Redland Shire, Queensland
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South East Queensland
South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...
, spread along the southern coast of Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...
covering 537.1 square kilometres (207.4 sq mi). Between the cities of Brisbane
City of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is the Local Government Area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
to the north, Logan to the west, and the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
to the south, it is part of the fastest growing area in Queensland and one of the fastest growing in Australia.
The City had an estimated population of 127,627 in 2006, four times the number of residents it had as a rural community 25 years earlier. An increasing proportion of these new residents are retirees from the southern states of Australia.
Redland attained City status on 15 March 2008, having previously been a Shire since its creation in 1949 from the former shires of Tingalpa
Shire of Tingalpa
The Shire of Tingalpa was a Local Government Area in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland. The shire, administered from Mount Cotton, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.-History:...
and Cleveland.
Geography
Although most of the population resides on the main urban conglomeration based around the centres of CapalabaCapalaba, Queensland
Capalaba is a suburb of southeastern of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the Redland City local government area.The suburb has two large shopping and commercial centres with a mall and bus station, and light industrial zones surrounded by residential streets and bushland...
, Cleveland
Cleveland, Queensland
Cleveland is a suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the council seat for the Redland City local government area...
and Victoria Point
Victoria Point, Queensland
Victoria Point is a suburb located approximately south-east of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, in the Redland City local government area...
, over 6,000 live on islands in Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...
that are part of the City. These are North Stradbroke
North Stradbroke Island
North Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year a storm separated it from South Stradbroke Island, forming the Jumpinpin Channel. It is known...
, Coochiemudlo
Coochiemudlo Island, Queensland
Coochiemudlo Island is located near Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia.Coochiemudlo Island is a small island in the southern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland.The island is approximately 1 km from Victoria Point in Redland Shire....
and the Southern Moreton Bay Islands of Karragarra, Lamb, Russell
Russell Island, Queensland
Russell Island in Redland City is the biggest of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands, sandwiched between the mainland and North Stradbroke Island in the state of Queensland, Australia. The island is eight kilometres long and nearly three kilometres wide.-History:A basic survey of the island was...
and Macleay
Macleay Island
Macleay Island is an island located in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland. It is in the Redland City Council Local Government Area and has the postcode 4184. Perulpa Island is a small attached to Macleay Island by a causeway....
.
Suburbs
Redland City consists of the following suburbs and localities:- Alexandra HillsAlexandra Hills, QueenslandAlexandra Hills is a suburb of 16,985 people located in Redland City, south east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Alexandra Hills sits between two major areas of Redlands, with Cleveland to the east and Capalaba to the west. Best known for the Squeeze Club.-Education:**Alexandra Hills State...
- Amity PointAmity Point, QueenslandAmity Point is a small close knit township located on the north western point of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia in Redland City. At the 2006 census, Amity Point had a population of 408....
- BirkdaleBirkdale, QueenslandBirkdale is a suburb south east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, within the Redland City local government area. It stretches from Tingalpa Creek in the west, the border with Brisbane City, to Wellington Point in the east...
- CapalabaCapalaba, QueenslandCapalaba is a suburb of southeastern of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the Redland City local government area.The suburb has two large shopping and commercial centres with a mall and bus station, and light industrial zones surrounded by residential streets and bushland...
- ClevelandCleveland, QueenslandCleveland is a suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the council seat for the Redland City local government area...
- Coochiemudlo IslandCoochiemudlo Island, QueenslandCoochiemudlo Island is located near Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia.Coochiemudlo Island is a small island in the southern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland.The island is approximately 1 km from Victoria Point in Redland Shire....
- DunwichDunwich, QueenslandDunwich is a small town on the western side of North Stradbroke Island in the Australian state of Queensland. The town is part of the Redland City local government area, based on the mainland in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Cleveland. Dunwich is one of three towns on North Stradbroke Island -...
- Karragarra Island
- Lamb Island
- Macleay IslandMacleay IslandMacleay Island is an island located in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland. It is in the Redland City Council Local Government Area and has the postcode 4184. Perulpa Island is a small attached to Macleay Island by a causeway....
- Mount CottonMount Cotton, QueenslandMount Cotton is a suburb located south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in the Redland City local government area.Mount Cotton is named for the mountain that is in the area. It was named by Robert Dixon, a surveyor in the colony of Queensland. He named it after the commandant of the penal...
- North Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year a storm separated it from South Stradbroke Island, forming the Jumpinpin Channel. It is known...
- OrmistonOrmiston, QueenslandFor the Ormiston in Scotland, see OrmistonOrmiston is a small suburb in Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Cleveland and Wellington Point.Ormiston is home to the Redlands Christian Reformed Church.-Pre settlement:...
- Point LookoutPoint Lookout, QueenslandPoint Lookout is a headland and small coastal village located on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island. To the north lies Cape Moreton and to the south the next major headland is Point Danger on the New South Wales/Queensland border. The other towns on the island are Dunwich and Amity Point....
- Raby Bay
- Redland BayRedland Bay, QueenslandRedland Bay is a suburb south-east of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Redland City local government area. It is named for the bay it sits on, which forms part of larger Moreton Bay...
- Russell Island
- SheldonSheldon, QueenslandSheldon is a suburb of Redland City, Australia 23 km south-east of the Brisbane CBD.The suburb and surrounds form part of South-East Queensland's largest Koala protection zones and plays a vital part in the preservation of Queensland's Koala population....
- ThornesideThorneside, QueenslandThorneside is a coastal suburb located east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is part of the Redland City local government area.The locality is named after the railway station, originally named Thorne's siding after...
- ThornlandsThornlands, QueenslandThornlands is a residential suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is part of the Redland City local government area....
- Victoria PointVictoria Point, QueenslandVictoria Point is a suburb located approximately south-east of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, in the Redland City local government area...
- Wellington PointWellington Point, QueenslandWellington Point is a suburb of Redland City, about 22 km east of Brisbane, Queensland. The suburb derives its name from Wellington Point which extends prominently into Moreton Bay....
Economy
Redland City has a range of industries on the mainland including food and beverage processing, white goods and specialist manufacturing. In primary production, Redland hosts 30% of Queensland's poultryPoultry
Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...
industry production and produces 18.9% of its sweet potato
Sweet potato
The sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of...
es. It has a number of big plant nurseries
Nursery (horticulture)
A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size. They include retail nurseries which sell to the general public, wholesale nurseries which sell only to businesses such as other nurseries and to commercial gardeners, and private nurseries which supply the needs of...
geared to the export market and a significant cultivation of cut flowers.
With the increasing proportion of retirees, retirement and aged care facilities, professional and general services have become major employment businesses. Tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
is rapidly becoming a key industry. North Stradbroke Island, one of the world's largest sand islands is a major drawcard for visitors despite most of the south of the island being tied up in sand mining
Sand mining
Sand mining is a practice that is becoming an environmental issue as the demand for sand increases in industry and construction. Sand is mined from beaches and inland dunes and dredged from ocean beds and river beds. It is often used in manufacturing as an abrasive, for example, and it is used to...
leases and water catchments.
Other industries include local government, government department regional offices, and government services such as those associated with health and education.
Local government
Redland City Council has a Mayor, and a councillor for each of its 10 divisions. Elections are held every four years and voting is compulsory. The current Mayor is Melva Hobson.History
On 11 November 1879, under the Divisional Boards Act 1879, the Tingalpa DivisionShire of Tingalpa
The Shire of Tingalpa was a Local Government Area in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland. The shire, administered from Mount Cotton, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.-History:...
was created to govern the area to the east of metropolitan Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
. On 30 May 1885, the area around Cleveland
Cleveland, Queensland
Cleveland is a suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the council seat for the Redland City local government area...
split away to form the Cleveland Division. Under the Local Authorities Act 1902, both became Shires on 31 March 1903. The Tingalpa council met at Mount Cotton
Mount Cotton, Queensland
Mount Cotton is a suburb located south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in the Redland City local government area.Mount Cotton is named for the mountain that is in the area. It was named by Robert Dixon, a surveyor in the colony of Queensland. He named it after the commandant of the penal...
.
On 1 October 1925, a sizable portion of the Shire of Tingalpa (including the suburbs of Upper Mount Gravatt
Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland
Upper Mount Gravatt is a suburb in Brisbane, to the south of Mount Gravatt. It has increasingly become an important centre in the last 15 years...
and Rochedale
Rochedale, Queensland
Rochedale is an outer suburb of the city of Brisbane, Australia. It is south-east of the Brisbane central business district.- History :During convict settlement, explorers passed through the region but it was not until 1865 that the first settlers started farming the area's rich alluvial soil.The...
) became part of the new City of Brisbane
City of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is the Local Government Area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
along with 20 other local governments.
On 9 December 1948, as part of a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland
South East Queensland
South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...
, an Order in Council renamed Cleveland to "Shire of Redland" and amalgamated Tingalpa into it. On 15 March 2008, Redland was granted City status.
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1947 | 5,211 |
| 1954 | 7,365 |
| 1961 | 9,807 |
| 1966 | 12,632 |
| 1971 | 16,672 |
| 1976 | 27,539 |
| 1981 | 42,527 |
| 1986 | 58,501 |
| 1991 | 80,690 |
| 1996 | 100,101 |
| 2001 | 114,601 |
| 2006 | 126,964 |