79-646: 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
158-642: A special education program. The school has run the Australian Primary Schools Film Festival since 2001. Coomera Rivers State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 81–87 Finnegan Way ( 27°50′44″S 153°19′39″E / 27.8455°S 153.3276°E / -27.8455; 153.3276 ( Coomera Rivers State School ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1372 students with 86 teachers (82 full-time equivalent) and 48 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent). It includes
237-588: A unitary authority , but the Australian Bureau of Statistics refers to the whole of the ACT as an unincorporated area. The ACT Government directorate Transport Canberra & City Services handles responsibilities that are under the purview of local government in other parts of Australia, such as local road maintenance, libraries and waste collection. Many Canberra districts have community organisations called "community councils", but these are not part of
316-569: A Logan campus in Meadowbrook which is being developed into a specialist area based around health, research and education. In 2016, Luke Smith was elected mayor of Logan. On 2 May 2019, Minister for Local Government Stirling Hinchliffe sacked the Logan City Council after eight of its Councillors and suspended mayor were charged with one count of fraud. The suspended Mayor was also charged with two counts of misconduct. The council
395-605: A cultural landmark that facilitates entertainment and arts programs year-round. The outdoor stage is launching at the end of March 2022, with the Butterbox Theatre and Living Arts Museum set to open mid-year 2022. Logan City is home to Souths Logan Magpies rugby league team, one of the oldest existing rugby league clubs in Australia. It is also home to the Logan Thunder WNBL team. Every Saturday at
474-809: A free 5 km timed run takes place at four different locations in Logan City. The events are known as Logan River parkrun, Yarrabilba parkrun, Riverdale parkrun, and Berrinba parkrun. In 2021, the Proud City of Logan campaign was launched, a local government initiative featuring six local champions, chosen to represent the diversity of people and lifestyles in the city. Logan City Council operates public libraries in Beenleigh , Greenbank , Jimboomba , Logan Central , Logan Hyperdome ( Shailer Park ), Logan North ( Underwood ), Logan Village , Logan West ( Browns Plains ), and Marsden . A community arts centre
553-534: A geographic or historical interpretation. The council board members are generally known as councillors , and the head councillor is called the mayor . As of August 2016, there were 547 local councils in Australia. Despite the single tier of local governance in Australia, there are a number of extensive regions with relatively low populations that are not a part of any established LGA. Powers of local governments in these unincorporated areas may be exercised by special-purpose governing bodies established outside of
632-545: A larger workload. The growth of the Regional Organisations of Councils has also been a factor in local government reform in Australia. In 1995, there were 50 such agreements across the country. A 2002 study identified 55 ROCs with the largest involving 18 councils. Local government powers are determined by state governments, and states have primary responsibility for funding and exclusive responsibility for supervision of local councils. Local government
711-403: A shift from 'services to property' towards 'services to people'. Community expectations of local government in Australia have risen in the 21st century partly as a result of wider participation in decision-making and transparent management practices. Recent years have seen some State governments devolving additional powers onto LGAs. In Queensland and Western Australia LGAs have been granted
790-699: A special education program. Picnic Creek State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school at 25 Edwardson Drive ( 27°50′24″S 153°20′19″E / 27.8399°S 153.3387°E / -27.8399; 153.3387 ( Picnic Creek State School ) ). It includes a special education program. Coomera State Special School is a special government primary and secondary (P–12) school at 9 Galaxy Drive ( 27°50′55″S 153°20′30″E / 27.8485°S 153.3416°E / -27.8485; 153.3416 ( Coomera State Special School ) ). It opened in February 2020. St Joseph's College
869-1239: A waste treatment plant at Browns Plains that provides gas-powered cogeneration power to about 2,000 homes. Logan Reserve State School opened on 1 January 1868 and caters for students from Prep to Year 6 School with a C&K Kindy on site. Another of the earliest schools in the area was Waterford State School . It was established as the Logan Provisional School and opened on 29 June 1869. Logan Village State School caters for students from Prep to Year six and opened in March 1872. The Centre Education Programme caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12. Loganholme State School opened 25 May 1873. Park Ridge State School opened on 23 April 1895. Woodridge State School opened on 20 May 1924. Woodridge North State School opened on 23 January 1967. Logan City Special School caters for students from Early Childhood to Year twelve. It opened on 1 January 1972. Woodridge State High School caters for students from Year seven to Year twelve. It opened on 1 February 1972. Berrinba East State School opened on 24 January 1978. Kingston College (originally Kingston State High School)
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#1732772720532948-611: Is a Catholic primary and secondary school (Prep to Year 12). Foxwell State Secondary College is a government secondary school, which opened in 2020. The Gold Coast City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits Ragamuffin Drive near Sandy Bay. The Coomera branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the 161 Maudsland Road in Oxenford . Uniting North Coomera Church
1027-524: Is a major regional growth and development corridor with significant population growth expected through to 2041, second only to Brisbane in the state. The city has a higher rate of multicultural diversity than the Queensland average. About one quarter of Logan's residents were born overseas. In the 2016 census , Logan City had a population of 303,386 people, 50.6% female and 49.4% male with 3.2% being Indigenous Australian . The median age of Logan City
1106-463: Is at 6-8 Esplanade ( 27°52′32″S 153°18′58″E / 27.8756°S 153.3162°E / -27.8756; 153.3162 ( Uniting North Coomera Church ) ). Coomera station runs through the town and there are many bus stations and private operators for schools or clubs. A number of well-known sporting teams represent the local area, including the Coomera Cutters is
1185-536: Is close to Pimpama , Helensvale , Willow Vale, Oxenford , and Upper Coomera . The southern boundary of Coomera is aligned with the Coomera River . Coomera is situated slightly inland from the coast line and is also near the Gold Coast hinterland . Coomera has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) with hot, humid summers and mild to cool dry winters. Due to its inland location, it is slightly cooler than
1264-594: 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
1343-490: Is located at the former Kingston Butter Factory , now a locally listed heritage site. Logan City has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). Over 80% of Logan is designated as non-urban, with the majority of land zoned rural, semi-rural or conservation. Until 2008, Logan had a stable boundary with neighbouring local government areas such as Beaudesert , Albert (later merged into Gold Coast) and Brisbane. The following suburbs were included within
1422-531: Is mentioned in the annotated Australian constitution, as a department of the State Governments, and they are mentioned in the constitutions of each of the six states. Under the Constitution, the federal government cannot provide funding directly to local governments; a 1974 referendum sought to amend the Constitution to authorise the federal government to directly fund local governments, but it
1501-447: Is part of a local government area. Unincorporated areas are often in remote locations, cover vast areas, or have very small populations. Queensland and Tasmania are entirely partitioned into LGAs and have no unincorporated areas. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has no municipalities. The ACT government is responsible for both state-level and local-level matters. In some countries, such an arrangement would be referred to as
1580-504: Is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state/territory it belongs to. The functions and practices of local councils are mostly centered around managing public services and land uses at the community level, and are similar throughout Australia, but can vary to some degree between jurisdictions. State departments oversee the activities of local councils and may intervene in their affairs when needed, subject to relevant legislation. For more details in each state and territory, see
1659-590: Is the City of Brisbane , the most populous LGA in the country, which administers a significant part of the Brisbane metropolitan area . In most cases, when a city's population statistics are used, it is the statistical division population rather than the local government area. The following table provides a summary of local government areas by states and territories by local government area types as of December 2023: The Australian Classification of Local Governments (ACLG) categorises local governing authorities using
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#17327727205321738-566: Is the highest figure in the state. Australia's oldest continuously operating rum distillery is located at Beenleigh . Tourism is emerging as a significant contributor to the local economy with an increasing portfolio of cultural and sporting events. Logan City is serviced by Queensland Rail 's Beenleigh and Gold Coast railway lines. The stations are Trinder Park , Woodridge , Kingston , Loganlea , Bethania , Edens Landing , Holmview and Beenleigh although Gold Coast trains stop only at Beenleigh and Loganlea stations. Integrated ticketing
1817-583: Is the third level of government in Australia , administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories , and in turn beneath the federal government . Local government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia , and two referendums in 1974 and 1988 to alter the Constitution relating to local government were unsuccessful. Every state/territory government recognises local government in its own respective constitution . Unlike
1896-801: The Labor Party at every election since inception. The newer parts of Logan are within Forde , while Moreton and Oxley contain small portions of Logan City closer to Brisbane. The Division of Wright , created in 2010, contains many of the rural areas in the southern part of the city. Logan City Council is divided and consists of 12 councillors and a popularly elected mayor. Councillors are not officially endorsed by political parties, but are required to declare current memberships of political parties, bodies, associations and trade or professional organisations. The council administers local infrastructure including 6 public pools, more than 900 parks, 7 cemeteries and
1975-664: The Local Government Act does not mandate adopting a designation, some local government areas are legally known simply as "council", such as Port Macquarie-Hastings Council , Inner West Council and Federation Council . Some rural areas in South Australia are known as "district council", and all the LGAs in Tasmania that were previously municipalities have been renamed "council". Almost all local councils have
2054-714: 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 National Parks , that border Logan suburbs. The region is named after Captain Patrick Logan , as is the aforementioned river, alongside the commercial hubs of Logan Central , Shailer Park 's Logan Hyperdome , and Browns Plains . Other populous suburbs include Beenleigh , Rochedale South , Meadowbrook, Springwood, Woodridge , Eagleby and
2133-570: The Outback Communities Authority . Victoria has a number of unincorporated areas which are not part of any LGA: Western Australia has two unincorporated areas: Coomera, Queensland Coomera is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the suburb of Coomera had a population of 20,225 people. Located next to the Pacific Motorway , Coomera
2212-735: The Pastoral Unincorporated Area in South Australia . Local governments are subdivisions of the six federated states as well as the Northern Territory . The Australian Capital Territory has no separate local government, and municipal functions in Canberra and the surrounding regions (normally performed by local governments in other states) are performed by the ACT territorial government. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), however, considers
2291-653: The Premier of Queensland of the time, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen . Circa 1980s, Coomera was home to a theme park and wildlife park called Koala Town which closed in the early 1990s. The site is currently occupied by residential land on Koala Town Road. Coomera Rivers State School opened on 1 January 2011; it was originally proposed to call it Coomera East State School. Picnic Creek State School opened in 2018. Westfield Coomera opened on 11 October 2018. The Coomera Sport and Leisure Centre in Beatty Road hosted
2370-805: The Top End region, the Northern Territory Rates Act Area and Darwin Waterfront Precinct within Darwin , Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula , Alyangula on Groote Eylandt , and Yulara in Central Australia . In South Australia , 63% of the state's area is unincorporated. Residents in this area – less than 0.2% of the state's population – receive municipal services provided by a state agency,
2449-610: The Gold Coast. Residents of Beenleigh and Eagleby were asked to vote to join Logan, with an overwhelming "No" vote. Despite this, the amalgamation went ahead. In its rationale for the changes, the Local Government Reform Commission argued that the area added brought the South East Queensland urban footprint and future growth areas to 2026 under the one local government, which could plan effectively for
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2528-539: The Logan Motorway and Logan Road , which connects Logan City with the nearby state capital of Brisbane. With the major changes to local government in Queensland which took effect at 15 March 2008 local elections, Logan more than tripled in area and added 78,400 people to its population. This came about through annexing a large section of the now-dissolved Shire of Beaudesert as well as the Beenleigh - Eagleby suburban area to its southeast, which had been part of
2607-428: The Logan area were issued from 1849 and immigration was encouraged following the separation from NSW in 1859. The declaration of the Logan and Eight Mile Plains Agricultural Reserves in 1862 led to extensive settlement of the area. German immigrants arrived in batches from the 1864 onwards. Generous land orders for immigrants in Queensland created a drawcard in the possibility of owning their own farm. A cotton gin, which
2686-651: The Tweed River Valley. The town takes its name from the Coomera River, which in turn takes its name comes from the Yugambeh word kumera , a species of wattle . The bark of this tree was used by Aboriginal people to stupefy fish. Coomera Provisional School opened on 11 July 1873. On 20 June 1874, it became Coomera State School. From 1877, it was known as Coomera Lower State School (sometimes Lower Coomera State School) until 1899 when it returned to
2765-526: The area abandoned sugar after a severe frost in 1885 and a catastrophic flood in 1887 which saw crops destroyed and covered with metres of silt. Others continued growing sugar cane to make 1890 one of the best harvests ever. In 1888, the railway opened in Logan. Within a year, Cobb and Co services ended in Logan. Significant flooding occurred in Logan during the 1974 Brisbane flood . The Wild Water Water Slide Park began operations in October 1982. The site
2844-405: The area's future and would face reduced compliance costs for development works. Economic factors, the lack of geographic barriers and the presence of transport corridors were also considered to be favourable to the annexation. Consideration was given to a merger with Redland to its east, but geographical barriers and the lack of a community of interest between them militated against this. The area
2923-543: The coastal area of Gold Coast. Yugembah (also known as Yugumbir, Jugambel, Jugambeir, Jugumbir, Jukam, Jukamba) is one of the Australian Aboriginal languages in areas that include the Beenleigh , Beaudesert , Gold Coast, Logan, Scenic Rim , Albert River , Coolangatta , Coomera, Logan River , Pimpama , Tamborine and Tweed River Valley, within the local government boundaries of the City of Gold Coast , City of Logan , Scenic Rim Regional Council and
3002-453: The entire ACT as an " unincorporated " local government area, even though it is technically a state-level administrative region . Although all essentially identical in functions and jurisdictions, Australian local governments have a variety of different titles. The term "local government area" (LGA) is used by the ABS to collectively refer to all local government administrative zones regardless of
3081-504: The first half of the 20th century was the provision of physical infrastructure such as roads, bridges and sewerage. From the 1970s the emphasis changed to community facilities such as libraries and parks, maintenance of local roads, town planning and development approvals, and local services such as waste disposal. Child care, tourism and urban renewal were also beginning to be part of local governments' role. These are financed by collection of local land taxes known as "rates", and grants from
3160-448: The first time. Significant reforms took place in the 1980s and 1990s in which state governments used metrics and efficiency analysis developed within the private sector in the local government arena. Each state conducted an inquiry into the benefits of council amalgamations during the 1990s. In the early 1990s, Victoria saw the number of local councils reduced from 210 to 78. South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland saw some reductions in
3239-415: The following: The Australian Capital Territory is not divided into local government areas, so it is regarded as a single "unincorporated" local government area during censusing . Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. Aside from very sparsely populated areas and a few other special cases, almost all of Australia
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3318-613: The formation of the new Logan Shire, which included the northern suburbs of both Albert and Beaudesert Shires . A section in the north previously belonged to the Shire of Tingalpa . There were about 69,000 people living to the north of the Logan River. On 31 May 1978 Local Government Minister Russ Hinze introduced the Local Government (Adjustment of Boundaries) Bill and which was officially approved on 8 June 1978. Logan then
3397-501: The government (though they generally receive government funding). They do not have the power to change laws or policies, and their role is limited to advising government. They are effectively residents' associations . New South Wales has three unincorporated areas: In the Northern Territory , 1.47% of the total area and 3.0% of the population are in unincorporated areas. These include the Cox-Daly and Marrakai-Douglas Daly areas in
3476-686: The gymnastics and netball finals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games . St Joseph's College was established in January 2019 by the Brisbane Catholic Education Office with 250 students enrolled in Years Prep-4 and Year 7. Foxwell State Secondary College opened in January 2020. Coomera State Special School opened in February 2020. In the 2016 census , the suburb of Coomera had a population of 13,305 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of
3555-495: The high-quality arable land along its banks. He named the country Darling, in honour of the Governor. The Governor renamed the river after Logan. One of the first large employers was the timber industry. The Logan River served as a rafting ground for logs and the new railways spurred local demand. The penal settlement based in Brisbane was closed in 1841 and the land was quickly taken up by squatters. The first leases of land in
3634-488: The local government boundaries of the City of Gold Coast , City of Logan, Scenic Rim Regional Council and the Tweed River Valley. The Commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement, Captain Patrick Logan , was a compulsive explorer and in 1826 on his first expedition he discovered the Logan River . He noted the river was well suited to large-vessel traffic and was a first-class avenue to access
3713-577: The local legislation, as with Victoria 's alpine resorts ; or directly administered by state/territory governments, such as the entirety of the Australian Capital Territory . The administrative area covered by local government councils in Australia ranges from as small as 1.5 km (0.58 sq mi) for the Shire of Peppermint Grove in the Perth metropolitan region , to as big as 624,339 km (241,059 sq mi) for
3792-494: The mayor is elected by the board of fellow councillors . The powers of mayors vary as well; for example, mayors in Queensland have broad executive functions, whereas mayors in New South Wales are essentially ceremonial figureheads who can only exercise power at the discretion of the council. Most of the capital city LGAs administer only the central business districts and nearby central suburbs . A notable exception
3871-856: The name Coomera State School. Coomera Wesleyan Methodist Church opened on Sunday 17 May 1874. When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became the Coomera Uniting Church. On 11 November 2017, the Uniting North Church decided to amalgamate with the Coomera Church creating the Uniting North Coomera Church. The Dreamworld theme park was officially opened on 15 December 1981 by
3950-631: The names of LGAs, and today the stylised titles of " town ", " borough ", " municipality ", " district ", " region ", "community government", " Aboriginal council/shire" and "island" are used in addition. The word "municipality" occurs in some states with differing meanings: in New South Wales it is typically used for older urban areas, and the word is used for some rural towns in South Australia . Larger towns and small metropolitan exurban centres in Queensland and Western Australia simply use
4029-403: The next most common languages were Samoan (1.3%), Punjabi (1.2%), Mandarin (1.1%), Arabic (0.8%) and Hindi (0.7%). The most common religious affiliations reported were none (40.3%), Catholic (14.8%), Anglican (9.3%) and Christian (4.3%). 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
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#17327727205324108-499: The next most common languages were Samoan (1.4%), Mandarin (1.0%), Arabic and Hindi (0.7% each), and Spanish (0.5%). The most common religious affiliations reported were none (28.9%), Catholic (18.5%), Anglican (14.1%), and Uniting Church (4.2%). It had an unemployment rate of 5.61%, lower than the Queensland average of 6.2%. In the 2021 census , the Logan City had a population of 345,098 people, 50.6% female and 49.4% male with 4.2% being Indigenous Australian. The median age of Logan City
4187-444: The north and east of Woodridge, and west of Springwood and Daisy Hill, clustered in the triangle formed by Logan Road/Pacific Highway and Kingston Road, and extending west along Compton Road. The Crestmead industrial estate is designed for light to medium industry in the manufacturing sector. Logan is Queensland's poker machine 'pokie' capital with over 2,128 machines in 41 registered sites. Per machine, each pokie pays out $ 5,886 which
4266-649: The number of local governments while Western Australia and New South Wales rejected compulsory mergers. New South Wales eventually forced the merging of some councils. The main purpose of amalgamating councils was for greater efficiency and to improve operations, but forced amalgamation of councils is sometimes seen as a dilution of representative democracy . An increase in the range of services offered by councils, but only minor cost savings of less than 10% have been noted by academics as outcomes after mergers. The council mergers have resulted in widespread job losses and lingering resentment from some whose roles have experienced
4345-619: The part of local governments. There is no mention of local government in the Constitution of Australia , though it is mentioned several times in the Annotated Constitution of Australia. "Municipal institutions and local government" appears in Annotation 447, and "Power of the Parliament of a Colony" appears under "Residuary Legislative Powers" on pages 935 and 936. The first official local government in Australia
4424-760: The population, the population density and the proportion of the population that is classified as being urban for the council. The classification, at the two-digit level, is: All local governments are approximately equal in their theoretical powers, although LGAs that encompass large cities such as Brisbane and the Gold Coast command more resources due to their larger population base. Unlike local governments in many other countries, services such as police, fire protection and schools are provided by respective state or territory governments rather than by local councils. However, local governments still maintain some responsibility for fire service functions within Queensland and Western Australia. The councils' chief responsibility in
4503-413: The population. 63.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 12.0%, England 5.7%, South Africa 2.6% and Philippines 0.8%. 83.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.8% and Afrikaans 0.8%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.2%, Catholic 18.8% and Anglican 15.2%. In the 2021 census ,
4582-414: The power to independently enact their own local subsidiary legislation , in contrast to the previous system of by-laws . Councils also have organised their own representative structures such as Local Government Associations and Regional Organisations of Councils . Doctrines of New Public Management have shaped state government legislation towards increased freedoms aiming to allow greater flexibility on
4661-568: The pre-2008 area: In 2008, areas in northern Beaudesert as well as the Beenleigh conurbation in the Gold Coast were merged with Logan. As well as uniting Logan Reserve and Greenbank under one local government area, the following areas were added: From Gold Coast: From Beaudesert: - split with the Scenic Rim Region 27°38′21″S 153°06′34″E / 27.63917°S 153.10944°E / -27.63917; 153.10944 Local government in Australia [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Local government
4740-1098: The purchasing of Rochedale Bus Service in 1995. The trading name of Logan City Bus Service was adopted in 2003. Logan City Bus Service operates a number of services under the Translink banner, in which most services are based around the Loganholme and Springwood bus stations along the Pacific Motorway, and the Browns Plains bus station further west. They also operate peak hour buses between Logan City and Brisbane City. Logan has 924 parks and reserves all with combinations of facilities. Also Logan offers plenty of active choices such as local swimming pools, sporting clubs, cycling tracks, walking tracks, little athletics, tinnie trails (self guided heritage trail), golf, basketball/volleyball parks, skate parks, bmx tracks, walking groups and go karting. Logan City has recently been under development for new bistro areas across
4819-538: The purpose of raising money to build roads in rural and outer-urban regions. Council representatives attended conventions before Federation , however local government was unquestionably regarded as outside the Constitutional realm. In the 1970s, the Whitlam government expanded the level of funding to local governments in Australia beyond grants for road construction. General purpose grants become available for
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#17327727205324898-421: The region. Cinemas, shopping complexes and parks are prevalent. The city also has a free public art gallery. The internationally successful Australian band Savage Garden , who sold 25 million albums, are from Logan and so is Olympic swimmer Jodie Henry , three time gold medalist in the pool at the 2004 Olympics and world record holder. Logan City Council is transforming the historic Kingston Butter Factory into
4977-665: The rural towns of Jimboomba and Logan Village. The city facilitates much of the transport between Brisbane and the Gold Coast . Its motorway network is extensive: in the city's north-east, the Logan Motorway joins the Pacific Motorway , while the Mount Lindesay Highway and Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor cross the city along a roughly central north-south axis. New developments are common, particularly those being built at Yarrabilba and Greater Flagstone , while Griffith University has already established
5056-408: The same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their naming, and retain a particular designation ("shire", "borough", "town", "city") for historical reasons only. They will typically have an elected council and usually a mayor or shire president responsible for chairing meetings of the council. In some councils, the mayor is a directly elected figure, but in most cases
5135-493: The state and Commonwealth governments. They are caricatured as being concerned only with the "three Rs": Rates, Roads and Rubbish. However, the roles of local government areas in Australia have recently expanded as higher levels of government have devolved activities to the third tier. Examples include the provision of community health services, regional airports and pollution control as well as community safety and accessible transport. The changes in services has been described as
5214-527: The suburb of Coomera had a population of 20,225 people. Coomera has a heritage site: Coomera State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at Dreamworld Parkway ( 27°52′07″S 153°18′55″E / 27.8686°S 153.3152°E / -27.8686; 153.3152 ( Coomera State School ) ). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 775 students with 65 teachers (58 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent). It includes
5293-621: The term "town", while in Victoria they are designated as "rural city". Historically, the word "borough" was common for small towns and suburban centers in Victoria, but nowadays only the Borough of Queenscliffe remains as the one and only borough in the entire country. New South Wales and Queensland have also introduced a new term "region" for outback LGAs formed by the amalgamation of smaller shires and rural cities. In New South Wales, where
5372-642: The two-tier local government system in Canada or the United States , there is only one tier of local government in each Australian state/territory, with no distinction between counties and cities . The Australian local government is generally run by a council , and its territory of public administration is referred to generically by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as the local government area or LGA , each of which encompasses multiple suburbs or localities (roughly equivalent to neighborhoods) often of different postcodes ; however, stylised terms such as "city", " borough ", " region " and " shire " also have
5451-501: The varying designations, whilst the local governing legislature itself is generally known as a council . In general, an urban / suburban LGA is called a " city ", as in the City of Melbourne , City of Canada Bay and City of Bunbury ; while an exurban / rural LGA covering a larger agricultural / natural area is usually called a " shire ", as in Shire of Mornington Peninsula , Shire of Banana and Lachlan Shire . Sometimes designations other than "city" or "shire" are used in
5530-436: Was 34 years old, 4 years below the national median of 38. The most commonly nominated ancestries were English (26.7%), Australian (24.0%), Irish (6.9%), Scottish (6.5%), and German (3.9%). 65.8% of people living in Logan City were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (7.7%), England (3.8%), the Philippines (1.0%), India (0.9%), and Samoa (0.7%). 77.8% of people spoke only English at home;
5609-430: Was 34 years old, 4 years below the national median of 38. The most commonly nominated ancestries were English (35.5%), Australian (31.1%), Scottish (8.2%), Irish (8.0%) and German (4.8%). 65.7% of people living in Logan City were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (7.1%), England (3.3%), India (1.6%), Philippines (1.1%) and Samoa (0.7%). 75.1% of people spoke only English at home;
5688-549: Was converted to a sugar mill, was built at Loganholme in 1867. Cotton growers faced problems with both the weather and a lack of available labour despite the introduction of Kanaka labour. By the 1870s few working cotton plantations remained along the Logan River. While this crop was marginally successful, between 1866 and 1874, sugar was soon to become the staple industry. Many small sugar mills were started by farmers seeking to avoid processing costs charged by big mills. However these quickly proved to be uneconomic. Many farmers in
5767-475: Was declared a city on 1 January 1981 and the administration building on Wembley Road was opened in February 1981. The city was named after Captain Patrick Logan , one of the founders of the Moreton Bay convict settlement. Logan was honoured in the names of many locales in the district, such as the Logan River , the suburbs of Loganlea , Logan Village , Loganholme , Logan Reserve and Logan Central ,
5846-539: Was defeated. A 1988 referendum sought to explicitly insert mention of local government in the federal constitution but this was comprehensively defeated. A further referendum was proposed in 2013 , but was cancelled due to the change in the election date . Federal government interaction with local councils happens regularly through the provision of federal grants to help fund local government managed projects. Local government in Australia has very limited legislative powers and no judicial powers , and executive -wise
5925-493: 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. Logan City Bus Service is a bus operator, servicing places between Brisbane and Gold Coast at Logan City. First operated as Greenline Bus Service, it was purchased by Clark's Bus Service in 1987. Further development included
6004-933: Was opened in 1978. It now caters for seven to year twelve and a continuing education campus. Marsden State school opened on 23 January 1978. Shailer Park State High School caters for students from Year seven to Year twelve. It opened on 29 January 1980. Loganlea State High School caters for students from Year seven to Year twelve. It opened on 27 January 1981. Shailer Park State School opened on 25 January 1982. Browns Plains State School opened on 24 January 1983. Browns Plains State High School caters for students from Year seven to Year twelve. It opened 29 January 1985. Marsden State High School caters for students from Year seven to Year twelve. It opened on 27 January 1987. Park Ridge State High School caters for students from Year seven to Year twelve. It opened on 29 January 1991. Yarrabilba State School opened on 22 January 2018. There are extensive industrial and commercial areas, mostly in
6083-566: Was the Perth Town Trust , established in 1838, only three years after British settlement. The Adelaide Corporation followed, created by the province of South Australia in October 1840. The City of Melbourne and the Sydney Corporation followed, both in 1842. All of these early forms failed; it was not until the 1860s and 1870s that the various colonies established widespread stable forms of local government, mainly for
6162-667: Was to become the Logan Hyperdome with the first work on the regional shopping centre beginning in October 1988. It was officially opened in July 1989. Construction work on the Logan Hospital started in February 1989. In August 2011, the Logan suburb of Slacks Creek was the location for Queensland's worst house fire. In 2017, a water treatment plant at Round Mountain became the first in Australia to be powered entirely off-grid. The Department of Local Government instigated
6241-486: Was under administration until March 2020 elections. In the 2021 census , the City of Logan had a population of 345,098 people. Yugembah (also known as Yugumbir, Jugambel, Jugambeir, Jugumbir, Jukam, Jukamba) is an Australian Aboriginal languages of South East Queensland. The Yugembah language areas include Gold Coast, Logan, Scenic Rim, Tweed River Valley, Albert River , Beaudesert , Beenleigh , Coolangatta , Coomera , Logan River , Pimpama and Tamborine , within
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