11-643: Download coordinates as: Pallara is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Pallara had a population of 3,861 people. Pallara is 24.3 kilometres (15.1 mi) by road south of the Brisbane CBD . The name Pallara means flat land and is derived from a non-local Aboriginal word spelt with only one "l". The suburb is relatively undeveloped with electricity supply only reaching Pallara in 1961. Ritchie Road State School opened on 24 August 1959. The name
22-679: 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 the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
33-718: 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
44-477: Is served by Westfield Kotara shopping centre, formerly Garden City Kotara, and originally Kotara Fair, on its northern border. Adamstown Heights is located on several Newcastle Transport bus routes and is near two railway stations on the Main Northern railway line , Kotara and Adamstown . Adamstown Heights had a population of 5,299 in 2016. This City of Lake Macquarie geography article
55-486: 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. Adamstown Heights, New South Wales Adamstown Heights is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia , located 8 kilometres (5 mi) west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district along
66-513: 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, 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
77-509: The Pacific Highway . It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas . On 6 September 1991 Adamstown heights officially become a suburb of Newcastle. The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area. The suburb contains two schools, Kotara High School , established in 1968 and containing 3 hectares of native bushland, and also established in 1968 Belair Public School. The suburb
88-438: 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
99-508: The school had an enrolment of 500 students with 30 teachers (29 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). As at August 2021, the school had an enrolment of 866 students with 52 teachers (50 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Pallara. The nearest government secondary schools are Forest Lake State High School in neighbouring Forest Lake to
110-569: The west, Glenala State High School in Durack to the north-west, and Calamvale Community College in Calamvale to the east. There are a number of parks in the suburb: Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb
121-569: Was later changed to Pallara State School. In 1997, the Pallara Parklands were opened on a remediated dump. In the 2016 census , Pallara had a population of 511 people. In the 2021 census , Pallara had a population of 3,861 people. Pallara State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 39 Ritchie Road ( 27°37′44″S 152°59′36″E / 27.6290°S 152.9934°E / -27.6290; 152.9934 ( Pallara State School ) ). In 2018,
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