| 词条 | Cressbrook, Queensland |
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| type = suburb | name = Cressbrook | city = | state = qld | image = | caption = | pop = | est = | postcode = 4313 | area = | coordinates = {{coord|27|04|55|S|152|26|04|E|display=inline,title}} | dist1 = 7.2 | dir1 = ENE | location1 = Toogoolawah | dist2 = 23.3 | dir2 = N | location2 = Esk | dist3 = 123 | dir3 = NW | location3 = Brisbane | lga = Somerset Region | stategov = Nanango | fedgov = Blair | near-n = Scrub Creek | near-ne = Fulham | near-e = Lower Cressbrook | near-se = Lake Wivenhoe | near-s = Mount Beppo | near-sw = Toogoolawah | near-w = Braemore | near-nw = Braemore }} Cressbrook is a locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is known for its recreational aviation facilities. GeographyCressbrook is a sparsely populated rural area with land used for crops and grazing; there is no urban centre. It is bounded by the Brisbane River to the north and east. Cressbrook Creek meanders from the west to the east of the locality where it enters the Brisbane River. The Cressbrook-Carboonbah Road traverses from the Brisbane Valley Highway in the north-west through the south-east of the locality towards Mount Beppo and beyond to Carboonbah.[2] HistoryThe locality of Cressbrook takes its name from the Cressbrook Homestead established by David Cannon McConnel in 1841, who came from the village of Cressbrook in Derbyshire, England.[3] In 1898, the McConnel family established a condensed milk factory at Cressbrook; it was sold to Nestlé in 1907.[3] Heritage listingsCressbrook has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Watts Bridge Memorial AirfieldThe Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield {{airport codes||YWSG}} is in the south-east of the locality and provides facilities for sports and recreational aviation. There are three grass runways of length {{convert|900|m}}, {{convert|820|m}} and {{convert|815|m}}. A number of aviation clubs operate from the airfield, flying vintage planes, gyroplanes, gliders, performing acrobatics and skydiving. Many recreational aviation events are held each year at the airfield.[5] The airfield was established in 1942 as part of Australia's defences during World War II and known as the Toogoolawah airfield. After the war, the airfield was no longer needed for defence purposes, the buildings were removed and the land was used for grazing. In the early 1980s, the desire for recreational airfield facilities resulted in a group of recreational pilots re-establishing the runways and taxiways, and reopening the airfield in 1990 as the Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield.[6] The name Watts Bridge is a reference to a nearby bridge that crossed the Brisbane River connecting Silverleigh Road in Cressbrook to Cooeeimbardi Road in Lower Cressbrook and was named after local dairyman James Robert Watts. Having survived many floods of the Brisbane River, the bridge was washed away in the 1974 Brisbane flood and not replaced.[7] References1. ^{{cite QPN|44860|Cressbrook|accessdate=5 July 2015}} {{Somerset Region}}2. ^{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=5 July 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Toogoolawah|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/toogoolawah|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|accessdate=5 July 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite QHR|15278|Cressbrook Homestead|600503|accessdate=12 July 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Airfield location|url=http://www.wattsbridge.com.au/location.php|website=Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield|accessdate=5 July 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Introduction|url=http://www.wattsbridge.com.au/introduction.php|website=Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield|accessdate=5 July 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=The Origins and History of Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield During WW2|url=http://www.wattsbridgehistory.com/WW2History.html|website=Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield History|accessdate=5 July 2015}} 3 : Suburbs of Somerset Region|Cressbrook, Queensland|Queensland in World War II |
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