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10 unusual facts about Kedron


Aspley, Queensland

The expressway would travel along the eastern side of Lutwyche Road to Park Road at Kedron, take a northerly route to Chermside and through the eastern side of Aspley, before heading north-westerly through Carseldine to connect with the Bruce Highway north of Bald Hills.

Dennis Ferguson

Ferguson and Brookes flew the children to Brisbane, and sexually assaulted them in a house in the Brisbane suburb of Kedron.

Electoral district of Kedron

Both districts were based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Kedron.

Mount Alvernia College

Mount Alvernia College is an independent Catholic secondary school for girls located in Kedron, Queensland, Australia.

Padua College, Brisbane

At the request of Sister Mary Bernadette O’Callaghan OSF, the Friars, who had taken charge of the Kedron parish since 1929, agreed to begin a separate school for boys.

The college, located in the northern suburb of Kedron, draws students from the central, north and west areas of Brisbane.

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service

Location:Kedron, Queensland, Australia

RCH Herston busway station

It is anticipated that the proposed extension to the Northern Busway will adjoin the existing busway here, extending initially to Kedron, then as far as Chermside and potentially to Aspley and Bracken Ridge.

TransApex

The tunnel originates at the northern end of the Clem Jones Tunnel at Bowen Hills and links the CBD to the Brisbane Airport via Kedron.

Windsor, Queensland

It contained the suburbs of Lutwyche, Wilston Albion, Swan Hill, Eildon, O'Connell Town, The Grange and Wooloowin and portions of Kedron, Newmarket, Queensland, and Eagle Junction.


Electoral district of Everton

The division encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's north west between the Kedron Brook and the South Pine River, including Everton Park, Everton Hills, McDowall and Albany Creek.

Hainesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia

Hainesville is located southwest of Slanesville at the crossroads of Old Martinsburg Road (County Route 45/9) and Kedron Road (County Route 45/11).

Queensland Softball Association

23 Clubs affiliated with the Brisbane Women's Softball Association for the 1965/66 season—Athletics, Brisbane Bears, Cannon Hill Stars, Hawks, Inala Carltons, Kedron Park Teachers College, Magpies, Mitchelton Missiles, Mt Gravatt Eagles, Oxley Rockets, Pandas, Panthers, Rebels, Saints, Spiro Tots, Southside Scamps, T-Jets, Tramway Terrors, University, Wildcats, Windsors, Wolves and WRAAC and 66 teams participated in the competition at Downey Park.

Wilston Grange Football Club

At the end of the 1989 season, Wilston Grange and Kedron merged to form the Kedron Grange Football Club.