Gailes

Gailes is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Gailes is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Gailes had a population of 1,828 people.

In 1823 explorer John Oxley named a local high point Dingo Hill (27.6150°S 152.9164°E? / -27.6150; 152.9164? (Dingo Hill)) which became the local name for the area. This led to a local railway siding to also be named Dingo Hill.On 16 September 1925, the Dingo Hill railway siding was upgraded and renamedGailes railway station (27.6021°S 152.9189°E? / -27.6021; 152.9189? (Gailes railway station)), after the Western Gailes Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The suburb of Gailes takes its name from the railway station. The name Gailes means "overgrown by bog-myrth".Suburban boundary changes in 1986 resulted in the Gailes railway station now being within the suburb of Wacol in City of Brisbane. Similarly the hill Dingo Hill is now within the neighbouring suburb of Camira.In January 2011 Gailes was flooded during the 2011 Queensland floods.In the 2011 census Gailes had a population of 1,646 people.In the 2016 census Gailes had a population of 1,828 people.