Warner, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Warner
state = Queensland


caption =
lga = Moreton Bay Regional Council
postcode = 4500
pop = 4,776 (2006)
pop_footnotes = [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC31555|name=Warner (Pine Rivers Shire) (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-02-28]
fedgov = Dickson
stategov = Electoral district of Kurwongbah
dist1 = 22
location1= Brisbane CBD
near-nw = Joyner
near-n = Joyner
near-ne = Lawnton
near-w = Cashmere
near-e = Bray Park
near-sw = Eatons Hill
near-s = Brendale
near-se = Strathpine

Warner is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Regional Council located 22 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district. Warner is situated east of Lake Samsonvale and west of the urban localities of Strathpine, Brendale, Bray Park and Lawnton. The origin of the name Warner is from an early civilian surveyor by the name of James Warner. [ [http://www.prsc.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=da&did=1132528&pid=1095921031 Pine Rivers Shire Council | Queensland Australia - Early Surveying of the Region ] ]

The predominant style of development in this community is Park Residential, however new urban developments are occurring in this area. Warner has recently undergone refurbishment from rural land usage to urban. Prior to this, the predominant use of the land was rural, and Warner still contains many rural properties.

Post-2000 establishments in Warner include the Warner Lakes housing estate on 206 hectares of land previously used for potato farming, and a retail and commerce estate on the corner of Samsonvale Road and Old North Road which is the location of the first financial institution established in Warner, The Bank of Queensland. Roads have recently been upgraded in parts of Warner.

External links

* [http://www.prsc.qld.gov.au/ Pine Rivers Shire Council]
* [http://www.peet.com.au/Uploads/Downloads/warnerlakes050210.pdf Warner Lakes (Peet)]

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