Burbank is a

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Burbank had a population of 1,050 people.

Geography

Burbank is an outer suburb of City of Brisbane and borders City of Redland to the east and

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to the south. Burbank has a number of small intermittent creeks winding between cleared and uncleared rolling hills. The main road across in the area is the Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road. There are also a couple of working and

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s. There are a few

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nurseries and at least two

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farms in the area. Burbank has a number of churches and temples and there is a Jewish school. The closest public primary school is Mackenzie State School (formerly Mount Petrie State School) in Mackenzie. There are no shops in the suburb and public transport is very limited. The almost entirely

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outer suburb is dominated by large acreage blocks, many with extensive gardens and prestige housing built on them. A dam built in the late 1960s has shaped the modern development of this area. Called the

Leslie Harrison Dam The Leslie Harrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam across the Tingalpa Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Redland City in Brisbane. ...

, it forms the Tingalpa Reservoir on

Tingalpa Creek Tingalpa Creek is a creek in South East Queensland. It flows along Brisbane's south east boundary with Redland City Council. On early maps the creek was called both Tunim Creek and Tangulba Creek. The waterway serves as important wildlife corr ...

. The dam once provided water for residents of

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but has been connected to the regional water supply network. Because of

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concerns, the

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has been kept low within the immediate

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area.

History

The area was originally known as Upper Tingalpa. The suburb was named after Alfred Harry Burbank, a surveyor and farmer, who was a resident in the area from 1890 to 1908. Burbank carried out surveys across Queensland over his 65 year career. Frank Burbank, a local horse breeder and timber-getter, was his son. Frank stayed in the area until his death in the 1950s. Burbank was officially named on 1 June 1976. Sinai College opened on 29 January 1990. Since the inception of the Bushland Preservation Levy in 1990, the

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has purchased undeveloped properties in Burbank for nature reserves. A

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habitation protection called Brisbane Koala Bushlands was also created, with visitor facilities and boardwalks located on Ford Road. A second park, called JC Trotter Memorial Park, is located on Cherbon Street, adjacent to the Tingalpa Reservoir. It is estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 koalas live in the southeast of Brisbane and this park is designed to protect their habitats and their movement corridors. In 2008, a private property at Burbank became the first property to be classified as conservation area under an environmental covenant with the

. The agreement is part of the BCC's GreenHeart CitySmart plan which aims to restore 40% of the city's land to natural habitat by 2026. Burbank has not been subdivided into small residential blocks of land to ensure the population remains low. In figures published in early 2009 from the Australian Property Investor magazine, Burbank had the third highest median house price in Australia, at A$1.1 million. Recent

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data shows that Burbank has the most three-car households in Brisbane, at a rate of 40%. According to RP Data figures, residents of Burbank remain living in the suburb for an average of 13 years, which is the fourth longest in Brisbane, behind nearby

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and both Point Lookout and Amity Point on

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. In the , Burbank had a population of 1,050 people.

Education

Sinai College is a private primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 20 Moxon Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 30 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 3 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There are no government schools in Burbank. The nearest government primary schools are Gumdale State School in

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to the north-west, Mackenzie State Primary School (previously Mount Petrie State School) in neighbouring

Mackenzie Mackenzie, Mckenzie, MacKenzie, or McKenzie may refer to: People * Mackenzie (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Mackenzie (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Clan Mackenzie, a S ...

to the west

Capalaba State College Capalaba State College is a P–12 state school. The College consists of both Junior (Prep to Year 6) and Senior (Year 7 to Year 12) campuses. It is situated in the Redlands. Originally made up of separate Primary and Secondary Schools, they bo ...

in neighbouring

Capalaba Capalaba is an urban locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the , Capalaba had a population of 17,333 people. Geography The suburb has large shopping and commercial centres with two malls and a major bus station, as well ...

to the north-east, Rochedale State School in neighbouring Rochedale to the west, and Rochedale South State School in neighbouring

Rochedale South } Rochedale South is a northern residential suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rochedale South had a population of 15,317 people. Geography Its northern boundaries of Priestdale and Underwood Road form the boundary of ...

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are

Mansfield State High School Mansfield State High School is an independent public, co-educational secondary school of approximately 3300 students located in Mansfield, a suburb in Brisbane, Australia. The school was established and opened in 1974. In recent years, the schoo ...

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to the north-west, Rochedale State High School in neighbouring Rochedale to the west, and Capalaba State College in neighbouring Capalaba to the north-east.

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the area: * Alperton Road Park () * Ford Road Park () * J.C. Trotter Memorial Park () * Leacroft Road Park () * Longton Court Park (no.100) () * Mt Petrie Recreation Reserve () * Prout Road (485) Park () * Prout Road Park () * Suzette Street Park () * Upfield Street Park ()

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