Highland Park is a

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in the

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Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Highland Park had a population of 6,574 people.

History

William Duncan State School opened on 27 January 1987. It was officially opened on 31 October 1987 by

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, the Member of the

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for

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. The school is named after William Duncan, an early settler and timber-getter in the district. There had been an earlier proposal to call the school ''Boorajing'' (an Aboriginal word meaning ''windy place''). In the , Highland Park recorded a population of 6,561 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Highland Park population was 39 years, 2 years above the national median of 37. 66.3% of people living in Highland Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 10.3%, England 5.7%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.7%, Japan 0.7%. 86.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% Japanese, 0.7% Croatian, 0.6% Spanish, 0.5% German, 0.4% Italian. In the , Highland Park had a population of 6,574 people.

Education

William Duncan State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 114-136 Alexander Drive (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 597 students with 45 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 30 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent). It includes a

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program and a positive learning centre. There is no secondary school in Highland Park. The nearest secondary school is

Nerang State High School Nerang State High School (NSHS) is a state high school located on the Gold Coast of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_ty ...

in neighbouring

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to the north.

References

{{Localities in Gold Coast Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland