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Wacol

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Interesting facts about Wacol

Wacol, Queensland is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city. According to the 2001 census, a total of 4851 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway line.

The Ipswich Motorway crosses the suburb and is about to undergo a major upgrade. The Logan Motorway connects to the Ipswich Motorway in the south of the suburb.

Wacol is home for jail inmates at the Brisbane Correctional Centre ( previously known as Sir David Longland Correctional Centre]], Brisbane Youth Detention Centre "10-17 year olds" and the Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre and Wolston Correctional Centre . There is also a significant industrial park located here.

The suburb played host to the American military during World War II, who constructed Camp Columbia in 1942; after the war, control of the facility was transferred to the Australian government who used it primarily as a "holding centre" for post-war refugees.