58′12″E  /  27.3060°S 152.9699°E  / -27.3060; 152.9699  ( Strathpine West State School ) ). In 2018,

700-466: The school had an enrolment of 534 students with 38 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 24 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Pine Rivers State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 535 Gympie Road ( 27°17′47″S 152°59′22″E  /  27.2963°S 152.9894°E  / -27.2963; 152.9894  ( Pine Rivers State High School ) ). In 2018,

728-462: The vicinity of Esk . According to Watson, the "Yugarabul tribe" (Jagera) inhabited the territories from Moreton Bay to Toowoomba to the west, extending almost to Nanango in the northwest. He also describes their territory as "the basins of the Brisbane and Caboolture Rivers " and states that a sub-group of the Yugarabul was the "Turaubul" (Turrbal) people whose territory included the site of

756-651: Was originally developed in the 1860s as an addition to the North Pine settlement (now known as Petrie ) during the Gympie gold rush. In the late 19th century, the area was known for sugar and rum production, with several sugar mills and distilleries in the area. The area was first named Strathpine by the Queensland Government Railways in the 1880s where Strathpine is a Scottish place name, where strath means valley and pine refers to

784-520: Was renamed Pine Rivers District State High School, which was later simplified to Pine Rivers State High School. Strathpine State Infants School was separated from Strathpine State School on 23 January on 1978. It closed on 9 December 1988, reamalgamating with Strathpine State School. Strathpine West State School opened on 27 January 1981. Growth continued into the 1980s and Strathpine Centre opened on 22 August 1983, known as Westfield Strathpine until 2015. The Strathpine Library opened in 1990. In

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