Monarch Glen, Queensland
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Monarch Glen
| city = Logan City
| state = qld
| image = Monarch Glen track 2023.jpg
| caption = Bush track, 2023
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.8144|152.9175|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| pop = 0
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4285
| area = 9.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
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| lga = Logan City
| stategov = Jordan
| fedgov = Wright
| near-n = Silverbark Ridge
| near-ne = Flagstone
| near-e = Flagstone
| near-se = Riverbend
| near-s = Flinders Lakes
| near-sw = Flinders Lakes
| near-w = Undullah
| near-nw = Lyons
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Monarch Glen is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|49727|Monarch Glen|locality in City of Logan|accessdate=16 November 2019}} It is situated along the development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area and is one of four new suburbs that have been created in Logan to house a predicted population boom between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.{{Cite news |date=2016-05-24 |title=Four new Logan suburbs as population booms |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-24/four-new-logan-suburbs/7441600 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Monarch Glen had "no people or a very low population".
History
Monarch Glen is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country.{{Cite web|title=Bundjalung – Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative|url=https://muurrbay.org.au/languages/bundjalung/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=muurrbay.org.au}}{{Cite web|title=AIATSIS code E66: Yugarabul|url=https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/e66|access-date=31 July 2020|website=Federal government|publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies}} The origin of the suburb name is from the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), which is found locally. It was approved and designated as a locality within the Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines on 20 May 2016.{{Cite web| url=https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/about-logan/suburbs/monarch-glen| title=Monarch Glen| date=2017-06-19| access-date=3 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803032458/https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/about-logan/suburbs/monarch-glen| archive-date=3 August 2019| url-status=live}} The redistribution of the state’s electoral boundaries in 2017 led to the suburb being part of the Jordan electoral district.{{Cite web |last=Botting |first=H. |date=2017 |title=Final Determination Report |url=https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/59003/QRC-2017_Final-Determination-Report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322062035/https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/59003/QRC-2017_Final-Determination-Report.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-22 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Queensland Electoral Commission}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Monarch Glen had "no people or a very low population".{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31878|name=Monarch Glen|access-date=27 May 2024|quick=on}}