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'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 . However, Logan is generally regarded as an outer part of Brisbane. The city also borders the Beaudesert Shire and the Redland Shire, making it one of the fastest growing urban areas in Australia.

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History

Governance

Socio-Economics

Transportation

Culture

Suburbs

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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.

Governance

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.

Socio-Economics

Logan City has a diversity of socio-economic areas. Suburbs such as Springwood, Daisy Hill, Shailer Park, Cornubia and Forestdale are middle class areas with the median house price in Shailer Park at $388 000, Cornubia $440 000. Woodridge and Logan Central, Kingston and Loganlea are lower socio-economic areas. 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, which is still reflected in the multicultural/ethnic flavour of many shops and eateries in Logan City.
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.
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.
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

Logan City is serviced by QR's Beenleigh and Gold Coast railway lines. 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.
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 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 Loganholme and Springwood Bus Stations along Pacific Motorway. They also operate peak hour buses between Logan City and Brisbane City. At other times route 555 serves as the feeder bus for journeys between Logan City and Brisbane City.

Culture

Logan city has recently been under development for new bistro areas across the region. Cinemas, shopping complexes and parks are prevalent. Logan city has one public art gallery. The internationally successful Australian band Savage Garden, who sold 25 million albums, is from Logan.

Suburbs

External links

★ Logan City Council Home

★ TRANSLink