| Wulkuraka Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Brassall Bikeway, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
  Wulkuraka | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°37′S152°44′E / 27.617°S 152.733°E Coordinates: 27°37′S152°44′E / 27.617°S 152.733°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,234 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4305 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ipswich West | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Wulkuraka is a western suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. [2] At the 2016 census, Wulkuraka had a population of 1,234. [1]
The name Wulkuraka is from an Aboriginal word meaning either red flowering gum tree or plenty of kookaburras. [2]
The Brisbane Valley railway line once joined the Main Line from the north at Wulkuraka.
At the 2016 census, Wulkuraka had a population of 1,234. [1]
Wulkuraka has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Wulkuraka Railway Station provides Queensland Rail City network services to Rosewood, Ipswich and Brisbane via Ipswich. A workshop for the maintenance of New Generation Rollingstock stands to the west of the station. 75 of these new trains will be serviced and maintained there under the Qtectic consortium. [5]
Wulkuraka is about forty minutes from Brisbane by highway, and is near the Royal Australian Air Force Base, Amberley. It is close to shops and services.
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Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge at over Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, Wulkuraka, Queensland, Australia on the Main Line (this section is now the Ipswich and Rosewood railway line. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 November 2008.
The Sandstone Railway Culvert is a heritage-listed railway culvert at Wulkuraka, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1865. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 June 2005.
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