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Greater Flagstone
Greater Flagstone is a district and development area located within the Logan City local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia. Greater Flagstone is situated along the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor between two future employment precincts at North Maclean and Bromelton. Greater Flagstone is expected to provide approximately 50,000 dwellings to house a population of up to 120,000 people with a development plan expected to take 30-40 years. The suburb of Flagstone was gazetted in 1997 and district suburbs were gazetted from 2016. History Greater Flagstone is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country. The name Flagstone is from Flagstone Creek which flows into the Logan River just south of Chadwick Drive in South Maclean (). Greater Flagstone was previously part of the Undullah and Jimboomba areas before being excised into Flagstone and district suburbs. Suburbs * Flagstone Flagstone (flag) is a generic flat Rock (geology), stone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan City
The City of Logan is a local government area (LGA) located in the south of Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City of Logan also borders the Scenic Rim Region, the City of Ipswich, and Redland City LGAs. Logan is divided into 70 suburbs and 12 divisions; a councillor is elected to each of the latter. The council had a population of 326,615 as of June 2018. Gaining significant area in 2008 from the amalgamation of parts of the Albert and Beaudesert Shires, the City of Logan extends north to Priestdale, south to Mundoolun near the Albert River, east to Carbrook at the Logan River, and west to Lyons. Logan is located across parts of the sub-basin of Oxley Creek, and the Logan and Albert Rivers. The Daisy Hill Koala Centre serves as an example of Logan's prominent bushland, reminiscent of Karawatha Forest, and the Tamborine and Venman Bushland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undullah, Queensland
Undullah is a rural locality split between the City of Logan and the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Undullah had a population of 24 people. Geography Undullah is dominated by the Flinders Peak Group which rises towards its western boundary. Within the locality are the following mountains (from north to south): * Mount Elliott () * Mount Wilbraham () * Rocky Knob () * Mount Flintoff () * Mount Joyce () Woollaman Creek, a tributary of Teviot Brook, is the major waterway in the suburb. Very little of the area is developed with most of the rangelands covered by bush. History The ''Undullah'' is believed to be the word ''nandulla'' from the Bundjalung and/or Yuggera languages meaning the silver leafed iron bark (eucalyptus melanophloia). Henry Herbert Elliott was an early settler who raised cattle. Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, Undullah was split between Logan City and Scenic Rim Region following the local government amalgamations in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Establishments In Australia
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy S-300 missile system, Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot S-300 crisis, Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverbend, Queensland
Riverbend is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. Designated as a separate locality in 2017, it will be progressively developed for residential use as the population of the city grows. In the , Riverbend had a population of 661 people. Geography Riverbend is situated along the development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area. The locality takes its name from the bend in the Logan River on the southern boundary of the suburb. On the river on the southern boundary is the Cedar Grove Weir. History Riverbend is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country. Jimboomba Timber Reserve Provisional School opened circa 1899. In 1906, it was renamed Martindale Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Martindale State School. It was in the area of Gittins Road (approx ). It closed in 1922. The school building was then relocated to Cedar Grove, where it opened as Cedar Grove State School in 1923 and cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenlogan, Queensland
Glenlogan is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the suburban development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area. In the , Glenlogan had a population of 1,122 people. Geography The ''Logan River'' forms the western and north-western boundaries. The Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor follows the south-eastern boundary. Mount Lindesay Highway passes to the east. History Glenlogan is situated in the Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages, Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian country. The locality takes its name from the former Glenlogan Park thoroughbred stud farm on Lance Road. Glenlogan was designated a locality within the Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines in September 2017. It was excised from land formerly in Jimboomba. Demographics In the , Glenlogan had a population of 1,122 people. Education There are no schools in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverbark Ridge, Queensland
Silverbark Ridge is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It is situated along the development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area and is one of four new suburbs in Logan to house a predicted population boom between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. In the , Silverbark Ridge had "no people or a very low population". Geography Flagstone Creek forms the localities northern boundary. History Silverbark Ridge is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country. The origin of the suburb name is from the name of the flora found in the district. It was approved and designated as a locality within Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines The Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development is a department of the Queensland Government in Australia. The department is responsible for regulating mining, and resources in the state. It was p ... on 20 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarch Glen, Queensland
Monarch Glen is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It is situated along the development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area and is one of four new suburbs that have been created in Logan to house a predicted population boom between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. In the , Monarch Glen had "no people or a very low population". History Monarch Glen is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country. The origin of the suburb name is from the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), which is found locally. It was approved and designated as a locality within the Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines The Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development is a department of the Queensland Government in Australia. The department is responsible for regulating mining, and resources in the state. It was p ... on 20 May 2016. The redistribution of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Lakes, Queensland
Flinders Lakes is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It is situated along the development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area and is one of four new suburbs that have been created in Logan to house a predicted population boom between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Geography Flinders Lakes is located at the most southerly point of the City of Logan. History Flinders Lakes is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country. The origin of the locality name is based upon the views of nearby Flinders Peak. It was designated as a locality within Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines on 20 May 2016. The redistribution of the state’s electoral boundaries in 2017 led to the suburb being part of the Jordan electoral district. Demographics The population of Flinders Lakes was not separately reported in the 2021 Australian census. It was included in the census data for its neighbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagstone, Queensland
Flagstone is a suburban Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Greater Flagstone district of the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Flagstone had a population of 7,087 people. History Flagstone is situated in the Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages, Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian country. Towards the north of Flagstone is the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions. The suburb is named after Flagstone Creek which flows into the Logan River just south of Chadwick Drive in South Maclean, Queensland, South Maclean. Suburban development started in Flagstone in 1996, with the development of nearby infrastructure and roads. On 24 April 1997, Flagstone was named by the Minister for Natural Resources as a neighbourhood within the Undullah, Queensland, Undullah and Jimboomba areas, though is now a bounded suburb and district in its own right, along with the Greater Flagstone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimboomba
Jimboomba is a town and locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jimboomba had a population of 7,423 people. Geography Jimboomba is situated on the Mount Lindesay Highway, by road south-east of Logan Central and by road south of Brisbane central business district. The western part of Jimboomba is bordered by the new suburb of Glenlogan and the Logan River; the only bridge within the locality is Payne Bridge on Cusack Lane (). There is a low-level older bridge immediately to the north of Payne Bridge, but this cannot be used by vehicular traffic. The Queensland Government's current plan is that Jimboomba will become a major residential and business area within the Brisbane metropolitan region, as part of the Greater Flagstone Priority Development Area, which will house up to 150,000 additional residents in coming decades. Although historically a rural area, as at 2021, the land use in Jimboomba is almost entirely residential. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Maclean, Queensland
South Maclean is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Maclean had a population of 2,232 people. Geography North Maclean is on the Mount Lindesay Highway with the Logan River as part of its northern and southern boundaries as well as passing through the locality. North Maclean, Queensland, North Maclean is immediately to the north of South Maclean. A small section of South Maclean's western border aligns with the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. History In 1997, the locality of Maclean was replaced by North and South Maclean; prior to this date, they have shared history. Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, South Maclean became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008. On 29 September 2017, South Maclean was extended eastward taking land from the west of Jimboomba as part of creating the new localities of Riverbend, Queensland, Riverbend and Glenlogan, Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. 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 the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, sixth-largest subnational entity; it List of countries and dependencies by area, is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its Tropical climate, tropical and Humid subtropical climate, sub-tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
