| 词条 | Sandstone Point, Queensland |
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| type = suburb | name = Sandstone Point | city = | state = qld | coordinates = {{coord|-27.0736|153.1233|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}} | image = | caption = | pop = 3,959 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes =[1] | postcode = 4511 | area = 11.2 | dist1 = 52 | location1= Brisbane GPO | lga = Moreton Bay Region | stategov = Pumicestone | fedgov = Longman | near-n = Banksia Beach | near-ne = Bellara | near-e = Bongaree | near-se = Moreton Bay | near-s = Moreton Bay | near-sw = Goodwin Beach | near-w = Ningi | near-nw = Toorbul }}Sandstone Point is a locality within the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] GeographySandstone Point is approximately {{convert|52|km}} north of Brisbane, located across the bridge from Bribie Island and has views of Moreton Bay and surroundings. The suburb is one of the fastest growing residential communities in the Moreton Bay Regional Council. {{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} HistoryThe town is built on Ningy Ningy tribal land, whose presence was attested down to recent times by the ceremonial bora ring south of Bestman Road.Upwards of 2,000 Aborigines once gathered there for ritual purposes.[3] Originally known as Toorbul Point, the area was the site of an Allied amphibious training base during World War II.[4] DemographicsIn the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Sandstone Point recorded a population of 3,895 people, 52.8% female and 47.2% male.[5] The median age of the Sandstone Point population was 51 years, 14 years above the national median of 37.[5] 76.8% of people living in Sandstone Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 1%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6%.[5] 94.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.4% Dutch, 0.3% Afrikaans, 0.3% German, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% French.[5] References1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS |id=SSC32535|name=Sandstone Point (State Suburb)|accessdate=18 April 2018|quick=on}} {{Moreton Bay Region}}2. ^{{Cite QPN|45495|Sandstone Point|locality in Moreton Bay Region|accessdate=19 July 2017}} 3. ^{{Cite book| title = Aboriginal Pathways: in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River | last = Steele | first = John Gladstone| year = 1984| publisher = University of Queensland Press|pages =169-170| url = https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200785| isbn = 978-0-702-25742-1| ref = harv}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Donald|first=Ron|title=The Yanks called it "Terrible Point"|year=2010|publisher=Victory Press|location=Bribie Island, Qld|isbn=978-0-9579452-2-7}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{Census 2011 AUS| id= SSC31452 |name= Sandstone Point (State Suburb)| accessdate=17 February 2017|quick=on}} External links
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