Australian Towns & Cities: Queensland: Cleveland

Australian Towns & Cities
Queensland: Cleveland
Incorporating photos and Information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site

Cleveland was the traditional territory of the Koobenpul people of the Quandamooka. 1 There are conflicting reports as to the naming of Cleveland; it was either named in 1770 by Captain James Cook in honour of John Clevland, the Secretary of the Admiralty around the time 2, or by surveyors in the 1840s, in honour of William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland.

In 1847, the Government planned for the new town, and on 13 December 1850, Cleveland was proclaimed a township. 3

Cleveland features Toondah Harbour, which is the location of the Stradbroke Island Ferry Terminal used by water taxis and vehicular ferries to provide access to North Stradbroke Island, plus the town features and attractive CBD, a number of museums and the lighthouse at Cleveland Point, with the current light built in 1969. The area was once popular for growing various food crops and is connected to Brisbane CBD via rail and an extensive network of arterial roads.

Population: 14 801 1
Postcode: 4163
Location: 25 km east of Brisbane
Main Roads: Shore St (SR22) and Bloomfield St (SR47)
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	Shore Street North: View along Shore St North (SR22) at Cleveland, May 2006. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Cleveland CBD: Middle St in the Cleveland CBD, May 2006. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Cleveland CBD: Middle St in the Cleveland CBD, May 2006. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Cleveland CBD: Bloomfield St in the Cleveland CBD, May 2006. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Cleveland Point: View of the Cleveland Point Light, May 2006. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Cleveland Point: View of Cleveland Point, May 2006. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 John Gladstone Steele, Aboriginal Pathways: in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-702-25742-1
2 "Cleveland". The Age. 8 February 2004
3 Brie, Kenneth (2001). Latitude 27 - Longitude 153, Moreton Bayside. Erinport Pub., and Sandgate & District Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-9578064-8-1
4 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census QuickStats

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