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Stretton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Stretton and also includes the suburbs of Calamvale, Eight Mile Plains, Kuraby, Sunnybank Hills and Underwood. It was first contested at the 2001 state election.

Stretton is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Stretton had a population of 4,334.

Fruitgrove railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Runcorn, the other being Runcorn station.

Runcorn is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Runcorn had a population of 14,199 people.

Kuraby is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Kuraby had a population of 8,108 people.

Kuraby railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Kuraby. Kuraby is the final station on the Beenleigh Line in the City of Brisbane, with the next station, Trinder Park, located in Logan City.

Runcorn State High School is a government funded school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1986 and has a population of about 850 students in Years 7 to 12 (aged 12 to 17), 90+ teaching staff, and 40+ support staff. Students are sorted into pastoral care groups within their year levels and populate from 20 to 25 in each group. The PCs are simply named as consecutive letters. There are four sporting Houses which are: Selsey (Yellow), Tarsett (Green), Nathan (Red) & Sirett (Black). Compulsory subjects; through all year levels include Maths and English. In the junior school, students must also study SOSE, Science, Physical Education and a language. Students have other options such as drama, media, art or business.

Runcorn railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Runcorn, the other being Fruitgrove.

Karawatha Forest or Karawatha nature reserve is approximately 900 hectares of bushland in the Brisbane suburbs of Karawatha and Stretton, Australia. It is one of the largest areas of remnant bushland within Brisbane. The predominant vegetation types in the forest are dry eucalypt forest and woodland with native heath understories. The Karawatha Forest Protection Society was formed to ensure that the bushland was protected from development and is owned and managed by the Brisbane City Council (BCC). Funds raised from the BCC's Bushland Preservation Levy have enabled the acquisition of land for preservation of Karawatha Forest.The subtropical bushland reserve contains an important wetland area along Scrubby Creek and an unnamed creek, both of which flow into Slacks Creek, tributary of the Logan River. Significant landmarks within the forest include Poet's Rock, the Old Quarry, Curtisii (formerly Paratz) Lookout, "the Rocks," Frog Hollow and the Illaweena Lagoon system. Along the western edge of the forest is the Gateway Motorway. The reserve was first declared in 1906.

The Islamic College of Brisbane (ICB) is a co-educational P-12 school in the suburb of Karawatha, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It offers teaching from Prep year to year twelve. The school is a project of Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) and is registered with the Department of Education. It was founded by both Queensland and Federal governments and has accreditation to enrol both local and overseas students.

Karawatha is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Karawatha had a population of 19 people.

Sunnybank Hills is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Sunnybank Hills had a population of 18,085 people.