Redbank, Queensland Redbank, Queensland Redbank is a suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It is approximately south-west of Brisbane CBD, the capital of Queensland. At the 2016 Australian Census, the suburb recorded a population of 1,834. At the 2016 Australia Census, Redbank had an unemployment rate of 14.5%, more than double the Australian unemployment rate of 6.9%. The origin of the suburb name is from a description of the area provided by Major Edmund Lockyer whilst exploring in a boat along the Brisbane River. While the Redbank area is known for its agricultural and pastoral origins, it has a more
National Party of Australia – Queensland state election but the Moore Ministry would only last one term amidst the challenges of the Great Depression, being defeated in 1932. Following a second defeat in 1935, the CPNP split into separate Country Party and United Australia Party branches. Ted Maher led the party to further defeats in 1938 and 1941. Then in April of the latter year, the new federal leader of the party Arthur Fadden, MP for the Queensland Division of Darling Downs, sought to merge the Country and United Australia parties. Only in Queensland did this yield much success with the two parliamentary parties forming the