Logan Central

The City of Logan is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also borders the Scenic Rim Region, the City of Ipswich, and Redland City LGAs. Logan City is divided into 70 suburbs and 12 divisions; a councillor is elected to each of the latter. The council had a population of 326,615 in June 2018.Gaining significant area in 2008 from the amalgamation of parts of the Albert and Beaudesert Shires, Logan City extends north to Priestdale, south to Mundoolun near the Albert River, east to Carbrook at the Logan River, and west to Lyons. Logan City is located across parts of the sub-basin of Oxley Creek, and 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 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 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 was under administration until March 2020 elections.

Woodridge railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. Despite the name, it serves the suburb of Logan Central, Logan City. Neighbouring station Trinder Park serves the suburb of Woodridge, Logan City.

Woodridge State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school in Woodridge, a suburb of Logan, Queensland, Australia. The school opened in 1972, and currently has an enrolment of 1200 students (as of May 2016). While the school and suburb is based in the Logan Local Government Area, many of its students are from suburbs in the general Greater Brisbane Area. The current principal is Kathleen Janecek.

Woodridge 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 Woodridge and also takes in the suburbs of Crestmead, Kingston, Logan Central, Marsden and Slacks Creek. The electorate was first created for the 1977 election. Woodridge has been held by the Labor Party for all but a few months of its existence, when Mike Kaiser briefly served as an independent after being forced to resign from the party for branch-stacking a decade earlier. Since the 1980s, it has usually been one of Labor's safest seats. The only time Labor came close to losing the seat at an election came during Labor's near-wipeout in 2012, in which incumbent Desley Scott saw her majority slashed from a comfortably safe 25.4 percent to a marginal 5.8 percent. Scott retired ahead of the 2015 election. Her replacement, former cabinet minister Cameron Dick, reverted the seat to its usual status as a comfortably safe Labor seat, ballooning the Labor majority to 25.9 percent—the safest seat in the entire legislature.

Woodridge is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the suburb of Woodridge had a population of 12,579 people. Woodridge was home to a major timber reserve.

Mayes Cottage is a nineteenth century, heritage-listed house museum located at 20 Mawarra Street, Kingston, City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. Originally called Pleasant Place, it was built in 1887 by the Mayes Family. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.Mayes Cottage is maintained by Logan City Council and staffed by volunteers. It is open to the public for free and tours are available.

The Division of Rankin is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

Trinder Park railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Logan suburb of Woodridge.

Kingston is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Kingston had a population of 10,371 people.

Kingston railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Logan suburb of Kingston. Located directly next to the station is the Kingston Butter Factory community arts centre.

Groves Christian College is a coeducational independent Christian school based in the suburb of Kingston in the local government area of Logan City, south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. The college consists of two school campuses, with the main campus located on Laughlin Street (70 Laughlin St,) which accommodates students in the Foundation Phase (Kindy – Year 2), Middle Phase (Years 7–9) and Senior Phase (Years 10–12). A second campus is located on Velorum Drive (12 Velorum Drive) which accommodates students in the Intermediate Phase (Years 3–6). Additionally, the college operates an Early Learning Centre at 44 Laughlin Street.

Mabel Park State School is a public primary for students between the years of prep to year 6. The school is located on Borman Street, Slacks Creek, Logan City, Queensland, Australia. The school was opened on 29 January 1974 and, as of 2012, had more than 700 students. The motto of the school is "Truth Conquers All" and the school colour is maroon. The schools Drumline has played for many concerts. They have played for Dreamworld and Basketball games in the Logan region. The choir for the school has also been in many concerts. The school has won many awards from the musical department. The school has been shown in Queensland's Creative Generation a few times in both musical categories (drumline and vocal). Mabel Park Junior Campus is located next to the primary school.