| Pinkenba Brisbane City Council, Queensland |
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 Brownlee Street, Pinkenba |
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| Population: | 343 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4008 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 9 km (6 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Brisbane City Council | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Lilley | ||||||||||||
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Pinkenba is the name of a suburb in eastern Brisbane on the northern side of the Brisbane River. Brisbane City Council is the governing council for Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States General Post Office, also known as the GPO, is an Australia Post building The Local Government Areas (LGAs of Queensland, Australia are the areas for which particular Local Government authorities generally known as "Councils" Brisbane City Council is the governing council for Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland, Australia. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Port of Brisbane is the shipping Port of Brisbane, on the east coast of Australia. Eagle Farm is a largely industrial suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, situated around six kilometres from the centre of the city. Lytton is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 15 km north-east of the CBD Eagle Farm is a largely industrial suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, situated around six kilometres from the centre of the city. Hemmant is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 11 km east of the CBD located on the Brisbane River. Lytton is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 15 km north-east of the CBD Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Despite being less than 10 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district, it has a largely rural feel to it. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand The Brisbane Central business district (CBD or 'the City' is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The area is spatially isolated from other residential suburbs and is surrounded by the Brisbane Airport to the north and west, and industrial land and the bank of the Brisbane River to the south. The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton The suburb is accessed along Kingsford Smith Drive which passes an industrial area before reaching the suburb. The Kingsford Smith Drive is a major road in Brisbane. The road was named after the aviator Charles Kingsford Smith. Numerous development projects have been proposed for the area, including residential developments and an immigration detention centre, but nothing has ever come of it. Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia and the Pacific Ocean. Apart from BP's Bulwer Island Refinery, the suburb contains a small number of detached houses (primarily of weatherboard construction), primary school, local store, pub and industrial precints. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major
Pinkenba is also the site of the now-abandoned Pinkenba railway station. The Pinkenba railway station was originally the terminus of the Pinkenba Line just 9 km (6 mi) from the Brisbane central business district
In recent years, the Pinkenba stretches of road (including Lomandra Drive, joining the main Pinkenba arterial to the East-West airport road) have become popular haunts for street racers and motorcyclists, with Lomandra Drive being a particularly popular stretch of road for motorcyclists to test the limits of their bikes, with some racers reaching 300km/h on the main stretch. Given the limited exit routes, racing and "hooning" in this area could only be regarded as extremely foolish, as a police lockdown of the entire area is, at most, a 6-car task.
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