Redland

Redland City is a Local Government Area of South East Queensland, spread along the southern coast of Moreton Bay covering 537.1 square kilometres (207.4 sq mi). Between the cities of Brisbane to the north, Logan to the west, and the Gold Coast 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 and Cleveland.

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City Head: Hon. Melva Hobson
Land Area: 537.1 sq. km.
Population: 142,822 est. as of 2010
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Location: Australia
Website: http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redland_City

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