Riverbend, Queensland

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Riverbend
Logan City,  Queensland
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Riverbend
Coordinates 27°49′40″S152°58′20″E / 27.8277°S 152.9722°E / -27.8277; 152.9722 (Riverbend (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 27°49′40″S152°58′20″E / 27.8277°S 152.9722°E / -27.8277; 152.9722 (Riverbend (centre of locality))
Established2017
Postcode(s) 4280
Area16.0 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Logan City
State electorate(s) Logan
Federal division(s) Wright
Suburbs around Riverbend:
Flagstone South Maclean South Maclean
Flagstone Riverbend Jimboomba
Monarch Glen
Kagaru 		Cedar Grove Glenlogan

Riverbend is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. [1] Designated as a separate locality in 2017, it will be progressively developed for residential use as the population of the city grows. [2]

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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. [1] [3]

On the river on the southern boundary is the Cedar Grove Weir. [3]

History

Riverbend is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country. [4] [5]

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 27°50′02″S152°57′15″E / 27.8340°S 152.9541°E / -27.8340; 152.9541 (Martindale State School) ). [6] It closed in 1922. [7] The school building was then relocated to Cedar Grove, where it opened as Cedar Grove State School in 1923 and closed in 1965. [8]

Riverbend was approved and designated as a locality within Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines in September 2017. [2] It was excised from land formerly in Jimboomba. [1]

Education

There are no schools in Riverbend. The nearest government primary schools are Flagstone State School in neighbouring Flagstone to the north-west and Jimboomba State School in neighbouring Jimboomba to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Flagstone State Community College in Flagstone. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Riverbend – locality in City of Logan (entry 50117)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Riverbend". Logan City Council . 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bundjalung – Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative". muurrbay.org.au. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "AIATSIS code E66: Yugarabul". Federal government. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jimboomba". Logan City Council . Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  8. ↑ "Agency ID 6292, Cedar Grove State School". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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