Boondall

Boondall is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Boondall is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Boondall had a population of 9,217 people.It was formerly known as Cabbage Tree Creek (after the creek that flows through the area).

The name of Boondall is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning either crooked creek or cunjevoi (Alocasia macrorrhiza).The Turrbal people of north Brisbane were the original owners of the country around the Boondall Wetlands.St Joseph's Nudgee College was established in January 1891 by the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic order. The site for the college was chosen by Ambrose Treacy after the Archibishop of Brisbane Robert Dunne asked that the Brothers establish a boarding school for Catholic boys from rural areas.Boondall State School opened on 6 April 1925.St Matthew's Anglican church at 178 Lyndhurst Road (27.3478°S 153.0616°E? / -27.3478; 153.0616? (St Matthew's Anglican Church (former))) was dedicated on 21 September 1974 by Archbishop Arnott. It closed circa 1988. The property was purchased by Turbert Bhagwan Ram Dutta and his mother Gayatri Dutta with a view to using it as a Hindu temple. The local Hindu community supported the plan and the Hindu Society of Queensland was incorporated on 22 January 1992 and took over the ownership of the property.The Gayatri Mandir was officially opened and blessed on Sunday 26 January 1992.In 1975 Boondall Methodist Church was at 2218 Sandgate Road (approx 27.3471°S 153.0597°E? / -27.3471; 153.0597? (Boondall Methodist/Uniting Church (former))), becoming Boondall Uniting Church after the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977. In June 1990 the Uniting Church in Australia congregations of Boondall, Brighton, Sandgate and Shorncliffe decided to amalgamate. Their new Sandgate Uniting Church in Deagon was openedin Sunday 20 November 1994.In the 2016 census Boondall had a population of 9,217 people.