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Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland.The largest local government in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering 1,338 km 2 (517 sq mi).
At this time the Brisbane City Council resumed just over 3.5 acres, which included the original orchard, for park purposes, with compensation of £1,750 to the Hillcoat estate. This resumption survives as Teneriffe Park. [1] Teneriffe House remains the property of Reginald Hillcoat's descendants.
Forest Lake Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Doolandella, Inala, Richlands, and parts of Forest Lake and Durack. [2] It was created in 2015 to replace Richlands Ward ahead of the 2016 election. [3]
Calamvale Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Calamvale, Algester, Drewvale, Heathwood, Parkinson, Stretton, Larapinta, Karawatha, and part of Forest Lake. [2] The ward is currently represented by Emily Kim of the Labor Party. [3] Calamvale replaced Parkinson Ward, which itself replaced Acacia Ridge Ward. [4] [5]
Toombul Shire Hall remained the property of Toombul Shire Council, continuing to serve the local community as shire offices and public hall, until taken over by the Brisbane City Council following the creation of Greater Brisbane in 1925. Subsequently, the site was used as a works depot and the building as the regional health inspector's office ...
Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia. [1] Built as a small cottage in the Colonial-Georgian style in 1846, the cottage was extended and today is painted and furnished in a late Victorian style.
The City of Brisbane is governed by the Brisbane City Council, the largest local council in Australia. The Brisbane City Council has its power divided between a lord mayor, a parliamentary-style council of twenty-six councillors representing single-member wards of approximately 30,000 voters [14] (roughly equivalent in size to state electorates ...
2004 Brisbane City Council election: Wynnum Manly Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor: Peter Cumming: 9,925 47.06 Liberal: Jeremy Knight 7,622 36.14 Independent: Paul Brooks 3,544 16.80 Total formal votes 21,091 97.65 Informal votes 508 2.35 Turnout: 21,599 88.91 Two-party-preferred result Labor: Peter Cumming: 10,385 55.79 Liberal: Jeremy ...