Lake Manchester

History

Noogoora Provisional School opened in 1900. It must have subsequently closed as residents were requesting it be reopened in 1911. It became a State School on 1 December 1914. It was renamed Cabbage Tree State School circa 1916-1917. It closed circa 1919. It was on the southern side of Lake Manchester Road (approx ). The name Noogoora is associated with a large farm of with a frontage to the Brisbane River in the area. Cabbage Tree Creek is flows near the school and is a tributary of the Brisbane River (). The locality is named after the lake which was created by the Lake Manchester Dam constructed between 1912 and 1916. It is named after civil engineer, Ernest James Theodore Manchester, who was the President of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board from 1909 to 1928. It impounds Cabbage Tree Creek.

Geography

The locality is mostly undeveloped mountainous terrain of the south west D'Aguilar Range. The north of the suburb is part of the D'Aguilar National Park and most of the southern parts belong to the Brisbane State Forest. The western part of the locality in Somerset Region is rural land, predominantly used for grazing on native vegetation.

Most-observed species

• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  16,658
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  16,371
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  15,372
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  15,354
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  15,290
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  14,762
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  14,642
• Eastern Whipbird

  Psophodes olivaceus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  12,782