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Redland community asked for input on future of 62-hectare Birkdale Land Precinct
Redland City Council is seeking ambitious ideas from residents to transform a 62-hectare block of land in Birkdale into a major community precinct.
Key points:
- The 62-hectare site in Birkdale will be transformed into a major new community precinct
- Redland City Council wants the community to suggest ideas for the site
- It includes heritage-listed buildings linked to World War II and the 1860s-era Willard’s Farm
The land on Old Cleveland Road, known as the Birkdale Land Precinct, was formerly owned by the federal government and used as a radio communications centre during World War II.
Australia’s first news of the end of the war was transmitted from the site on August 15, 1945.
It is also the site of the heritage-listed Willard’s Farm, also…
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