Arana Hills, Queensland
Arana Hills is a suburb in Division 10 of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Arana Hills had a population of 6,810 people. Geography Arana Hills is located north-west of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. It adjoins the Bunyaville Forest Reserve. Informally it is part of the Hills District. Arana Hills lies within the northern part of the Kedron Brook catchment, although the waterway itself does not flow through the suburb. History Until the 1950s the area still known informally as the Hills District was scattered with forest and small farms. In 1878, Frederick and Elizabeth Patrick purchased the first land in the area now known as Arana Hills. Today’s suburban landscape did not begin to emerge until the area was subdivided in 1937. In 1956 the first modern suburban subdivision in the Shire of Pine Rivers was established in Arana Hills by Willmore and Randell. Marketed as Camden Park, land sales were phenomenal as the price was not exorbitant. As there were several places named Camden Park, a public meeting was called in March 1962, with suggestions for adopting a new name. In June 1962 the name Arana Hills, from an Aboriginal name that