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Kippa-Ring

Kippa-Ring
Queensland
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Population 9,790 (2016 census)
Established 1971
Postcode(s) 4021
Elevation 6 m (20 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Moreton Bay Region
Region South East Queensland
State electorate(s) Murrumba, Redcliffe
Federal Division(s) Petrie
Suburbs around Kippa-Ring:
Rothwell Newport Newport
Redcliffe
Rothwell Kippa-Ring Redcliffe
Clontarf Clontarf Margate

Kippa-Ring is a suburb of the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is at the center of the Redcliffe Peninsula, approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital. Designated as the commercial, retail & financial centre for the Redcliffe region, Kippa-Ring houses the bulk of the commercial and retail sectors on the peninsula including the largest shopping centres.

The suburb's name is a combination of the Kabi indigenous word "kippa", meaning young uninitiated man, and ring, a reference to a bora ring.

Old maps referred to this bora ring as a place of reference, and long before Kippa-Ring became an official suburb, it was given to the area. Notably, the swampy land in the north of the suburb was referred to as the 'Kippering Swamp' or 'Kippering Flats' - later to become a part of the canal development of Newport.

Until the 1950s and 1960s, Kippa-Ring was largely undeveloped, with most of the land being used for farming or small scale commercial use. In the 1960s and 1970s many areas were developed as residential and the suburb was created officially in 1971.

Kippa-Ring State School was opened on 25 January 1960.

Kippa-Ring has the following heritage-listings:

Kippa-Ring is home to two of the Redcliffe Peninsula's largest shopping centres - Peninsula Fair & Kippa-Ring Shopping Centre, both of which are side by side. Peninsula Fair houses one of the first Kmart stores in Queensland and the only multiplex cinemas on the Redcliffe peninsula plus an additional 90 specialty stores. Kippa-Ring Shopping Centre was bought in 2012 to be completely redeveloped resulting in the addition of a Target and new Woolworths alongside 40 specialty stores. Though the centres are owned by two different entities, they have been designed to accommodate easy pedestrian access between the two, including escalators and various staircases.

Peninsula Fair underwent a minor renovation in 2017 to modernise the facades, seating and a complete paintwork of the building.

Kippa-Ring station is the location of the terminus of the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line. The suburb contains the Peninsula Private Hospital, one of two hospitals on the Peninsula and the only private.


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