Wacol, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Wacol
city = Brisbane
state = qld


caption =
lga = Brisbane City Council
postcode = 4076
pop = 2,584 (2006 census)
pop_footnotes = [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC31549|name=Wacol (Brisbane City) (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-02-28]
est =
fedgov = Division of Oxley
stategov = Electoral district of Inala
dist1 = 18
location1= Brisbane GPO
near-nw = Bellbowrie
near-n = Riverhills
near-ne = Darra
near-w = Moggill
near-e = Richlands
near-sw = Goodna
near-s = Gailes
near-se = Forest Lake

Wacol, Queensland is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway line.

The Ipswich Motorway crosses the suburb and is about to undergo a major upgrade. The Logan Motorway connects to the Ipswich Motorway in the south of the suburb.

Wacol is home for jail inmates at the Brisbane Correctional Centre ( previously known as Sir David Longland Correctional Centre] , Brisbane Youth Detention Centre "10-17 year olds" and the Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre and Wolston Correctional Centre . There is also a significant industrial park located here.

The suburb played host to the American military during World War II, who constructed Camp Columbia in 1942; after the war, control of the facility was transferred to the Australian government who used it primarily as a "holding centre" for post-war refugees.

ee also

*List of Brisbane suburbs

References

External links

* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/wacol/home/ Wacol information]