Amberley, Queensland

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Amberley
IpswichQueensland
Population: 170 (2006)
Postcode: 4306
Location:
LGA: City of Ipswich
Federal Division: Blair
Suburbs around Amberley:
Walloon Karrabin Wulkuraka
Thagoona
Jeebropilly
Amberley One Mile
Willowbank Purga One Mile

Amberley is a small community located in South East Queensland, south of Ipswich.

The origin of the suburb name is from Amberley in the United Kingdom. The name was used by by James and Martha Collett for their residence in the 1850's as it was their hometown. [1]

Australia's biggest air force base, the RAAF Base Amberley is situated here and the Bureau of Meteorology has a weather observation station in Amberley. To the south of Amberley is the Fassifern Valley.

Amberley had its lowest temperature of -4.9 degrees on the 8 August 1995, as southern Queensland suffered a severe cold snap. The previous coldest temperature was -4.3 degreess reached on 29 July 1994[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Place name details
  2. ^ Jack Frost makes his icy presence felt. Page 3. The Courier Mail 9 August 1995

Coordinates: 27°38′S, 152°42′E