The Torbreck Home Units were the first high-rise and mix-use residential development in Queensland, Australia, one of these heritage-listed home units are located at which capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia?
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Torbreck home units The Torbreck Home Units were the first high-rise and mix-use residential development in Queensland, Australia. These heritage-listed home units are located at 182 Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill, Brisbane. Designed by architects Aubrey Job and Robert Froud (Job and Froud Architects), construction began in 1957 and was completed three years later in 1960. The project acquired the name 'Torbreck' to recognise a small, gabled timber cottage that previously occupied the site (called Torbreck).
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Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.4 million, and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, about 15 km from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs), most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.
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Woodend, Queensland Woodend is an inner-city suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 1,535.
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Keperra, Queensland Keperra is a suburb in City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 9 km north-west of the CBD.
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Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich is an urban region in south-east Queensland, Australia, which is located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Situated on the Bremer River, it is approximately 40 km west of the Brisbane CBD. A local government area, the City of Ipswich has a population of 200,000 (projected to grow to 435,000 residents by 2031). The city is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage. Ipswich preserves and operates from many of its historical buildings, with more than 6000 heritage-listed sites and over 500 parks.
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Hawthorne, Queensland Hawthorne is suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 3 km east of the CBD.
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Brisbane Heritage Register The Brisbane Heritage Register is a heritage register containing a list of culturally-significant places within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Under Section 113 of the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, all local government authorities in Queensland must maintain a local heritage register.
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Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal area in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately 66 km south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales. With a census-estimated 2016 population of 638,090, The Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, making it the largest non-capital city, and the second-largest city in Queensland.
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Churchill, Queensland Churchill is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 1,783.
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List of tallest buildings in Melbourne Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to approximately 707 completed high-rise buildings. Of those completed and or topped-out, 40 buildings are defined as "skyscrapers" (buildings which reach a height of at least 150 m ); more than any other city in Australia. Of the ten tallest buildings in Australia, five are located in Melbourne. Most of Melbourne's tallest skyscrapers are concentrated in the City Centre precinct; however, other locations of prominent skyscrapers and tall buildings in Melbourne include Carlton, Docklands, Southbank, South Melbourne, South Yarra and St Kilda Road.
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Ashgrove, Queensland Ashgrove is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 4 km north-west of the Brisbane CBD. Ashgrove is an upmarket, leafy residential suburb characterised by its hilly terrain and characteristic Ashgrovian houses built in the early 20th century. While many of the surrounding suburbs have seen an increase in the number of residential apartments built in the past decade, Ashgrove remains predominantly a suburb of detached single dwelling houses, with many old Queenslander homes in the area. It contains the localities of Dorrington and St Johns Wood.
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Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a 54.5 km2 protected area, on the fringe of Namadgi National Park, that is a short drive from the city of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, the capital city of Australia. The nature reserve consists of a large valley floor, the Tidbinbilla Mountain and the Gibraltar range. The sides of the valley are steep and relatively undisturbed; the lower slopes are partly cleared and have a history of Aboriginal and European use. Tidbinbilla Mountain is believed to have been used for initiation ceremonies. The word 'Tidbinbilla' is Aboriginal in origin and is derived from the word "Jedbinbilla" – a place where boys become men.
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Zillmere, Queensland Zillmere is a suburb within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 14 km north of the Brisbane central business district.
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Palmerston, Northern Territory Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and had a population of 27,618 at the 2011 census, making it the second largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory. Palmerston is currently the fastest growing city in the Northern Territory and has briefly in the past held the title of the fastest growing city in Australia.
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Browns Plains, Queensland Browns Plains is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 5,574. The area suburb's western boundary is marked by the Mount Lindesay Highway.
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Rockhampton City, Queensland Rockhampton City is the central suburb and central business district of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Torquay, Queensland Torquay is a suburb in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, located 294 km north of Brisbane. Torquay is one of five beachside suburbs in Hervey Bay that is made up of primarily residential homes with some tourist accommodation in apartment buildings.
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Kingsthorpe, Queensland Kingsthorpe is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Toowoomba local government area, 147 km west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2011 census, Kingsthorpe had a population of 1,820.
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North Canberra North Canberra, also known as the Inner North, is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 14 suburbs. At the 2016 census , it had 21,555 dwellings housing 53,002 people of the 397,397 people in the Australian Capital Territory. Many of Canberra's oldest dwellings are in this district.
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Palmerston City, Northern Territory Palmerston City is an inner suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, located within the City of Palmerston. Its postcode is 0830. It contains the Palmerston Shopping Centre, the City of Palmerston council offices, Frances Mira Mall, a sporting complex, a library and bus terminal. Its main core is bounded by University Avenue to the northwest, Chung Wah Terrace to the southwest, Rolyat Street and Temple Terrace to the southeast and Roystonea Avenue to the northeast. Every Friday night during dry season it host the Palmerston markets. The Palmerston markets is a large festive market which includes live music, swap stalls and food vendors.
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University of Queensland The University of Queensland (UQ) is a research university primarily located in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. As one of Australia's leading universities, UQ is consistently ranked first for business administration, mining engineering and life sciences in Australasia. UQ also admits the majority of its state's top achievers. The main campus occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane central business district. Other UQ campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the Gatton campus and the Herston medical school. UQ's overseas establishments include the Brunei Clinical School and the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School in Louisiana, United States.
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Stirling, Australian Capital Territory Stirling is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is located in the Weston Creek district.