Kippa-Ring, Queensland

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Kippa-Ring
Queensland

Established:

27 March 1971

Postcode:

4021

Elevation:

0 m

Time zone:

+10 (UTC)

Property Value:

AUD $275,000 ^[1]

Mayor:

Cr Allan Sutherland

Location:

27 km from Brisbane CBD
3 km from Redcliffe CBD

Region:

Redcliffe

State District:

Murrumba, Redcliffe

Federal Division:

Petrie

Website: http://www.redcliffe.qld.gov.au/

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
25.1 °C ^{77 °F}	16.5 °C ^{62 °F}	1094.1 mm ^{43.1 in}

Suburbs around Kippa-Ring
Rothwell	Scarborough	Scarborough
Rothwell	Kippa-Ring	Redcliffe
Hays Inlet	Clontarf	Margate

Kippa-Ring is a central-western suburb of Redcliffe City in Queensland, Australia.

1 History
2 Attractions and features
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The suburb's curious name is believed to be a combination of the Kabi indigenous word "kippa", meaning young uninitiated man, and ring, a reference to a bora ring.^[2]

[edit] Attractions and features

Kippa-Ring is home to the Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre, as well as Kippa-Ring Village shopping centre, both of which are side by side. Peninsula Fair houses the only cinema on the Redcliffe peninsula, an 8 screen Australian Multiplex Cinemas.

[edit] References

^ The Real Estate Institute of Queensland, 2005 calendar year
^ Kippa-Ring (HTML). Place Names Online Search. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water.