Mount Cotton, Queensland
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'Mount Cotton' redirects here. For the Chinese mountain sometimes translated as Mt Cotton, see Mount Mian.
Mount Cotton is a rural locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Cotton had a population of 7,302 people.[1]
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Mount Cotton Redland City, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27.6188°S 153.2210°E / -27.6188; 153.2210 (Mount Cotton (centre of locality)) | ||||||||||||||
Population | 7,302 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 171.81/km2 (445.0/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4165 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 42.5 km2 (16.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Redland City | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Springwood | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Bowman | ||||||||||||||
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The area was colonised by Germans in the late 1860s after possible frontier wars with First Nations peoples. In the 20th century, poultry farms were established and in recent years the number of residential sub-developments has expanded.