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McDowall is a northern suburb within the city of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. McDowall is notable for the Raven Street Reserve, which is a 24.3 hectare bushland area surrounded by urban housing and busy roads. It is part of a long stretch of forest and green areas going from the mountains in the west to the mangrove areas on the coast. It has many species of wildflowers and grass trees (see image below) which when in flower have a long central flowering stem that attracts bees. Trees include weeping myrtle and native blueberry ash (''Elaeocarpus reticulatus'') with creek fauna such as water dragons (''Physignathus lesueurii''), turtles and native fish including the crimson spotted rainbow fish. There are also squirrel gliders, possums and scrub turkeys with occasionally a swamp wallaby being sighted. The bird life is abundant and in keeping with its name has a significant crow or raven population. ==Demographics== In the 2011 Census the population of Mcdowall is 6,818, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median/average age of the Mcdowall population is 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian average. 78.5% of people living in Mcdowall were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.6%, South Africa 1.5%, Italy 1.3%, India 1.1%. 87.1% of people speak English as their first language 2.9% Italian, 1.3% Cantonese, 1% Mandarin, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Hindi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McDowall, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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