Ormiston, Queensland

Ormiston Redland City, Queensland
Wellington Street, 2013
Population	5,641 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	4160
Location	25 km (16 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA(s)	Redland City
State electorate(s)	Cleveland
Federal Division(s)	Bowman
Suburbs around Ormiston: Wellington Point Wellington Point Moreton Bay Wellington Point Ormiston Raby Bay Alexandra Hills Cleveland Cleveland

Ormiston is a suburb in Redland City, Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Cleveland and Wellington Point. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 5,641.^[1]

Ormiston is home to the Redlands Christian Reformed Church and Ormiston House.

History

Pre settlement

The Koobenpul lived on the mainland coastal strip stretching from Talwarrapin (Redland Bay) to the mouth of the Mairwar (Brisbane River), including the area now known as Ormiston. Canoe trees and a bora ring from pre-settlement days still remain along Hilliards creek.^[2][3]

Post settlement

Ormiston House, ~1871

Originally part of the township of Cleveland, early industry included a brickworks established by James Maskell on the eastern bank of Hilliards Creek in 1852 and fellmongery (wool scour) owned by a Thomas Blackett Stephens until the early 1860s. Joseph Clark ran cattle on Ormiston from 1855 until he relinquished the lease in 1858.^[4]

Land around Ormiston was bought in 1853 by Captain Louis Hope, a Scottish aristocrat and a founder of the Queensland sugar industry.^[5] Hope built Ormiston House from 1858 and 1865 as the centre of a 325-acre (1.32 km²) sugar estate.^[6] Ormiston House is one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in Queensland.^[5]

The remains of the Ormiston Fellmongery in 2015

The property was originally called Woojanness, but was renamed Ormiston after the Hope's family ancestral village of Ormiston, Scotland. It has an ornamental garden that dates from the building of the house. Hope continued with his plantation until 1875, until he lost a dispute over access to his sugar mill and decided to dismantle it. Since the 1960s the house has been a museum. Although the house was called Ormiston, the area around it was still known as Cleveland for many years. When the railway came through the area in 1889, the new railway station and the area around it also became known as Ormiston.^[7]

Heritage listings

St Andrews Church, 2015

Ormiston has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Sturgeon Street: Ormiston Fellmongery^[8]
• Wellington Street: Ormiston House Estate^[9]
• Wellington Street: St Andrews Church^[10]

Transport

Ormiston railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Cleveland.

Sporting clubs

• Ormiston Redbacks Swim Club - amateur swimming club.
• Redlands Softball League
• Redlands Boxing Club

Schools

• Ormiston College
• Ormiston State School

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Ormiston recorded a population of 5,641 people, 52.4% female and 47.6% male.^[1] The median age of the Ormiston population was 44 years, 7 years above the national median of 37. 67.3% of people living in Ormiston were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 9.9%, New Zealand 5.5%, South Africa 3.3%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 0.8%. 90.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% German, 0.6% Afrikaans, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Greek.^[1]

Notable residents

• John Cameron, built and occupied the house Doobawah in Ormiston ^[11]
• Louis Hope, established the Ormiston Estate ^[11]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ormiston, Queensland.

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places:Ormiston

Coordinates: 27°30′43″S 153°15′14″E / 27.512°S 153.254°E / -27.512; 153.254