Greenbank

Greenbank is a rural residential suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.

Greenbank is a rural residential suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Greenbank had a population of 7,694 people.

Greenbank is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Aboriginal country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions. Towards the south of Greenbank is the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country.The early name of the district was Teviot but derives its present name Greenbank from the name of a cattle property belonging to William Slack.Greenbank was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s. In the 1880s the main industries were dairying, farming and timber cutting. Cobb & Co had a changing station for their coaches at a hotel on the corner of Teviot Road and Pub Lane; from there, they would travel to Beaudesert via the Old Paradise Road between Acacia Ridge and Jimboomba. When the coach service ceased in 1924, the hotel licence lapsed.Greenbank Provisional School was built by volunteer labour and opened on 23 January 1893 with 12 pupils under teacher Mary Mulroney who received an annual salary of £50. It became Greenbank State School on 1 January 1909. It closed between 1943 and 1950 due to low student numbers.In the 2011 census Greenbank had a population of 7,328 people.In the 2016 census Greenbank had a population of 7,694 people.