Commissioners Flat

Commissioners Flat is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the, Commissioners Flat had a population of 23 people.

Geography
The eastern border is marked by the Stanley River. Peachester State Forest occupies the eastern half of Commissioners Flat.

Burgalba Lagoon is a waterhole (-26.8605°N, 152.828°W). The lagoon is significant for the Dallambara, who were a clan of the Jinibara people. It was a place of testing young men and making rain. It was the home of Gairwar the rainbow serpent and a source of magic stones. The name Burgalba means "box tree".

History
It was named after Stephen Simpson, the Queensland commissioner of lands, who used the area as a camp site in the mid-19th century. Although the normal rules of English grammar would suggest that the locality name should be spelled with a possessive apostrophe, the official titles of place names in Queensland do not include that particular punctuation.

Demographics
In the, Commissioners Flat had a population of 28 people.

In the, Commissioners Flat had a population of 23 people.