Greenbank, Queensland
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Greenbank Logan City, Queensland |
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Original Greenbank State School building, 2014
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| Population | 7,328 (2011 Census) (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4124 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 33 km (21 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Logan City | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Logan, Algester, Lockyer | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Forde, Rankin | ||||||||||||
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Greenbank is a rural-residential suburb within Logan City in Queensland, Australia.
[File:Danger sign, Greenbank Military Range, 2014.JPG|thumb|Danger sign, Greenbank Military Range, 2014] Once divided between the Shire of Beaudesert and Logan City, the Queensland Government's council amalgamations resulted in Greenbank becoming entirely within Logan City, since the 15th March 2008.
The suburb is surrounded by farmland and includes the forested [Greenbank Military Range], which is a registered Australian Heritage Site. A strip of parkland and a watercourse originally named {The Platypus Pools and Bracken Way} is natural habitat to a large species of flora and fauna including live Platypus, the rare Black Cockatoo, Kookaburra, the Blue Wren, King Fisher, Honey Eaters, Owls, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Possums, Bearded Dragons, Legless Lizards and Water Monitors up to 2.5 metres in length plus many more species have been sighted living in this natural habitat. The watercourse and natural forest is fed by torrential rains and natural springs dotted throughout the Spring Mountain area. Snakes mostly consisting of (Pythons, Whip Tails and Red Bellied Blacks and to a much lesser degree Brown Snakes), (Bird Spiders, Huntsman, Red Back, Saint Davids Star and the Orb Spider) also share this watercourse and natural forest which runs right through the middle of the residential part of Spring Mountain Estate and continues through to Greenbank, Browns Plains and finishes at Karrawatha National Park.
The parkland stretches along on either side of the watercourse and a variety of walking tracks of different fitness levels are used by residents for casual strolls, nature lovers and serious athletic enthusiasts, horse and bike riding. These walking tracks extend out into different Estates of Greenbank such a Blue Grass, New Beith, Lyons and Teviot Downs Estates which cover more forested areas, while Spring Mountain Estate contains the natural forest areas and watercourse which if followed along the platypus pools and bracken way length; the walking track connects up with neighbouring Boronia Heights.
The size of Greenbank is approximately 49 km². It has 7 parks covering nearly 18% of the total area.
The early name of the district was Teviot but derives its present name Greenbank from the name of a cattle property belonging to William Slack.
Greenbank was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s. In the 1880s the main industries were dairying, farming and timber cutting. Cobb and Co had a changing station for their coaches at a hotel on the corner of Teviot Road and Pub Lane; from there, they would travel to Beaudesert via the Old Paradise Road between Acacia Ridge and Jimboomba. When the coach service ceased in 1924, the hotel licence lapsed.
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