Scarborough, Queensland Scarborough, Queensland Scarborough is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. Scarborough is at the northernmost of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The suburb used to act as a gateway to Moreton Island via the Combie Trader barge, but this service was recently sold. In the , Scarborough recorded a population of 7,986 people, 52.3% female and 47.7% male. The median age of the Scarborough population was 45 years, 8 years above the national median of 37. 71.3% of people living in Scarborough were born in Australia. The other
Government of Queensland Government of Queensland The Government of Queensland, also referred to as the Queensland Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, Queensland ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth. Key