Thorneside, Queensland Thorneside, Queensland Thorneside is a coastal suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia. It is located east of Brisbane, the capital of the Queensland. The locality is named after the Thorneside railway station, originally named Thorne's siding after William Thorne who bought a lot of land around Thorneside when it was originally subdivided in 1913. At that time the land was known as Thorne's estate. Residential development in the suburb is predominately housing estates built around Thorneside Road and Mooroondu Road. In the , Thorneside recorded a population of 3,548 people, 50.1% female and 49.9% male. The median age of the
Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) first winning the post in the 1985 election with Sallyanne Atkinson. The party also won a majority on the council and held both in the 1988 election. Following Atkinson's defeat in the 1991 election, the Liberals did not win the mayoralty again until the 2004 election when Campbell Newman won the post but with a Labor majority on the council. Newman was re-elected in 2008, this time with a Liberal majority on the council. Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) The Liberal Party, originally the Queensland People's Party, was a political party in Queensland, Australia, from the Second World War