The Portuguese Language

• Portuguese is a Romance language spoken by over 220 million people worldwide, mainly in Brazil and Portugal.
• It is the official language of nine countries and is known for its rich literary tradition.
• Portuguese is often called "the language of Camões," after the famous poet Luís de Camões.

About Algester

Algester is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of the central business district. The suburb's population was estimated in the 2011 census at 8,262. The suburbs of Algester, Calamvale and now Parkinson, sit on the southern border or boundary of the City of Brisbane local government area with suburbs of Logan City such as Browns Plains and Regents Park.

The suburb's name is a corruption of the name of the English town of "Alcester". Briefly in the mid to late 1970s the suburb was colloquially named Ridgewood Heights after the Ridgewood Heights property development that then made up most of its land area, but had officially been known as Algester from 1972. In the early 70's, Algester Road and Dalmeny Street were connected as non sealed roads and the only thoroughfare into the suburb.

Dalmeny Street ended at the first house to be built in the suburb known then as Lot 22 (now numbered as 133). These early residents were exposed to the abundance of native Australian flora and fauna, before development in the mid-1970s. Algester was heavily developed from the mid-1970s and has also seen considerable recent development. It forms part of the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve, which once covered a large area of southern Brisbane.

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