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The suburb includes the locality and formerly distinct suburb of Toombul, which is centred in the south of Nundah, around Sandgate Road.<ref>{{Cite QPN|34910|Toombul|neighbourhood in the City of Brisbane|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> Various facilities in Nundah are named after this locality, including [[Toombul Shopping Centre]], [[Toombul bus interchange]] and Toombul railway station.
[[Schulz Canal]] runs through Nundah, bisecting the Toombul Shopping Centre Carpark. The low elevation of the carpark makes it particularly susceptible to [[flash flood]]ing during peak storm seasons – often claiming the cars of unwary shoppers inside the centre and those attempting to cross the Melton Road bridge.<ref>{{Citation|title=Cars swamped in Brisbane floods|date=2012-01-24|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-24/cars-swamped-in-brisbane-floods/3790872|publisher=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2021-12-01|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031024311/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-24/cars-swamped-in-brisbane-floods/3790872|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Branco|first=Jorge|date=2016-06-05|title=Brisbane weather: Warning from car flood victim|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-weather-warning-from-car-flood-victim-20160605-gpbwkl.html|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Brisbane Times|language=en|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212202016/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-weather-warning-from-car-flood-victim-20160605-gpbwkl.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The estuary of the canal is a moderately popular recreational fishing spot.
Zion Hill is at ({{coord|-27.4054|153.0681|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Zion Hill}}). It was named by the German missionaries in 1838, after the biblical place [[Zion]] ([[Jerusalem]]).<ref name="qpn38860">{{cite QPN|38860|Zion Hill|hill in City of Brisbane|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
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====Creation of the suburb of Nundah====
About February 1859 a community-built chapel was acquired by the Baptists; the Wesleyans had first right of refusal but chose not to 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> 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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A railway station called ''German'' was created in 1882 (again on land originally owned by George Bridges), because they wanted the station to be called ''German Station'' rather than ''German Station Station''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3413052 |title=[COMMUNICATED.] A SCENE IN THE HOUSE. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=22 July 1882 |access-date=6 March 2011 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040336/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3413052 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, six weeks after the railway station opened, it was renamed ''Nundah.''<ref>{{cite book|title=From Pioneering Days, Nundah, Northgate, Virginia|publisher=Nundah & Districts Historical Society Inc, Brisbane|year=2002}}</ref> The name ''Nundah'' is a corruption of the [[Turrbal language|Yuggera language, Turrbal dialect]] word ''nanda'' meaning ''chain of water holes.''<ref name="qpnl" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourindooroopilly.com/oisuburbs.html|title=Origin of Brisbane Suburb Names|publisher=Our Indooroopilly|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129041346/http://www.ourindooroopilly.com/oisuburbs.html|archive-date=29 January 2007|access-date=29 January 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38469488|title=NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND—229.|date=24 June 1936|newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|access-date=9 September 2012|publisher=National Library of Australia|location=Brisbane|page=14|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040337/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38469488|url-status=live}}</ref> This name is probably a reference to the nearby natural water sources at [[Kedron Brook]] and the marshy areas formerly to the east of the suburb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northgateward.org/home_nundahandtoombul.html|title=Nundah and Toombul|publisher=Northgate Ward|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328100251/http://www.northgateward.org/home_nundahandtoombul.html|archive-date=28 March 2007|access-date=29 January 2007|df=dmy}}</ref> In 1888, the name of the Post Office was also changed to ''Nundah'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3469615 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=8 March 1888 |access-date=6 March 2011 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040338/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3469615 |url-status=live }}</ref> signalling the renaming of the new suburb. However, the name ''German Station'' persisted for many years. For many years it was common to find references to ''Nundah'' with the annotation "formerly German Station" in newspapers and advertisements, until the name ''Nundah'' was well established.
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}}</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>{{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}}</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 |url-status=dead |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 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
In 1900, Laura Tufnell, the widow of [[Edward Tufnell]] (a former [[Anglican Bishop of Brisbane]]), donated money to establish an orphanage in her husband's name. The funds were used to purchase {{Convert|4.5|acre}} of land at 230 Buckland Road ({{Coord|-27.4027|153.0526|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tufnell Home (former orphanage)}}).<ref>{{cite news|date=13 June 1900|title=Anglican Synod.|page=3 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]]|issue=8,600|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173517585|access-date=
In 1909, Surrey Street in Nundah became the site of the first public housing dwelling in Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/about/doh/history/timeline/index.htm|title=Early 1900s: The Workers' Dwellings Branch|publisher=[[Queensland Government|Department of Housing]]|access-date=28 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131234952/http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/about/doh/history/timeline/index.htm|archive-date=31 January 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In the early twentieth century, Nundah became a major suburban centre, due to its location on Sandgate Road, one of Brisbane's busiest arterial roads, and the adjacent [[Nundah railway station]]. Sandgate Road and nearby streets were lined with shops, pubs, cinemas and other commercial premises.
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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|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=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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However, in 2001 the Nundah Bypass Tunnell was constructed under nearby Bage Street, diverting through traffic away from the suburban centre. There was considerable popular support<ref>Letter to Dept of Main Roads from Nundah & Districts Historical Society, 1 May 2001</ref> to name the road tunnel after George Bridges in recognition of his contribution to the development of the district and the fact that the tunnel was located on his original land holding. In 2009 as part of [[Q150|Queensland's 150th Birthday Celebrations]], the Nundah Bypass Tunnel was renamed "George Bridges Tunnel".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=67494 |title=Local pioneer honoured in Q150 celebrations – Thursday, November 19, 2009 |last=Wallace |first=Craig |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317012627/http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=67494 |archive-date=17 March 2011 |url-status=dead |work=Ministerial Media statements |access-date=3 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
In 1999 the construction of the tunnel required the demolition of the 1923 Baptist Church on the corner of Bage and Chapel Streets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nundah Baptist Church resumed|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3052690138296644&set=p.3052690138296644|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Friends of Baptist Heritage Queensland (FBHQ)}}</ref> In 2005 the North-East Baptist Church was built "more or less" on the site of the 1923 Nundah Memorial Baptist Church, adjacent to the 1889 former Baptist Church. The naming of the 2005 church as "North-East" reflects the amalgamation fo the Nundah and Wavell Heights Baptist congregations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View record|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4196|access-date=2021-12-01|website=www.thomblake.com.au|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202014934/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4196|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
In 2008 the [[Brisbane City Council]] [[Urban renewal|suburban renewal]] programme has seen new art installations, cafés and commercial enterprises open in Nundah, creating a village-like atmosphere along the now-quiet Sandgate Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northgateward.org/news/page6.html|title=Another boost to Nundah's renewal|publisher=Northgate Ward|author=Kim Flesser|access-date=30 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050711171730/http://www.northgateward.org/news/page6.html|archive-date=11 July 2005|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The suburb has now become popular among [[White-collar worker|white collar workers]] seeking relatively inexpensive housing and apartments only a moderate distance from the Brisbane CBD. Since then, along with the rest of the city, housing prices in the area have skyrocketed, pricing most of the traditional working class out of the suburb.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
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[[File:NundahSS.jpg|right|thumb|Nundah State School]]Nundah State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 41 Bage Street ({{coord|-27.4025|153.0583|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Nundah State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nundahss.eq.edu.au|title=Nundah State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312122844/https://nundahss.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=12 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 714 students with 48 teachers (42 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" />
Northgate State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 128 Amelia Street ({{coord|-27.3987|153.0708|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Northgate State School}}) in eastern Nundah.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Northgate State School|url=https://www.northgatess.eq.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317203318/https://northgatess.eq.edu.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 291 students with 26 teachers (18 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).<ref name=ACARA2018>{{cite web|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|publisher=[[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority]]|access-date=28 January 2020|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>
St Joseph's School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 16 Leslie Street ({{coord|-27.4038|153.0568|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stjosnundah.qld.edu.au|title=St Joseph's School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915033843/http://www.stjosnundah.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=15 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 190 students with 20 teachers (13 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" />
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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" /> 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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=== Cultural facilities ===
The current Nundah Public Library opened in 1968 and had a major refurbishment in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2017|title=Nundah Public Library|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=22 January 2018|website=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. November 2017.|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Nundah public library is at 1 Bage Street (accessed via Primrose Lane). It is operated by the [[Brisbane City Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nundah Library|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/council-venues-and-precincts/libraries/library-locations/nundah-library|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=[[Brisbane City Council]]|language=en|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201095652/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/things-to-see-and-do/council-venues-and-precincts/libraries/library-locations/nundah-library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Public Libraries Connect|url=https://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=[[State Library of Queensland]]|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102230750/https://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/}}</ref>
Sir [[William Knox (Queensland politician)|William Knox]] Archives & Resource Centre is behind the Nundah Public Library.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
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Nundah Criterium Bicycle Track is in Hedley Avenue and Walkers Way , next to Albert Bishop Park and the Schultz Canal bikeway.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
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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