Sunnybank, Queensland

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Sunnybank
Queensland, New South Wales

Population:

7,655 (2001 census)

Postcode:

4109

Area:

4.4 km²

Property Value:

AUD $366,500 (2005)

LGA:

Brisbane City Council

State District:

Algester, Stretton, Mt Gravatt

Federal Division:

Moreton

Suburbs around Sunnybank
Coopers Plains	Robertson	Macgregor
Coopers Plains	Sunnybank	Eight Mile Plains
Acacia Ridge	Sunnybank Hills	Runcorn

Sunnybank is both an area or district and a suburb in Brisbane,Queensland, Australia. The suburb of Sunnybank is only a small part of the area known as Sunnybank, which also includes Runcorn and Sunnybank Hills.

Rolling hills and the headwaters for both Stable Swamp Creek and Bulimba Creek have drawn both people and wildlife to the Sunnybank area. The Jagara Indigenous people were the first to visit the area. The Sunnybank district was a farming area from the mid 1800s. With rich, red soil, it was highly productive. By the first part of the 20th century, farmland increasingly gave way to suburbia.

A shopping centre, Sunnybank Plaza, is located at the intersection of Mains and McCollugh Roads. It is also the home of the Sunnybank Dragons Rugby Club and the Sunnybank Magpies Rugby League Club.