Archerfield (4108) Located 11 km from Brisbane and lying between the Oxley Creek in the west and Beaudesert Road in the east, Archerfield (4108) is dominated by its airport which was originally Brisbane's major airport. During World War II Archerfield Airport was the...
Coopers Plains (4108) Located 11 km to Brisbane's southwest, Coopers Plains (4108) was originally known as Cowper's Plains after Dr Henry Cowper of the Moreton Bay Convict Settlement from 1823 to 1832. However, this name evolved into today's version which became...
Fairfield (4103) Located 5 km to Brisbane's south and bounded by a cemetery to the north, a railway line to the east, a major road to the south, and the Brisbane River to the west, Fairfield's (4103) position has made it very vulnerable to flooding as has occurred in...
Richlands (4077) Located 16 km to Brisbane's southwest, Richlands (4077) was originally Richland Housing Estate accompanying a small one-teacher school opened in 1934. Its current name was formally recognised in 1975. Early industries were dairying and poultry...
Calamvale (4116) Located 18 km south of Brisbane, adjoining Karawatha Forest, Calamvale (4116) was named for one of its earliest landowners, James Calam whose original land and homestead was sold to the McGuires in 1984 and redeveloped into the Calamvale Hotel at...
Runcorn (4113) Runcorn is a suburb on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, and is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Brisbane’s central business district. Beenleigh and Warrigal Roads both run through the suburb and are the primary links towards inner city...
Seventeen Mile Rocks (4073) Situated 11 km to Brisbane's southwest and on the Brisbane River, Seventeen Mile Rocks (4073) was originally named for rocks that were removed to widen the river to allow shipping access. Although previously an industrial suburb, because of...
Heathwood (4110) Situated 21 km to Brisbane's south and bounded by Oxley Creek to its west, Heathwood (4110) was named for an early settler and officially recognised as a suburb in 1975. In 2011, 1800 people lived in Heathwood, their average age is 32 years, only half...
Drewvale (4116) Situated about 29 km to Brisbane's south and bordering Logan, Drewvale (4116) is strategically located for easy access to Brisbane and surrounding suburbs at the nexus of the Gateway and Logan Motorways. Originally, it was farmed in the...
Doolandella (4077) Situated 17 km to Brisbane's southwest, Doolandella (4077) was officially recognised as a suburb in 1976. Even until 2004, it was sparsely populated with only 255 residents and about 70 houses, but it's ease of access to Ipswich and Logan Motorways,...
