NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Logan City Council

Logan City Council is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia. The city borders the state capital Brisbane City to the north and Gold Coast to the south. In terms of population, Logan City is the third largest city in Queensland. The city also borders a number of shires, including Beaudesert and Redland making it one of the fastest growing urban areas in Australia. Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (887x661, 595 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Logan City, Queensland ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Logan Central is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. ... South East Queensland is the region of the State of Queensland, Australia that contains most of that states population. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Rankin is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... Copyrighted image that may be used for non-commercial purposes. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... Image:Brisbane flag. ... Image:Brisbane flag. ... Gold Coast City Council logo The Gold Coast City Council is the second largest local government in Australia based on the Cityâ€™s resident population. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... South East Queensland is the region of the State of Queensland, Australia that contains most of that states population. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Image:Brisbane flag. ... Gold Coast City Council logo The Gold Coast City Council is the second largest local government in Australia based on the Cityâ€™s resident population. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... For information on the fictional Shire of J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, see Shire (Middle-earth) A shire is an administrative area of Great Britain. ...

In June 2006, the Division 4 local councillor, Aiden McLinden, suggested Logan City change its name to Silver City.^{[citation needed]} His reason for the name change were - Logan has a bad name and associates the city with crime; and the man the city was named after, Patrick Logan was a ruthless tyrant.^{[citation needed]} Patrick Logan (1791 - October 1830) is best known as commandant of Moreton Bay penal colony from 1826 until his death 1830. ...

History

The area that is now Logan City was first settled in 1842. The area was first incorporated as a shire in June 8, 1978, then became a city on January 1, 1981. It was named after Captain Patrick Logan, one of the founders of the Moreton Bay convict settlement. Logan gave his name (or had it given) to a lot of locales in the district, such as the Logan River, the suburbs of Loganlea, Logan Village (Beaudesert Shire), Loganholme, Logan Reserve and Logan Central, The Logan Motorway and Logan Road, which connects Logan City with the nearby state capital of Brisbane. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Patrick Logan (1791 - October 1830) is best known as commandant of Moreton Bay penal colony from 1826 until his death 1830. ... Moreton Bay from space, from a NASA photograph Moreton Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of Australia 19 km from Brisbane, Queensland. ... The Logan River is a river in south-eastern Queensland. ... Loganlea is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... Beaudesert is a town of approximately 4000 persons in south-eastern Australia. ... Loganholme is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... Logan Reserve is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... Logan Central is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ...

Governance

Logan consists of three tiers of government known as local, state and federal.

At the federal level, the majority of the city's population is represented by the electorate of Rankin. First proclaimed in 1984, Rankin has elected a member of the Labor party at every election since inception. However, to a significantly lesser degree, Logan is also represented by a number of surrounding electorates including Forde to the south, Moreton to the north and Oxley to the west.
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Miscellaneous

Logan City has some affluent suburbs, such as Springwood, Daisy Hill, Shailer Park, Cornubia and Forestdale. SPRINGWOOD - QUEENSLAND Name derived from the property name used by H.R. Langford in 1931, because of the presence of a running spring in the bush. ... Daisy Hill is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... Shailer Park is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... Overview Cornubia is a suburb of Logan City. ... Forestdale is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ...

There are however many less affluent areas including parts of Woodridge and Logan Central, Kingston and Loganlea. Many of these areas began as Housing Commission estates in the 1970s, originally rental or rent-buy detached suburban homes, but are now mostly owner occupied. Many of the original Housing Commission tenants/assisted purchasers were immigrants (many from Asia), which is still reflected in the multicultural/ethnic flavour of many shops and eateries in Logan City.^{[citation needed]} Woodridge, Queensland is a suburb of Logan City in the South East of Queensland, Australia, located just within the Brisbane metropolitan area and had a population of 18,039 as of the 1996 census. ... Kingston is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... Loganlea is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ...

When the large Housing Commission estates in Woodridge due east of Woodridge railway station were developed, sewer lines had not yet extended to the area, but were planned to do so in the very near future. In order to reduce costs, rather than provide septic tanks and leachfields, the Housing Commission provided Thunderboxes (outhouses with a large galvanised bucket (aprx 30 litres) which were collected and exchanged for fresh empty cans weekly/twice weekly by contractors), this being the last new development in the Brisbane area to rely on thunderboxes. An unexpected side effect of this service was that the back fence gates between properties to allow ready access by the contractors encouraged communication between neighbours, fostering the rapid growth of a sense of community despite the disparate ethnic backgrounds of the residents.^{[citation needed]} Woodridge Station is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. ...

In recent years some original homes have been demolished to make way for higher density housing, and for commercial premises. New developments in Logan City have seen many town house estates and lowrise apartment blocks.^{[citation needed]}

There are extensive industrial and commercial areas, mostly in the north/east of Woodridge, and west of Springwood and Daisy Hill, clustered in the triangle formed by Logan Rd/Pacific Highway and Kingston Rd, and extending west along Compton Rd.

Transportation

The city is reasonably well served by transportation links. An interstate railway line runs through its western areas but is currently unused for local passenger services. Logan City is serviced by the Beenleigh Line and Gold Coast Line. The stations in Logan City are Trinder Park, Woodridge, Kingston and Loganlea, although Gold Coast trains stop only at Loganlea. Integrated ticketing was introduced in South East Queensland in 2004 through TransLink which has improved access to public transport. TransLink bus routes now service most of the built up areas of Logan City. The Beenleigh railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Gold Coast (Robina) railway line is an interurban railway line in Queensland, Australia connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. ... Trinder Park station is a railway station on the Beenleigh line of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Woodridge Station is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. ... Kingston Station is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. ... Loganlea station is a railway station on the Beenleigh line of Brisbane, Australia. ... For a list of all TransLink services, see the list of TransLink services. ... For the most up-to-date timetable and route information, please visit the TransLink website at www. ...

Suburbs

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