Ormiston, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Ormiston is a coastal residential locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia.

[7][6] 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.

[10] Land around Ormiston was bought in 1853 by Captain Louis Hope, a Scottish aristocrat and a founder of the Queensland sugar industry.

Hope continued with his plantation until 1875, until he lost a dispute over access to his sugar mill and decided to dismantle it.

[14] In July 2020, Brisbane Airport opened its new parallel runway, which caused a significant increase in air traffic over Ormiston residential areas.

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.

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

Ormiston House, 2015
The remains of the Ormiston Fellmongery in 2015