Sandgate, Queensland

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


caption = Sandgate Post Office.
lga = Brisbane City Council,
Deagon Ward
postcode = 4017
pop = 6126 (2004) [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/305051514Population/People12000-2004?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=305051514&issue=2000-2004&num=&view= ABS Statistics] ]
area = 4.3
propval =
stategov = Sandgate
fedgov = Lilley
near-nw = Brighton
near-n = Brighton
near-ne = "Moreton Bay"
near-w = Bracken Ridge
near-e = "Moreton Bay"
near-sw = Deagon
near-s = Deagon
near-se = Shorncliffe

Sandgate is a coastal suburb in Brisbane, Australia located 16km north of the Brisbane CBD.

Geography

Sandgate is situated on the coastline, along Moreton Bay. It is connected to the QR Citytrain network.

Name

The name of the area may have been inspired by Sandgate on the coast of county Kent, England. Sandgate in Kent had a military camp, Shorncliffe Camp, on top of the cliffs adjacent to it. Sandgate in Brisbane also has an adjacent suburb called Shorncliffe.

History

Land in Sandgate became available in 1853, developing into a small settlement. The coming of the railway in 1882 promoted more rapid development of the Sandgate area. Travel to Brisbane by train could be completed in less than one half hour. Sandgate was declared a town by the Governor of Queensland in 1880. This new status meant a town council was formed to guide the development of the local area. Initially, the council chambers were located in Shorncliffe. However, following a fire which destroyed the council chambers in 1910, a much larger town hall was opened in 1911. The Sandgate Council, which operated from 1880 to 1924, had to provide a range of services for the growing community. [cite web
url = http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/885277?searchTerm=Sandgate
title = Wednesday 2 June 1880
accessdate = 2008-08-22
date = 2 June 1880
format =
work = The Brisbane Courier
publisher = National Library of Australia] These included a fire department, ambulance, and sanitation facilities, as well as maintaining roads and regulating local development. In 1925 Sandgate Council was amalgamated into the Brisbane City Council.

Sandgate boasted clean beaches that were a popular weekend destination, with thousands of people visiting from Brisbane to escape the heat.

Sandgate is also home to a community theatre group called Sandgate Theatre Incorporated, which has been performing in the Sandgate Town Hall for almost 50 years, having been continuously running since 1958. The theatre group is also host to Brisbane's longest running community theatre festival — the Yarrageh festival which is run in August/September each year at the Town Hall.

References

External links

* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/sandgate Ourbrisbane.com — Sandgate]
* [http://www.sandgate.org.au/sandgate_history History of Sandgate]
* [http://www.sandgatetheatre.com Sandgate Theatre Inc.]
* [http://www.musicbythesea.com.au Music By The Sea - Concerts at the Sandgate Town Hall]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Brisbane,+Australia&ll=-27.312756,153.047705&spn=0.048251,0.079256&t=k&hl=en Aerial Photographs]
* [http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object_enc36ui.xslt&pm_RC=REPOMODS04&pm_OI=13&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=4 Sheet music to "Sandgate, charming waltz song" (State Library of Queensland)]

* [http://www.musicbythesea.com.au/streaming_music/localhistory.ram Presentation on the history of Sandgate] You need RealPlayer to view presentation