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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=2 December 2021|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 1901|title=THE EVENING PROCEEDINGS.|volume=LVII,|page=6|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=13,546|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19095377|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=2 December 2021}}</ref> Tufnell Home was established by the [[Anglican Diocese of Brisbane]] and operated by the [[Sister of the Sacred Advent|Sisters of the Sacred Advent]]. It opened on 6 February 1901 and closed in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tufnell Home (1901 - 1993)|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00172|url-status=live|access-date=2 December 2021|website=[[National Redress Scheme]]}}</ref>
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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== Landmarks ==
* Bage Street, named after [[Freda Bage]], first principal of [[The Women's College, University of Queensland]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38726445 |title=NEW STREET NAMES. |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=13 December 1938 |access-date=26 May 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040651/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38726445 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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