Flinders Lakes is a rural

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in the

City of Logan Logan City 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 bor ...

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, Australia. It was gazetted in May 2016.

History

Flinders Lakes is situated in the Bundjalung traditional

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country. Flinders Lakes is part of the development corridor south of Brisbane in the

Greater Flagstone Greater Flagstone is a district and development area located within the Logan City local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia. Greater Flagstone is situated along the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor between two future employment p ...

development area. The origin of the locality name is based upon the views of nearby

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. Flinders Lakes was designated as a locality within Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines in May 2016.

Future plans

Planned development in Flinders Lakes includes a mixed-use zoned town centre, residential, parks and recreation, and knowledge based industries and services focusing on health, education, tourism and agriculture. Planned transportation projects that would service Flinders Lakes and the Greater Flagstone development areas include passenger railway links between

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and Beaudesert.

Education

There are no schools in Flinders Lake. The nearest government primary schools are Flagstone State School in

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to the east and Ripley Valley State School in South Ripley to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Flagstone State Community College in Flagstone and Ripley Valley State Secondary College in South Ripley.

References

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