Riverbend, Queensland
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Riverbend
| city = Logan City
| state = qld
| image = Lions Riverside Park 2023.jpg
| caption = Lions Riverside Park, 2023
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.8277|152.9722|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Riverbend (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 661
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established = 2017
| postcode = 4280
| area = 16.0
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 2.9
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Flagstone
| dist2 = 6.0
| dir2 = WNW
| location2 = Jimboomba
| dist3 = 31.2
| dir3 = SSW
| location3 = Logan Central
| dist4 = 50.2
| dir4 = S
| location4 = Brisbane CBD
| lga = Logan City
| stategov = Logan
| fedgov = Wright
| near-n = South Maclean
| near-ne = South Maclean
| near-e = Jimboomba
| near-se = Glenlogan
| near-s = Cedar Grove
| near-sw = Monarch Glen
Kagaru
| near-w = Flagstone
| near-nw = Flagstone
}}
Riverbend is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|50117|Riverbend|locality in City of Logan|accessdate=16 November 2019}} Designated as a separate locality in 2017, it will be progressively developed for residential use as the population of the city grows. In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Riverbend had a population of 661 people.
Geography
Riverbend is situated along the development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area. The locality takes its name from the bend in the Logan River on the southern boundary of the suburb.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=2 June 2022}}
On the river on the southern boundary is the Cedar Grove Weir.
History
Riverbend 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|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921022551/https://muurrbay.org.au/languages/bundjalung/|url-status=live}}{{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|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813095617/https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/e66|url-status=live}}
Jimboomba Timber Reserve Provisional School opened circa 1899. In 1906, it was renamed Martindale Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Martindale State School. It was in the area of Gittins Road (approx {{Coord|-27.8340|152.9541|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Martindale State School}}).{{Cite web|url=https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/jimboomba|title=Jimboomba|first=|date=|website=Logan City Council|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308233429/https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/jimboomba|archive-date=8 March 2020|access-date=2020-04-29}} It closed in 1922.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} The school building was then relocated to Cedar Grove, where it opened as Cedar Grove State School in 1923 and closed in 1965.{{cite QSA Agency|6292|Cedar Grove State School|11 May 2014
}}
Riverbend was approved and designated as a locality within Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines in September 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/about-logan/suburbs/riverbend|title=Riverbend|last=|first=|date=2018-01-25|website=Logan City Council|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803034629/https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/about-logan/suburbs/riverbend|archive-date=3 August 2019|access-date=}} It was excised from land formerly in Jimboomba.
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Riverbend had a population of 661 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32437|name=Riverbend (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}} This was the first census for Riverbend.
Education
There are no schools in Riverbend. The nearest government primary schools are Flagstone State School in neighbouring Flagstone to the north-west and Jimboomba State School in neighbouring Jimboomba to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Flagstone State Community College in Flagstone.
References
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