Newport, Queensland

Newport Queensland
Established:	2008
Postcode:	4020
Location:	29 km (18 mi) NNE of Brisbane CBD 3.0 km (2 mi) NW of Redcliffe CBD
LGA:	Moreton Bay Region
State District:	Murrumba, Redcliffe
Federal Division:	Petrie
Suburbs around Newport: Deception Bay Deception Bay Scarborough Rothwell Newport Scarborough Kippa-Ring Kippa-Ring Redcliffe

Newport is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region at the north of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.

History

The suburb of Newport was gazetted as the Place Name Decision Notice (No 21) 2008 in the Queensland Government Gazette – Natural Resources and Water on August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15),^[1] after a submission by the then Redcliffe City Council to the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources and Water in October 2006. An earlier, unsuccessful attempt by the council to create the suburb was made in the 1990s.

The name Newport comes from the Newport Waterways housing estate that began development in the late 1970s; the artificial canals first filled with water in 1979.^[2]

Attractions and features

Mariner Plaza in central Newport

Newport is known for its predominantly water-side residential housing with artificial canal waterways, near the thriving seafood industry at the Scarborough Boat Harbour.

References

1. ^ Queensland Government Gazette – Natural Resources and Water. 348. Government of Queensland. 15 August 2008. p. p3. ISSN 0155-9370. https://www.bookshop.qld.gov.au/edelivery/15.08.08%20-%20%5B107%5D%20Natural%20Resources%20Gazette.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-24. 
2. ^ "Newport canals". Picture Australia. National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FWWW.PHOTOSAU.COM%252FREDCLIFFELIBRARY%252FSCRIPTS%252FEXTSEARCH.ASP%253FSEARCHTERM%253D000544. Retrieved 2008-08-24. 

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places:Newport
• Newport Waterways Marina

Coordinates: 27°12′38″S 153°05′25″E / 27.2105°S 153.0904°E / -27.2105; 153.0904