Amberley, Queensland

Amberley, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Amberley
city = Ipswich
state = qld


caption =
lga = City of Ipswich
postcode = 4306
pop = 170 (2006)
area =
dist1 = 50
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 12
location2= Ipswich
fedgov = Blair
stategov = Electoral district of Ipswich West
near-nw = Walloon
near-n = Karrabin
near-ne = Wulkuraka
near-w = Thagoona
Jeebropilly
near-e = One Mile
near-sw = Willowbank
near-s = Purga
near-se = 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 James and Martha Collett for their residence in the 1850s as it was their hometown. [ [http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=41859 Place name details ] ]

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 [Jack Frost makes his icy presence felt. Page 3. The Courier Mail 9 August 1995] .

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