Kippa-Ring, Queensland

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Kippa-Ring Queensland
Established:	27 March 1971
Postcode:	4021
Elevation:	0 m
Time zone:	+10 (UTC)
Property Value:	AUD $275,000 [1]
Mayor:	Cr Allan Sutherland
Location:	27 km from Brisbane CBD 3 km from Redcliffe CBD
Region:	Redcliffe
State District:	Murrumba, Redcliffe
Federal Division:	Petrie
Website: http://www.redcliffe.qld.gov.au/
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall 25.1 °C 77 °F 16.5 °C 62 °F 1094.1 mm 43.1 in
Suburbs around Kippa-Ring Rothwell Scarborough Scarborough Rothwell Kippa-Ring Redcliffe Hays Inlet Clontarf Margate

Kippa-Ring is a central-western suburb of Redcliffe City in Queensland, Australia.

Contents 1 History 2 Attractions and features 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The suburb's curious name is believed to be a combination of the Kabi indigenous word "kippa", meaning young uninitiated man, and ring, a reference to a bora ring.^[2]

[edit] Attractions and features

Kippa-Ring is home to the Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre, as well as Kippa-Ring Village shopping centre, both of which are side by side. Peninsula Fair houses the only cinema on the Redcliffe peninsula, an 8 screen Australian Multiplex Cinemas.

[edit] References

1. ^ The Real Estate Institute of Queensland, 2005 calendar year
2. ^ Kippa-Ring (HTML). Place Names Online Search. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water.

[edit] External links

• Redcliffe City Council