Booval, Queensland
| Booval Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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  Booval | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°36′51.69″S 152°47′19.90″E / 27.6143583°S 152.7888611°ECoordinates: 27°36′51.69″S 152°47′19.90″E / 27.6143583°S 152.7888611°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,688 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4304 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||
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Booval is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, containing both residential and commercial areas. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 2,688.[1]
Booval straddles Brisbane Road, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Road, contains a number of major chain stores, including Woolworths and Big W, while a number of smaller businesses line South Station Rd and Brisbane Rd.
The origin of the suburb name is from the Kabi Aboriginal dialect meaning frilled lizard.[2]
Heritage listings
Booval has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Green Street: Booval War Memorial[3]
- 14 Cothill Road: Booval House[4]
Transport
Booval railway station provides access to regular Citytrain services to Brisbane, Ipswich and Rosewood via Ipswich.
Education
- Sacred Heart Catholic School
Parks and sports facilities
- Cameron Park
- Basketball Ipswich
- Booval Bowls Club
The Booval Swifts rugby league football club bears the suburb's name. During the 1920s, two of Booval's players, Dan Dempsey and Arthur Henderson were selected to represent Australia. The club has also produced other such notable players as Des Morris and Kevin Walters.
Places of worship
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cothill Rd
- Uniting Church, Glebe Rd
- Anglican Church, Brisbane Rd
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). 2011 Census QuickStats http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/. Retrieved 25 September 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Place name details
- ↑ "Booval War Memorial (entry 15325)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Booval House (entry 15324)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
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