Tivoli, Queensland
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Tivoli is a suburb of Ipswich
, Queensland
, Australia
. Tivoli State School is located within the suburb.
In 1932 two of the Tivoli rugby league
club's players, Hector Gee and Les Heidke
were selected to play for the Australian national team.
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
, 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...
, 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...
. Tivoli State School is located within the suburb.
In 1932 two of the Tivoli rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
club's players, Hector Gee and Les Heidke
Les Heidke
Les Heidke was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 40s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative forward, he played club football in Queensland with Ipswich's Tivoli, West End and Rialto clubs, as well as for Wide Bay...
were selected to play for the Australian national team.