Archerfield, Queensland
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Archerfield is an outer suburb of Brisbane
, Australia
. Archerfield is a sparsely populated suburb, with most of the land being occupied by Archerfield Airport
.
On August 8, 1995 as southern Queensland
experienced a severe cold snap
, a temperature of 0 degrees was recording in Archerfield.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Archerfield is a sparsely populated suburb, with most of the land being occupied by Archerfield Airport
Archerfield Airport
Archerfield Airport is a small airport located 7 1/2 miles at Archerfield in the south west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For some time it was the primary airport in Brisbane. During World War II it was used as a Royal Australian Air Force station. Airport traffic peaked in the 1980s...
.
Airport
Archerfield Airport originally served as the major airport for Brisbane. The old civil terminal is still in existence on the eastern side of the airfield. During World War 2 the airfield served as a base for military flying operations in support of the war in the Pacific.On August 8, 1995 as southern Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
experienced a severe cold snap
Cold snap
Cold snap is used in two ways to describe climate:*in meteorology, a period of intensely cold and dry weather, often occurring during an Ice Age...
, a temperature of 0 degrees was recording in Archerfield.