Morayfield, Queensland
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| Morayfield Moreton Bay Regional Council, Queensland |
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| Population: | 18,020 (2006) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4506 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 44 km (27 mi) from Brisbane central business district | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Moreton Bay Regional Council | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fisher, Longman | ||||||||||||
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Morayfield is a suburb of Caboolture, 44km north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Regional Council.
Morayfield is a mostly residential area, consisting mainly of low-set brick homes and some semi-rural acreage. The main commercial area is concentrated along Morayfield Road and includes the Morayfield Shopping Centre, which opened in 1997.
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Brisbane man George Raff bought some of the land held by the failed Caboolture Cotton Company, calling it "Moray Field", derived from Raff's native Morayshire in Scotland. It was often written as "Morayfields" and, from 1881, became "Morayfield".[1]
Until the mid-1980s, Morayfield remained a rural area consisting of a small dairy holding and small crop farming enterprises. However, with the population pressure caused by the rapid growth of the greater Brisbane area, it has since suffered to some degree from random or unplanned residential development and rapid population growth.[citation needed] It is a thriving retail and service industry commercial center.
Greg Norman is currently involved in a large-scale plan to radically alter the eastern fringes of Morayfield, with land to the east of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River is to be turned into medium density residential lots.[citation needed]
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