Ormiston, Queensland

For the Ormiston in Scotland, see Ormiston

Ormiston Redland City, Queensland
Population:	5,384 (2006 census)
Postcode:	4160
Location:	25 km (16 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA:	Redland City
State District:	Electoral district of Cleveland
Federal Division:	Division of Bowman
Suburbs around Ormiston: Wellington Point Wellington Point Wellington Point Ormiston Alexandra Hills Cleveland Cleveland

Ormiston is a small suburb in Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Cleveland and Wellington Point.

Ormiston is home to the Redlands Christian Reformed Church.

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.^[1][2]

Post settlement

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 from1855 until he relinquished the lease in 1858.^[3]

Land around Ormiston was bought in 1853 by Captain Louis Hope, a Scottish aristocrat and a founder of the Queensland sugar industry. Hope built Ormiston House from 1858 and 1865 as the centre of a 325-acre (1.32 km²) sugar estate.^[4]

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. ^[5]

Transport

Ormiston railway station provides access to regular Citytrain 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

References

1. ^ Aboriginal cultural heritage Redland City
2. ^ In the beginning Redland City
3. ^ Hilliards Creek History Redland City
4. ^ Captain Hope and Ormiston House, Redland City
5. ^ Ormiston Redland City

External links

• 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