Re report of Glossy Ibis on Eremaea 's Central & Southern Queensland page.

[Chris Corben <>]

Brisbane is quite abnormal amongst cities of the world in having an 
exceptionally large area under the control of one council. In a more 
normal city, like Melbourne, each "suburb" has its own council. In 
practical terms, Fortitude Valley is to Brisbane as St Kilda is to 
Melbourne, yet politically, St Kilda is in a more similar position to 
Murrumba Downs than to Fortitude Valley. I doubt many would complain 
about St Kilda being spoken of as a suburb of Melbourne! So by common 
usage, I would argue that a suburb usually will have its own council.
So I will argue no crime was committed, and the author is to be 
commended for helping readers to understand what was meant.
Cheers, Chris.


On 10/24/2012 07:12 AM, Laurie Knight wrote:
> G'day Bob,
>
> While I understand your position and acknowledge that Murrumba Downs 
> is not in the Brisbane City Council, it is nevertheless part of the 
> Brisbane metropolitan region and recognised as such by its inclusion 
> in the ABS Brisbane Statistical Division.
> To 99.99% of humanity, it is as much a suburb of Brisbane as Penrith 
> or Hornsby is a suburb of Sydney, Werribee is a suburb of Melbourne or 
> Joondalup is a suburb of Perth.
> Perhaps a more accurate description might be that Murrumba Downs is an 
> outer/peri-urban suburb of Brisbane.
> Regards, Laurie.
>
> On 24/10/2012, at 8:08 PM, Robert Inglis wrote:
>
> > I don’t really enjoy becoming upset over things like this but the 
> > 24th Oct report of a Glossy Ibis at Murrumba Downs on the Central & 
> > Southern Queensland page claims that “Murrumba Downs is a suburb of 
> > Brisbane”.
> > Murrumba Downs is not a suburb of Brisbane!
> >
> > It is a suburb of what used to be Pine Rivers but is now the Moreton 
> > Bay Region. It has never, during the current and previous centuries, 
> > at least, been a suburb of Brisbane.
> > I will concede that, depending on where in Brisbane you like to start 
> > from and which route you take, Murrumba Downs is probably 25 km north 
> > from Brisbane.
> > Please, people, can we be a little more thoughtful when we are 
> > pin-pointing a location for a sighting?
> > Bob Inglis
> > Sandstone Point
> > Qld
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