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A call for tenders for a non-denominational chapel in German Station was advertised in July 1855 .<ref>{{cite news|date=7 July 1855|title=Classified Advertising|volume=X|page=3|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=473|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3715461|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=3 December 2021|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203073405/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3715461|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapel was open for Christian services on Thursday 6 December 1855.<ref>{{cite news|date=1 December 1855|title=Classified Advertising|volume=X|page=3|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=562|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3709340|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=3 December 2021|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203073404/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3709340|url-status=live}}</ref> About February 1859 the chapel was acquired by the Baptists; the Wesleyans had first right of refusal but did not purchase it.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 February 1859|title=THE ROSTER AT IPSWICH.|volume=XIII|page=3|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=728|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3721952|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014908/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3721952|url-status=live}}</ref> The Baptists held their opening services on Sunday 20 February 1859.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 February 1859|title=Classified Advertising|volume=XIII|page=3|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=726|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3720736|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> In 1874 it was relocated to [[Hendra, Queensland|Hendra]] to become the Baptist Church there, as many Baptists in Nundah had moved to the Hendra area.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 April 1891|title=HENDRA BAPTIST CHURCH.|volume=XLVII|page=5|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=10,372|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3524736|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014914/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3524736|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On Sunday 24 April 1859, the Wesleyan congregation opened their recently-erected chapel.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 April 1859|title=THE DARKIES.|volume=XIII|page=2|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=746|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3718989|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014953/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3718989|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
German Station State School opened on 2 October 1865 and was renamed Nundah State School in 1895.<ref>{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]]|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1279287|title=The Courier.|date=27 September 1865|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|access-date=12 October 2017|issue=2,391|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XX|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040337/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1279287|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In 1883, [[William Alexander Jenyns Boyd]] relocated his Eton Preparatory School from [[Milton, Queensland|Milton]] (where it was established in 1877<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article894190|title=Christmas Vacation.|date=20 December 1879|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=5|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040338/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/894190|url-status=live}}</ref>) to Nundah, where he erected new buildings at a cost of £3,000 on a {{Convert|10|acre||abbr=|adj=on}} site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3425217|title=Mr Boyd's School at Nundah|date=20 December 1883|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040402/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3425217|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1889 Boyd was forced to close the school due to economic hardships preventing families being able to afford to send their sons to boarding school, but he re-opened the school in 1891. However the impacts of the [[1893 Brisbane flood]] forced him to close the school permanently.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21292978|title=The Late A J. Boyd.|date=2 June 1928|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=22|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040339/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21292978|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3554276|title=Classified Advertising|date=17 January 1893|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040338/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3554276|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 1893 the Sisters of the [[Society of the Sacred Advent]] acquired Eton House to run a boarding school for orphan girls called The Home of the Good Shepherd,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174083068|title=Training of Girls.|date=19 June 1893|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=5|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040338/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174083068|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> which in 1894 also took in paying students as well with Miss Isabelle Caine as headmistress under the management of Sister Emma.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20715933|title=Display Advertising|date=5 May 1894|newspaper=[[The Queenslander]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=861|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040339/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20715933|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20716186|title=Current News.|date=12 May 1894|newspaper=[[The Queenslander]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=907|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040339/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20716186|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1897 the orphans were relocated to Ormiston Place, leaving Eton House as a private boarding school known as the Eton High School for Girls.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3654190|title=WOOD PAVING.|date=10 July 1897|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040339/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3654190|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21444846|title=Educational.|date=15 January 1898|newspaper=[[The Queenslander]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=124|via=Trove|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014926/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21444846|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1907, the school relocated to [[Toorak House, Brisbane|Toorak House]] in [[Hamilton, Queensland|Hamilton]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175258749|title=Ladies Page|date=8 December 1906|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4 (SECOND EDITION)|via=Trove}}</ref> and then in 1910 to Albion Heights (now [[Ascot, Queensland|Ascot]]) where it is known as [[St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stmargarets.qld.edu.au/discover-st-margaret-s/our-history|title=Our History|website=[[St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016012709/https://www.stmargarets.qld.edu.au/discover-st-margaret-s/our-history|archive-date=16 October 2017|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> In 1907 the St Francis Anglican Theological College moved into Eton House under Canon Tomlin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84137861|title=GOSSIP From Women's Clubland.|date=19 September 1907|newspaper=[[Queensland Figaro]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=11|via=Trove|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203073553/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84137861|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1936-7 the theological college relocated to [[Old Bishopsbourne|Bishopsbourne]] in Milton.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97889524|title=COLLEGE ESTATE AUCTIONED|date=6 June 1937|newspaper=[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|Sunday Mail]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=10|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040704/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97889524|url-status=live}}</ref> By June 1937, Eton House had been sold for removal and its grounds subdivided,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37055842|title=Advertising|date=5 June 1937|newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=28|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040655/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37055842|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37057910|title=UNWARRANTED TIMIDITY OF ALLOTMENT-BUYERS|date=8 June 1937|newspaper=[[The Courier-mail]]|access-date=18 April 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=20|via=Trove|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040648/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37057910|url-status=live}}</ref> but the site is believed to be bounded by Bishop Street, Buckland Road, Wand Street and Olive Street ({{Coord|-27.4010|153.0524|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Eton School / Home of the Good Shepherd}}). Boyd Road leads to this area and presumably commemorates Boyd who established the site.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00086|title=Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah|website=Find and Connect|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033430/https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00086|archive-date=18 April 2020|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
 
In 1889, the Baptist church building at Fortescue Street in [[Spring Hill, Queensland|Spring Hill]] (built in 1876) was relocated to Nundah (now 19 Chapel Street, {{Coord|-27.4025|153.0594|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Nundah Baptist church (1889)}}).<ref name="bhsq.org">{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074653/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1889 Nundah formerly Fortescue St|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1889-Nundah-formerly-Fortescue-St.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126080433/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1889-Nundah-formerly-Fortescue-St.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=22 February 1889|title=Current Events.|volume=4|page=6|newspaper=[[Moreton Mail]]|issue=165|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234907089|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203073404/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234907089|url-status=live}}</ref> The Nundah Baptist Church officially opened on Sunday 9 June 1889.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 June 1889|title=New Baptist Church.|page=5|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]]|issue=5,200|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174772226|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014910/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174772226|url-status=live}}</ref> The church building is still extant, although modified and no longer owned by the Baptist church; one of its subsequent uses was as the Anglican Church of the Resurrection.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Church of the Resurrection Anglican Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2597-church-of-the-resurrection-anglican-church-former|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014930/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2597-church-of-the-resurrection-anglican-church-former}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
 
From 1890, Nundah was the seat of the [[Shire of Toombul]], which was absorbed into the City of Greater Brisbane in 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=600272&back=1 |title=Toombul Shire Hall (Former) |publisher=[[Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland)|Environmental Protection Agency]] |access-date=28 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041013151653/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=600272&back=1 |archive-date=13 October 2004 }}</ref><ref name=NundahHist /> The Toombul Shire Hall still exists as a community centre.<ref name=NundahHist>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/nundah/history/ |title=History of Nundah |publisher=OurBrisbane |access-date=28 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922114405/http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/nundah/history/ |archive-date=22 September 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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The Shire of Toombul War Memorial was dedicated by the [[Governor of Queensland]], [[Matthew Nathan]], on 12 November 1921. The memorial commemorates who served in World War I. It is located in Nundah Memorial Park (then known as Buckland Park, {{coord|-27.402890|153.058696|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Shire of Toombul War Memorial}}).<ref name=ma>{{cite web|title=The Shire of Toombul War Memorial|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92206-the-shire-of-toombul-war-memorial|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=25 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526083346/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92206-the-shire-of-toombul-war-memorial|archive-date=26 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22616386 |title=TOOMBUL WAR MEMORIAL. |newspaper=[[The Queenslander]] |date=19 November 1921 |access-date=26 May 2014 |page=18 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040649/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22616386 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Nundah Memorial Baptist Church opened in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web|titlename=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www."bhsq.org"/barq/churches100years/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074653/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1923 Nundah Memorial|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1923-Nundah-Memorial.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126080612/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1923-Nundah-Memorial.html}}</ref> Construction commenced in April 1923 with a [[stump-capping ceremony]] on Saturday 14 April 1923.<ref>{{cite news|date=7 April 1923|title=RELIGIOUS.|page=5|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=20,345|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20612820|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=17 April 1923|title=BAPTIST MEMORIAL CHURCH.|page=10|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=20,353|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20614717|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> It was officially opened on Saturday 4 August 1923. It has five memorial windows commemorating soldiers who died in [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite news|date=28 July 1923|title=Religious Notes.|page=10|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=20,441|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20646778|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014946/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20646778|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=4 August 1923|title=NUNDAH BAPTISTS|page=18|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]]|issue=15,813|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182481007|access-date=1 December 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014913/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182481007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=6 August 1923|title=NUNDAH MEMORIAL.|page=5 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=[[Daily Standard]]|issue=3302|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184703547|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014912/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184703547|url-status=live}}</ref> It was built to the west of the 1889 church.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Parker|first=David|date=1 December 2021|title=A Heritage Plaque of Triple Significance!|url=https://www.qbmagazine.org.au/a-heritage-plaque-of-triple-significance/|journal=QB Magazine Online|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226015828/https://www.qbmagazine.org.au/a-heritage-plaque-of-triple-significance/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In November and December 1923, '10 Choice Allotments', were advertised as "Wheeler Estate", to be auctioned by Isles, Love & Co. Limited Auctioneers on 1 December 1923.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wheeler Estate Advertisement|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20661806|date=17 November 1923|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040649/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20661806|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wheeler Estate Advertisement|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20673255|date=24 November 1923|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040713/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20673255|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wheeler Estate Advertisement|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20675965|date=30 November 1923|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040718/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20675965|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wheeler Estate Advertisement|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20660629|date=1 December 1923|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040650/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20660629|url-status=live}}</ref> This estate was bounded by Sandgate Road to the west, by London Street to the east, and Northgate Road to the north.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wheeler Estate, Nundah|url=https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?change_lng=en&dps_pid=IE424491|access-date=20 May 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040651/https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?change_lng=en&dps_pid=IE424491|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Shopping===
[[File:NundahVillageShopping.jpg|thumb|right|Nundah Village shopping centre]]
Nundah retails a traditional "shopping strip" commercial district, centred mainly along the section of Sandgate Road that has been bypassed by the Nundah Bypass.<ref name="arup">{{cite web |title=Nundah Bypass |url=http://www.arup.com/australasia/project.cfm?pageid=1338 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110175022/http://www.arup.com/australasia/project.cfm?pageid=1338 |archive-date=10 November 2007 |access-date=3 February 2008 |publisher=Arup |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There are plenty of cafes and speciality shops, as well as some medical facilities.
 
Nundah Village is a shopping mall on the north-east corner of Sandgate Road and Buckland Road is anchored by a [[Woolworths (supermarkets)|Woolworths]] supermarket, which was opened in mid-2007, containing over 200 parking spots, a [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] store, a [[The Coffee Club|Coffee Club]], and numerous other small shops.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shopping Centre|url=https://www.nundahvillage.com.au/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Nundah Village|language=en-AU|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201104354/https://www.nundahvillage.com.au/|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:NundahRoyalEnglishHotel.JPG|thumb|The Royal English Hotel]]There are two hotels: the Prince of Wales Hotel and the Royal English Hotel.
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Oxenham Park is the home of the [[Toombul District Cricket Club]] in the [[Queensland Cricket Association]] Grade competition, and contains the Ken MacKay and LaFrantz Ovals.
 
Nundah Criterium Bicycle Track is in Hedley Avenue and Walkers Way , next to Albert Bishop Park and the Schultz Canal bikeway.
 
Ross Park has BMX and skateboard facilities.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Nundah parks|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/council-venues-and-precincts/parks/parks-by-suburb/nundah-parks|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=[[Brisbane City Council]]|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211034051/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/council-venues-and-precincts/parks/parks-by-suburb/nundah-parks}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
 
* {{Citation |author1=Nundah and Districts Historical Society |title=From pioneering days, Nundah, Northgate, Virginia |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8446460 |publication-date=2002 |publisher=Nundah and Districts Historical Society}}
 
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