Greater Springfield, Queensland

Greater Springfield Queensland
Population	30,000 (2013)^[1]
Postcode(s)	4300
Location	20 km (12 mi) ESE of Ipswich 29 km (18 mi) SW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	City of Ipswich
State electorate(s)	Bundamba Inala
Federal Division(s)	Oxley Blair

Greater Springfield, also known as the Greater Springfield Development, is a general term for a group of suburbs in the City of Ipswich local government area, located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. It is the first privately built city in Australia and the country’s largest master planned community (tenth largest globally), encompassing 2,860 hectares (963 acres) designed to support population growth from Brisbane radiating out along the coastal strips from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast and west to Ipswich.

In 2013, the population of Greater Springfield was estimated around 30,000, with a projection to grow to 105,000 residents by 2030.^[1] Community development is managed and coordinated by Springfield Land Corporation. The plan is to have a group of suburbs with the population of Darwin by 2030.

History

Greater Springfield was founded over 22 years ago. The land was originally purchased for A$7.9 million in 1992 by Maha Sinnathamby and Bob Sharpless. Sinnathamby and Sharpless assembled a team and developed Greater Springfield masterplan based on interconnected pillars of health, education and information technology.

The Local Government (Springfield Zoning) Act 1997 was gazette in view of the long term nature of development being undertaken across Greater Springfield. This Act gave rise to a unique Planning Regime which provides certainty to the developer. The Structure Plan established a unique assessment process that ensures the intentions, provisions and understanding in and behind the Springfield Structure Plan are not to be overreached or changed through Local Planning Policies so to adversely affect the development entitlements conferred by the Structure Plan. All levels of Government recognise that the achievement of this goal is essential to ensure the certainty of the development rights. From Springfield Land Corporation’s (SLC’s) viewpoint such certainty is essential to the future proofing of the project.

Suburbs of Greater Springfield

Main entrance of the Greater Springfield Mater Private Hospital.

The suburbs of the region generally known as Greater Springfield are Springfield Central, Springfield Lakes, Brookwater, Augustine Heights, Spring Mountain and Springfield itself. 30 per cent of Greater Springfield is dedicated to absolute green space.

Facilities

Office building at Springfield Central, home of the Springfield Land Corporation, 2014

The Springfield College has a campus on Springfield College Drive, with a second campus (Middle & Senior) on the Springfield–Greenbank Arterial road. The University of Southern Queensland has a campus in Springfield. Classes began in February 2006. TAFE Queensland South West, previously Bremer Institute of TAFE also has a campus in Springfield.

The first stage of Springfield's largest shopping centre, Orion Springfield, has been open since 15 March 2007. Major tenants include Woolworths and Big W. 600,000 square metres of land has been set aside for commercial space, which is called the Parkside business precinct. The precinct already contains a 10-storey tower which cost $60 million to build.^[2]

In late 2011, a Masters Home Improvement store opened next to the Orion centre and was one of the first Masters Home Improvement stores in Queensland on opening. The Polaris datacentre was built at Springfield, opened in 2009 and was soon filled to capacity. The datacentre cost $220 million to construct and was designed by Strategic Directions.^[3]

Transport

Springfield is connected to Brisbane CBD by the Centenary Motorway and the Springfield railway line, a branch of the Ipswich railway line that starts at Darra station, and extends to Springfield.^[4]

References

1 2 Key Facts About Springfield. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
↑ "High hopes at tower opening". The Queensland Times. APN News & Media. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
↑ Suzanne Tindal (17 October 2010). "Installing Polaris datacentre generators: Photos". ZDnet Australia. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
↑ Brad Weier (7 June 2010). "Springfield railway 2 years early". The Queensland Times. Retrieved 10 March 2011.

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Springfield

Suburbs in the City of Ipswich, South East Queensland

Amberley Ashwell Augustine Heights Barellan Point Basin Pocket Bellbird Park Blacksoil Blackstone Booval Brassall Brookwater Bundamba Calvert Camira Carole Park Churchill Chuwar Coalfalls Collingwood Park Deebing Heights Dinmore East Ipswich Eastern Heights Ebenezer Ebbw Vale Flinders View Gailes Goodna Goolman Grandchester Haigslea Ipswich Ironbark Jeebropilly Karalee Karrabin Lanefield Leichhardt Limestone Ridges Lower Mount Walker Marburg Moores Pocket Mount Forbes Mount Marrow Mount Mort Mount Walker West Muirlea Mutdapilly New Chum Newtown North Booval North Ipswich North Tivoli One Mile Peak Crossing Pine Mountain Purga Raceview Redbank Redbank Plains Ripley Riverview Rosewood Sadliers Crossing Silkstone South Ripley Spring Mountain Springfield Springfield Central Springfield Lakes Swanbank Tallegalla Thagoona The Bluff Tivoli Walloon West Ipswich White Rock Willowbank Woodend Woolshed Wulkuraka Yamanto

Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

South East Queensland, Queensland

Cities	Brisbane Caboolture Gold Coast Ipswich Logan City Redland City Redcliffe City Sunshine Coast

Urban areas	Beenleigh Caboolture Caloundra Nambour Springfield

Townships	Amity Point Aratula Beaudesert Beechmont Boonah Canungra Coominya D'Aguilar Dayboro Dugandan Dunwich Esk Eudlo Eumundi Fernvale Forest Hill Gatton Glass House Mountains Grandchester Grantham Harlin Harrisville Helidon Hillview Jimboomba Jimna Kalbar Kilcoy Laidley Landsborough Linville Logan Village Lowood Ma Ma Creek Maleny Mapleton Marburg Minden Montville Moore Mount Alford Murphys Creek Rathdowney Redland Bay Rosevale Rosewood Toogoolawah Wamuran Warrill View Withcott Woodford

National parks	Bellthorpe Blue Lake Bribie Island Burleigh Head Conondale D'Aguilar Deer Reserve Dularcha Esk Eudlo Creek Ferntree Creek Fort Lytton Freshwater Gatton Glass House Mountains Kondalilla Lamington Lockyer Main Range Mapleton Falls Mooloolah River Moogerah Peaks Moreton Island Mount Barney Mount Chinghee Mount Coolum Mount Pinbarren Nicoll Scrub Noosa Nerang Ravensbourne Sarabah Southern Moreton Bay Islands St Helena Island Springbrook Tamborine Teerk Roo Ra Tewantin Triunia Venman Bushland Wickham Moreton Bay Marine Park

Places of interest	Blackall Range Bribie Island Conondale Range Cunninghams Gap D'Aguilar Range Glass House Mountains Moreton Bay Moreton Island Scenic Rim South Stradbroke Island Tamborine Mountain Teviot Range Wivenhoe Dam

Coordinates: 27°039′S 152°054′E / 27.650°S 152.900°E / -27.650; 152.900

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