Cleveland, Queensland

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Cleveland is located on the western shores of Moreton Bay approximately {{Convert|25|km|mi|0}} east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. It comprises commercial, residential and industrial areas and is the location of Redland City's Council Chambers, offices and various cultural facilities.

Raby Bay was an area of mangroves and mudflats which has been developed as canal estates and a marina development.

Toondah Harbour is the location of the Stradbroke Island Ferry Terminal used by water taxis and vehicular ferries to provide access to North Stradbroke Island. This area of Moreton Bay is naturally shallow but the Fison Channel has been dredged to provide access for vehicular ferries which connect Cleveland to Dunwich.Joshua Peter Bell, "Moreton Bay And How To Fathom It", Queensland Newspapers, 1984, p 52 Toondah Harbour is situated in an area of coastal wetlands featuring sandbanks, mudflats and mangroves which provide important habitats for dugongs, turtles and many shorebird species including migratory birds such as the critically endangered{{cite web|date=26 May 2015|title=Eastern Curlew|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/20-birds-by-2020/eastern-curlew|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814040402/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/20-birds-by-2020/eastern-curlew|archive-date=14 August 2018|access-date=14 August 2018|website=Department of the Environment and Energy|publisher=Australian Government}} eastern curlew. Most of the wetlands in this area, except for Toondah Harbour and its primary channel, are within the boundaries of the Moreton Bay Ramsar site.{{cite web|title=Toondah Harbour environmental values ignored by Redland Council|url=http://wildlifebayside.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/toondah-harbor-environmental-values-ignored-by-redland-council/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303174158/http://wildlifebayside.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/toondah-harbor-environmental-values-ignored-by-redland-council/|archive-date=3 March 2014|access-date=15 February 2014|website=Wildlife Bayside|date=9 February 2014}}

Cassim Island, an area of sandbanks and mangroves located to the north of Toondah Harbour, provides the Harbour with shelter from northerly winds. The island is named after William Cassim, an early Cleveland hotel keeper. Cassim Island provides a high value habitat for wading birds and other mangrove fauna.Peter Davie et al, "Wild Guide To Moreton Bay", Queensland Museum, 1998, p 376

The Cleveland–Redland Bay Road exits to the south.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Cleveland+QLD+4163/@-27.5269526,153.2342359,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b9166b856fb95e7:0x502a35af3de8510!8m2!3d-27.5251556!4d153.2792833?hl=en |access-date=13 August 2022 |title=Cleveland, Queensland}}

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Cleveland is the traditional territory of the Koobenpul clan of the Quandamooka.{{sfn|Steele|2015}}

There are conflicting reports as to the naming of Cleveland; it was either named in 1770 by Captain James Cook in honour of John Clevland, the Secretary of the Admiralty around the time,{{cite news|work=The Age|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Queensland/Cleveland/2005/02/17/1108500202254.html|title=Cleveland|date=8 February 2004|access-date=14 August 2018|archive-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012152628/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Queensland/Cleveland/2005/02/17/1108500202254.html|url-status=live}} or by surveyors in the 1840s, in honour of William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland.{{cite web|publisher=Redland Shire Council|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20145/suburb_histories/187/history_of_cleveland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000311/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20145/suburb_histories/187/history_of_cleveland|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2017|title=History of Cleveland|access-date=14 August 2018}} The latter is more likely as Cook did not enter Moreton Bay when he passed by on 17 May 1770 and it is not mentioned in his journal.{{cite web|publisher=South Seas Voyaging Accounts|url=http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17700517.html|title=Cook's Journal|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307213832/http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17700517.html|url-status=live}}

European settlement of Brisbane and surrounding areas was banned from 1824 until 1842, due to the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement, but the area to become Cleveland was first surveyed in 1840, and in 1841, was recommended for a maritime or seaport township. In 1847 a navigation beacon was established at Cleveland Point.{{cite web|title=The Point Cleveland Lighthouse|website=Lighthouses of Australia|url=http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/QLD/Cleveland%20Point/Cleveland%20Point.htm|access-date=26 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905145527/http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/QLD/Cleveland%20Point/Cleveland%20Point.htm|archive-date=5 September 2013|url-status=dead}}

In 1847, the Government planned for the new town, and on 13 December 1850, Cleveland was proclaimed a township.{{Cite book |last=Brie|first= Kenneth | title=Latitude 27 - Longitude 153, Moreton Bayside | date=2001 | publisher=Erinport Pub., and Sandgate & District Historical Society | isbn=978-0-9578064-8-1}} The first land sales of the new township took place a year later, with early purchases primarily around Cleveland Point, at the time an early candidate for a major port to replace Brisbane. Brisbane was troubled by sand bars across the mouth of the Brisbane River, and Cleveland Point was closer to the southern passage (the entrance to Moreton Bay between North Stradbroke Island and Moreton Island).File:G.J. Walter Park Governor Gipps Sign & Cassim Island in background 3 c.JPGHowever, when Governor Sir George Gipps visited Cleveland in 1842, it is reported that upon disembarking his boat, he immediately sank into the mudflats up to his waist. He was so annoyed by this that he changed his mind and suggested Ipswich.{{cite web|website=Australian Heritage|title=Cleveland|url=http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=QLD®ion=23&view=1095|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305020857/http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=QLD®ion=23&view=1095|archive-date=5 March 2014|url-status=dead}} A series of wreckings in the southern passage led to ships using the longer but safer northern entrance between Bribie and Moreton islands. This, and an unfortunate fire at the Cleveland jetty, removed any hopes for Cleveland.

In 1852, the first large buildings were built in Cleveland; what is now the Grand View Hotel, and the Old Courthouse, at the time a workers cottage. Farms sprang up; a brickworks was built at the point, and a wool store to handle shipping. The first mail service to Cleveland began in 1861, with the first school established at the same time. The wool store, unused because of Cleveland's failure as a port, was converted into a sawmill, which supplied timber to a shipyard built at the Point. The population at this time was only 270. Tourism blossomed with the arrival of the first regular steamer service to Cleveland in 1864.File:Cleveland Lighthouse.jpgThe Cleveland Point Light was also constructed in 1864, and was only replaced in 1969. From this time, the most popular crop was sugar cane, until it was replaced by the popularity of fruits such as passion fruit and strawberries.

A rail line connecting Brisbane to Cleveland was completed in 1889, and with it tourism, residential subdivisions and farming further grew in the area.

The area now known as G.J. Walter Park was originally proclaimed a reserve by the Government on 13 March 1889.{{cite journal|journal=Queensland Government Gazette|volume=46|date=23 March 1889|page=1079|title=Proclamation: Reserve for Public Purposes, Cleveland|url= http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:246872/Queensland_Gov_Gazette_1889_v46/Queensland_Gov_Gazette_1889_v46-1103.jpg?bookpage=true|access-date=26 February 2014}} This area was used mainly by residents and day trippers for swimming, picnicking and general park use.{{cite web|title=Cleveland Parks|publisher=Redland City Council|url=http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Cleveland-parks.aspx|access-date=17 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153556/http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Cleveland-parks.aspx|url-status=live}} This area is included on the Redland City Council's Register of Heritage Places classified as being of local significance.{{cite web|title=Redlands Planning Scheme - Version 6, Part 9, Schedule 4-Heritage Places Register|url=http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/_Planning_Building/RPS/V4_documents/09.04.pdf|access-date=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222154106/http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/_Planning_Building/RPS/V4_documents/09.04.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

File:StateLibQld 2 45927 Sketch of Cleveland as viewd from the Brighton Hotel, 1892.jpg

The rail line continued further than it does today, terminating at Cleveland Point - the existing Cleveland station was constructed later, for passenger use.{{When|date=September 2021}}{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

The Redlands attracted farming families and became a district known for producing top quality fruits and vegetables with crops of strawberries, tomatoes, pineapples, custard apples, citrus fruits, bananas, herbs and vegetables grown very successfully.{{When|date=September 2021}}{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

The first Methodist services were held in Cleveland in 1908. Cleveland Methodist Church was opened in November 1909 on the corner of Passage and Queen Streets. On 13 May 1961 the foundation stone was laid for a new church by Reverend Joseph Tainton, President of the Queensland Methodist Conference. With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, the church became the Cleveland Uniting Church. On 30 March 1980 the foundation stone for the third and current church building was laid by Reverend Douglas Fredrick Kirkup, Secretary of the Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia, and was opened on 22 June 1980 by Reverend Ronald Wilfred Elvery, the Moderator of the Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. The two former church buildings remain on the site and are used as halls.{{Cite web|title=Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church Passage Street, Cleveland|url=https://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/ClevelandUC.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Organ Historical Trust of Australia|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414034422/https://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/ClevelandUC.html}}

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By the outbreak of World War I, the population in Cleveland had hit 540.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

In 1960, lack of demand ended the rail service to Cleveland, and it was only restored twenty years later, by which time the population of Cleveland was over 5000.

The completion of the Leslie Harrison Dam allowed town water to be connected to the shire, with the majority of the town being serviced by 1970.

Construction of the Raby Bay canal estate broke ground in 1983.{{cite web|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/900/cleveland_timeline.pdf|title=Timeline: Cleveland: Settlement to 2000|date=21 September 2006|publisher=Redland City Council|access-date=14 August 2018|archive-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421161726/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/900/cleveland_timeline.pdf|url-status=live}}

By 1992, the population of Cleveland was nearing 10,000.

The current Cleveland Library opened in 1997.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=19 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Cleveland recorded a population of 14,801 people, 52.6% female and 47.4% male. The median age of the Cleveland population was 49 years, 11 years above the national median of 38. 64.8% of people living in Cleveland were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 9.3%, New Zealand 5.8%, South Africa 2.0%, Scotland 1.3%, Germany 0.7%. 86.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% German, 0.3% Afrikaans, 0.3% Spanish.In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Cleveland had a population of 14,801 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30627|name=Cleveland (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Cleveland had a population of 15,850 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30622|name=Cleveland (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Fernleigh, Cleveland, Queensland slight angle view.JPG, Queensland house built c. 1870 by William Taylor]]

Cleveland has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Cross Street: St Pauls Anglican Church{{Cite web|date=March 2006|title=Schedule 4 - Heritage Places Register|url=http://web01.redland.qld.gov.au/Robo/RPS_printable_v1/Print_Friendly/7-9/09.04.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415112408/http://web01.redland.qld.gov.au/Robo/RPS_printable_v1/Print_Friendly/7-9/09.04.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=Redland City Council|page=1}}{{cite QHR|15544|St Pauls Anglican Church|600769|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• 11 Lisa Street: Cleveland Pioneer Cemetery{{cite QHR|4616|Cleveland No.1 Cemetery|700008|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Outside 2014 Middle Street: Moreton Bay Fig tree{{Cite web|title=Loclal Heritage Register: 1 - Cleveland: Street Tree|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3111/heritage_card_1_-_cleveland_ficus_tree.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=19 June 2021|publisher=Redland City Council|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204039/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3111/heritage_card_1_-_cleveland_ficus_tree.pdf}}
• 240 Middle Street East: GJ Walter Park
• 47- 49 North Street: Massive mature banyan tree
• 49 North Street: Grand View Hotel{{cite QHR|15546|Grandview Hotel|600771|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• 1-11 Passage Street: Old Cleveland Police Station{{cite QHR|16669|Cleveland Police Station and Court House (former)|601933|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• 1 Paxton Street: Old Cleveland Court House (Courthouse Restaurant){{cite QHR|15545|Ye Olde Court House Restaurant|600770|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• Shore Street: Cleveland War Memorial
• 73 Shore Street East: Fernleigh, early Cleveland building{{cite QHR|16137|Fernleigh|601374|access-date=27 March 2015}}
• Shore Street North: Cleveland Point Light{{cite QHR|15547|Cleveland Lighthouse (former)|600772|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• 109 Shore Street North: Cleveland Hotel (Cassim's Hotel){{cite QHR|15903|Cleveland Hotel (former)|601130|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• 127 Shore Street North: Norfolk Island Pine Trees{{cite QHR|19550|Norfolk Island Pine Trees|602181|access-date=12 July 2013}}
• 44-76 Smith Street: RSL Hall

File:Mangroves Immediately South of Toondah Harbour, Cleveland, Queensland, 2014.JPG]]

Cleveland State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Queen Street ({{coord|-27.5283|153.2702|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Cleveland State School}}).{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2019-05-21 |title=Cleveland State School |url=https://clevelandss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Cleveland State School |language=en}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 706 students with 49 teachers (44 full-time equivalent) and 24 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority}} It includes a special education program.

Star of the Sea Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 53 Passage Street ({{coord|-27.5289|153.2791|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Star of the Sea Primary School}}).{{Cite web |title=Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School |url=http://www.staroftheseacleveland.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.staroftheseacleveland.qld.edu.au}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 220 students with 18 teachers (16 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).

Cleveland District State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Russell Street ({{coord|-27.5298|153.2602|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Cleveland District State High School}}).{{Cite web |date=2020-04-28 |title=Cleveland District State High School |url=https://clevelanddistrictshs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Cleveland District State High School |language=en}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 2,028 students with 150 teachers (144 full-time equivalent) and 55 non-teaching staff (40 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

Australian Industry Trade College - Redlands is a private secondary (11-12) school for boys and girls at 233 Middle Street ({{coord|-27.5266|153.2819|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Australian Industry Trade College - Redlands}}). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 250 students with 14 teachers and 23 non-teaching staff (18 full-time equivalent).

Facilities at Cleveland include:

• The Redland Hospital, including the Mater private hospital wing
• Cleveland Industrial Estate

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A number of regionally important cultural facilities are located in Cleveland including:

• Redland Art Gallery
• Redland Museum
• Redland Performing Arts Centre
• Cleveland Library at Corner Bloomfield and Middle Streets, operated by the Redland City Council{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/redland/cleveland_library|title=Cleveland Library|date=24 April 2014|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120329/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/redland/cleveland_library|archive-date=19 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=19 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

File:Protest against Toondah PDA plan 23 February 2014.jpg

The Redlands branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 3 Waterloo Street.{{Cite web|title=Branch Locations|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|archive-date=26 December 2018|access-date=26 December 2018|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association}}

G.J. Walter Park is a large public recreation facility located on coastal foreshores north of Toondah Harbour, overlooking Cassim Island.

Cleveland Showgrounds is home to the Redlands United FC and a venue for many events.

Cleveland Uniting Church is at 36 Passage Street (corner of Queen Street, {{Coord|-27.5283|153.2787|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Cleveland Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{Cite web|title=Cleveland Uniting Church|url=https://clevelandunitingchurch.com/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Cleveland Uniting Church|language=en|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228095005/https://clevelandunitingchurch.com/}}{{Cite web|title=Cleveland Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/2827-cleveland-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912004434/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/2827-cleveland-uniting-church}}

Attractions in Cleveland include:

• Cleveland Point and the Cleveland Point Light

Major events at Cleveland include:

• The Cleveland Markets, held in Bloomfield Street every Sunday morning
• RedFest (formerly known as the Strawberry Festival from 1965–2001), held at the Cleveland Showgrounds{{cite web | url = http://redfest.com.au/about/the-history-of-redfest | title = The History of RedFest | access-date = 3 September 2014 | archive-date = 3 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903155626/http://redfest.com.au/about/the-history-of-redfest | url-status = live }}

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Major road access to Cleveland is provided by Finucane Road and Bloomfield Street. Cleveland railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane via the Cleveland Railway Line. In January 2013, a Queensland Rail suburban train overran the bumper at the end of the line and crashed into the toilet block of the train station.{{cite news|title=Train crashes into station on Brisbane's bayside|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-31/train-crashes-into-cleveland-staion/4493096|access-date=18 September 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=31 January 2013|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516010057/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-31/train-crashes-into-cleveland-staion/4493096|url-status=live}} Although initial impression were that the train's brakes had failed, the subsequent inquiry put the blame on the rails being made slippery by a combination of leaves, oil, and rain, possibly caused by a storm a few days earlier.{{cite news|last=Worthington|first=Elise|title=Slippery tracks caused Cleveland train crash: ATSB|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-13/natural-substances-on-tracks-caused-cleveland-train-crash/4569874|access-date=18 September 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=14 March 2013|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518223657/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-13/natural-substances-on-tracks-caused-cleveland-train-crash/4569874|url-status=live}}

File:Cassim Island at Sunrise viewed from G.J. Walter Park.JPG

In 2014 the Queensland Government proposed an extensive development between Toondah Harbour and Cassim Island including an 800 berth marina.{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Brian|date=13 January 2014|title=Marina plan for Cleveland revamp|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/2017300/marina-plan-for-cleveland-revamp/|url-status=live|access-date=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118135221/http://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/2017300/marina-plan-for-cleveland-revamp/|archive-date=18 January 2016}} On 23 February 2014 approximately 300 people attended a rally to protest against the Government's plans to "carve up" the G.J. Walter Park as part of its Toondah Harbour redevelopment proposal.{{cite news|date=24 February 2014|title=Future of GJ Walter Park defines Toondah debate|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2106953/future-of-gj-walter-park-defines-toondah-debate/?cs=213|url-status=live|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228120128/http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2106953/future-of-gj-walter-park-defines-toondah-debate/?cs=213|archive-date=28 February 2014}}

A number of Queensland architects and planners reviewed the scheme at an Urban Design Workshop. The workshop Convenor said the group found the current Toondah scheme "too large, unfeasible and risky".{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Judith|date=3 March 2014|title=Toondah think tank opts for Raby Bay|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2123903/toondah-think-tank-opts-for-raby-bay-video|url-status=live|access-date=10 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306041438/http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2123903/toondah-think-tank-opts-for-raby-bay-video/|archive-date=6 March 2014}} He said the workshop recommended smaller developments across the city linking Raby Bay with Cleveland's CBD and the ferry terminal.{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Judith|date=3 March 2014|title=Crucial council vote on Toondah|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2154986/crucial-council-vote-on-toondah/|url-status=live|access-date=10 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322023941/http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2154986/crucial-council-vote-on-toondah/|archive-date=22 March 2014}}

On 4 March 2014 a petition with 1,211 signatures calling for the Government's plans to be withdrawn was tabled in the Queensland Parliament.{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Judith|date=6 March 2014|title=Parliament hears petition demanding new Toondah plan|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2132334/parliament-hears-petition-demanding-new-toondah-plan/?cs=213|url-status=live|access-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308073351/http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2132334/parliament-hears-petition-demanding-new-toondah-plan/?cs=213|archive-date=8 March 2014}}

On 19 March the Council decided to ask the Queensland Government to make some changes to the plan which include reducing building heights from 15 storeys to 10 and a 400-berth marina at Toondah Harbour instead of 800 berths.{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Judith|date=19 March 2014|title=Council limits Toondah building heights, marina|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2161339/council-limits-toondah-building-heights-marina/|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084114/http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2161339/council-limits-toondah-building-heights-marina/|archive-date=7 April 2014}}

In April 2014, after the consultation period had ended, the Redland City Council released copies of expert reports used to prepare the proposed development scheme.{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Judith|date=30 April 2014|title=Toondah and Weinam Creek expert reports released|work=Bayside Bulletin|url=http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2249797/toondah-and-weinam-creek-expert-reports-released/?cs=213|url-status=live|access-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505081419/http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2249797/toondah-and-weinam-creek-expert-reports-released/?cs=213|archive-date=5 May 2014}}

On 31 May 2014 an approved development scheme was released{{cite web|title=Toondah Harbour Priority Development Area Development Scheme May 2014|url=http://www.edq.qld.gov.au/resources/plan/pda/development-scheme-toondah-harbour.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410154508/http://www.edq.qld.gov.au/resources/plan/pda/development-scheme-toondah-harbour.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2015|access-date=1 June 2014|publisher=Queensland Government}} together with a lengthy report on the 583 submissions received during the consultation period.{{cite web|title=Toondah Harbour Priority Development Area Development Scheme Submissions Report, May 2014|url=http://www.edq.qld.gov.au/resources/plan/pda/submissions-report-toondah-harbour.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410182141/http://www.edq.qld.gov.au/resources/plan/pda/submissions-report-toondah-harbour.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2015|access-date=1 June 2014}}

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• {{Cite book| title = Aboriginal Pathways: in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River

|last= Steele |first= John Gladstone

|publisher= University of Queensland Press

|year=2015

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=e6WBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT138

|isbn= 978-0-702-25742-1

}}

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• {{cite web|url=http://www.redlandmuseum.org.au/|title=Redland Museum}}

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