Bunya (4055) Located 21 km north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay Area, Bunya (4055) is is a rural suburb dominated by bushland and forest reserve host to a broad range of native trees. Bunya is also home to several football and netball sporting clubs. In 2011, 1800...

Murrumba Downs (4503) About 25 km to Brisbane's north, Murrumba Downs (4503) was originally land farmed by Thomas Petrie and his descendants. Now the land has been subdivided and is home to various residential estates, with a community convenience centre, and about 3...

Petrie (4502) About 25 km to Brisbane's north in the Moreton Bay Area, Petrie (4502) was named for one of its earliest inhabitants, Tom Petrie. Originally, Petrie was farmland and used for forest plantations. However more recently, the land has been subdivided for new...

Draper (4520) Located to the north of Brisbane, in the Moreton Bay Area, Draper (4520) is primarily rural with only 650 people resident in 2011. About 86% were born in Australia, New Zealand or Scotland, with a notable minority from South Africa or Canada. Almost all...

Rocklea (4106) Situated 9 km south of Brisbane and bordering Oxley Creek with its associated tributaries and waterholes, Rocklea (4106) is a large suburb vulnerable to flooding. Rocklea has been subjected to sever flooding damage both in 1974 and 2010, causing concern...

Carole Park (4300) Located about 20 km to Brisbane's southwest, Carole Park (4300) was formally recognised as a suburb in 1972. Prior to the 1940s it was rural farmland. In the mid 1960s when electricity and water was provided to the area, construction of extensive...

Stretton (4116) Situated 17 km from Brisbane, Stretton (4116) was once part of Coopers Plains, designated by Governor Bowen in 1861 as a large agricultural reserve producing fruit, vegetables and poultry. Stratton has a mixed terrain of hilly land, forest parkland and...

Salisbury (4107) Located 11 km to Brisbane's south and adjoining Toohey Mountain forest, Salisbury (4107) was named after William Coote's residence. William was a prominent early resident of the area. Initially rural until post World War II, it hosted munitions...

Wishart (4122) Situated 14 km south-east of Brisbane, Wishart (4122) was originally on a stock route from farms south of Brisbane to the Saleyards at Canon Hill. The route was functional until the 1960s but was progressively encroached upon as land was developed into...

Macgregor (4109) Located 12 km from Brisbane, Macgregor (4109) was named for William MacGregor, the Governor of Queensland from 1909 to1914. Macgregor has two schools, the high school being established in 1969, the primary school in 1972. Macgregor's 5600 residents...